I started losing weight last year at 215 pounds. I very quickly lost about 40 of those pounds (3 months) through heavily disordered eating. I didn’t eat more than ~600 calories a day, and if I did I would restrict myself even harder the next day to “make up for it”. I obsessed over every calorie, in the worst of it I “body checked” and weighed myself several times a day. Of course if my weight fluctuated even an ounce, which I later learned is natural over the course of a day, I’d restrict even harder the next day.
For the most part I’ve let go of that mindset this year, and as a result have lost about 13 pounds since January, I’ve been stuck within ~2 pounds since July. I’m still about 15 pounds from where I want to be. I realized that I don’t know how to lose weight in a healthy manner and I’m pretty scared of starting to count calories again lest I slip back into old habits. I’m okay with it taking a while but I’d really like to lose this weight eventually. I’m happy that I’ve at least maintained and haven’t gained but I’d much rather have lost more.
How can I get back into the mindset of losing weight, and more importantly how do I translate the mindset I had before into a healthier mindset? People who have struggled with disordered eating, what’s worked for you?
Edit: Additionally, I’m on a medication that makes me really nauseous if I’m not completely full throughout the day (lithium to treat bipolar disorder). Does anyone have experience with that too? I’m planning to bring it up with my dr next appointment in a few weeks.
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