I am a 24 male who started CICO + powerlifting in June. My starting BW was 247 pounds and I am currently at 218 pounds. I started at 1500 calories a day as that was about 950 below my maintenance calories. I have been losing at a steady rate of 1.5-2.0 lbs. per week. At the start I would eat 1400-1550 calories a day and would make sure I ate no more than the allotted calories per week. Everything (including the weightlifting) was going exceptionally well.
Fast forward to 2-3 weeks ago my work from home hours got a bit weird. I started sleeping at 8 AM and waking up at 3-4 PM. Somehow I convinced myself that as I am waking up at 4 PM I can just skip breakfast and lunch, have a cup of tea and move on with my day up until a 5-600 calorie dinner at 11 PM. I take a 120 calorie protein shake at 5:45 PM before I work out. So I have been taking a total of 7-800 calories a day for this period of time.
This has been severely detrimental to my health, both mental and physical:
- I have been unable to lift at the same rate I used to and have a tired body more often that not.
- I have twice woken up with a tummy ache because I was extremely hungry (Took a low fat cheese slice and went back to sleep).
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I want to binge way more often than I used to
The sad part about this is I know that this is wrong. BUT I STILL FEEL POWERLESS AGAINST IT. Somehow I am able to convince myself that seeing the scale move at the end of the week is going to make it worth it. But I know that it won't.
If anyone has experienced anything similar please share your experiences. I consider myself a pretty strong person, both physically and mentally and this is the first time I feel this powerless against something.
Thankyou for taking the time to read this.
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