I've been slipping since Thanksgiving...and honestly I was struggling to stay in my calorie range even before that. And the new job/early sunset/colder temps makes working out less appealing and less likely.
That said I'm not really gaining weight - just hovering in the low 170s as I have been for weeks (f 30s 5'5") My partner is also counting calories but he has a very active job. He's also been a little off his game since Thanksgiving.
Anyway he and I had an interesting talk about this yesterday and I wanted to get some different opinions.
So...I've tried so many times to lose weight. Calorie counting never worked for me in the past bc I had a perfectionist mindset...if I "messed up" one day it was like the week was a loss. I've had some short lived success with short term extreme diets...but always reverted to my old ways quickly and regained what I lost plus some. Ive worked out alot over the years but never really fixed my eating...I was trying to outrun a bad diet which I finally have learned doesn't work.
In the past when I did cico I would sort of force myself to each breakfast...but I found it made me hungrier throughout the day. In more recent times I've done more of a fasting thing...where my first food was usually late afternoon. Big dinner with snacks in the late afternoon and evening. At first I would eat crazy big meals...fast food or nachos or whatever ..bc if it was my only meal I could do whatever right? Lol wrong. So in recent months I've focused on nutrients and trying to bring down the calories in that one meal.
But I'm still struggling. I'm learning ..slowly. but sometimes it's just so hard. I can't seem to figure out how to be satiated with a meal under like 900 calories. I know it's about more veggies...and I'm working on that. But it's harder than it feels like it should be. The other day I made a chicken and pasta dish with tons of veggies....and it still ended up being like 1000 calories
My partner thinks I need to get away from fasting. He thinks being too hungry is making me overeat. He might be right. But I really enjoy the feeling of being really hungry and then having a great meal.
Also I'm worried that if I eat less I'm going to feel deprived and that is going to trigger the mental process of a strict diet in me...and undo everything I've worked for
Sorry I know this is long...I'm just trying to find that balance. I feel like I need people to look at my meals and tell me where I'm going wrong.
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