Y'all, I need help. I come here often for inspiration, but have never posted before. This sub has always been so insanely helpful though!
In March of 2020 I (along with half the world) was sent to work from home. I started out by eating my weight in cookie dough on my couch, but when it became apparent that this was going to last a WHILE, I got my act together. I started eating less. I started walking my dogs. Soon I was taking the dogs on 5 mile walks at least once and sometimes twice a day. I bought a spin bike, I could bike on my lunch break. I had no commute and work had slowed down so sometimes "work from home" meant "answer emails and the phone if someone needs you." I had so much less stress and so much more time to exercise a lot and cook everything at home.
I lost about 50 pounds in about 8 months. Not the fastest I've lost weight before, but I figured I was building sustainable habits. Unfortunately, I was building sustainable habits for my stay-at-home life.
This is my 3rd week full time back in the office. It is now obvious to me that my habits are NOT holding up. I did take a food scale to the office. So I can take a whole bowl of grapes and not feel like I've got to eat all of them because they were pre-weighed! I thought this was going to be soooo helpful. Unfortunately I also took peanut butter to the office (protein+fat! it'll make a complete meal with those grapes or an apple and be more filling!). I have spent at least 2 afternoons so far just eating spoonfuls of it.
I just can't seem to stop eating! I come home and snack snack snack. Sometimes I will track all of it, but sometimes I just eat and eat. I don't think I've been able to string together 3 days of reasonable eating since I started back. I tried telling myself that I need to have some grace and forgiveness since this is all new and different and stressful. But after 3 weeks, my body honestly is feeling like crap and I don't want to go back to where I started!
I lost weight basically doing CICO. So I get that I need to create a caloric deficit and all that. I'm just really struggling mentally to implement it right now. I'm not getting as much exercise, and that was great stress relief for me. I'm craving chocolate and sugar all time. I come home from work just feeling tired and not wanting to do anything but eat.
Any advice? Any healthier ways to cope with stress? How do I stop craving sugar and chocolate and start eating to fuel my body better? Should I back off of trying to track my food for a month and try to build smaller sustainable work habits so I'm set up for long-term success? Focus on getting my sleep right? See a therapist to figure out why I can't stop eating chocolate? Has anyone else dealt with this yet?
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/mr50px/back_to_work_blues/
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