I’ve got ADHD. Therapy/Meds have made my life very enjoyable and functional. That said, I am still struggling with returning to pre-pregnancy weight four years later.
I don’t mind doing CICO until I get to my goal weight, but I worry about sustaining that long term.
When I’m fully immersed in CICO, I hyper-fixate on numbers/counting—not at the detriment of my physical health; I’m not restricting in an unhealthy way. I feel it does impact my family life with how hyper-focused I can get. If I’m not fully immersed, I ditch any form of lifestyle change, because it sounds likes too much work.
I can commit to CICO for less than six months despite the impactful hyper fixation. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Being able to play tag with my grandchildren is important to me.
Maintenance mode is what scares the shit out of me. Nearly all successful maintenance stories I’ve heard involve remaining vigilant. From there, there seems to be a splintering of “probably going to count down to the calorie until the day I die” or “I have a pre-planned system in place that keeps my healthy living in check.”
No shade to the former camp--most people can count their calories as another self-care daily self-care task. I’m not that person because of my executive dysfunctioning. I still struggle with flossing and washing my face daily.
For those of you (1) in a successful maintenance mode and (2) have a pre-planned system that involves minimal counting, share your strategies.
Strategies I’ve heard so far that resonate with me:
-weekday meals are fixed but rotational (no need to count daily when you’ve already done the math)
-weekend meals are guesstimations. If I don’t count during the week, I might have the stamina to have pretty accurate guesstimates
-work out more on the weekends to make up margin of error for guesstimates
-never go into the break room ever again in case donuts are lying in wait.
-tell co-workers it’s against my spiritual beliefs to accept food offers during the week day
-just buy a fuck ton of soylent bars and neutraloafs as sustenance for the remainder of my life
As you can see, these strategies are increasingly unhinged. PLEASE HELP ME.
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