I've been losing weight, or at least been living with the intent to lose weight for the past 4.5 years now. I've lost ~120lbs, but still haven't reached my goal yet due to lots of fluctuations. I've struggled with binge eating disorder quite a bit which caused many, many stalls in my weight loss progress, but I can honestly say that for the past 4.5 years, I have woken up in the morning with the intent to maintain a caloric deficit on nearly every single day--not to say that I'm proud of it, though.
I'm not planning on quitting now as I am within 10lbs of my goal and I feel more resilient with regard to binging than I have in a long time, plus I just want this shit to be over with--but I can't help but wonder if my mental health issues (pretty volatile) may have been seriously aggravated over the past few years due to the long-term deficit/putting pressure on myself to lose weight for such a long time.
I have no concerns about keeping the weight off once I am done cutting because I began running last fall (which I found out I love) and my mileage is high enough that I can eat quite a lot to maintain, but do you think that I'll feel more peace when I'm no longer focused on weight loss? Curious to hear what your experiences have been like, TIA!
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