I (M29, 5'6") have lost almost 30lbs over the last year (from 161 to to 132) through diet and exercise. A lifetime of desk jobs and no exercise meant that I had almost no muscle to start with, and I'm still weak but stronger than I've been before. My end goal is to have more muscle and less fat, not a smaller number on the scale.
For now I still have high body fat, and I'd like that gone before I start focusing on muscle building. Every time I start thinking I'm near a point where that's possible, I start overeating again. I'm talking by a good 300-700 calories a day. A month later, I get back on the wagon, then the same thing happens. This has been happening since last August.
I tried to eat at maintenance instead of at a deficit for a bit to get myself under control, but when those nighttime cravings hit, I let myself lose control no matter what.
Therapists and doctors have blown me off because I'm at a healthy weight now, but overeating that much won't keep me healthy, and neither will the constant lose-5-pounds-of-fat, gain-5-pounds-of-fat thing I'm doing. How do you beat this kind of self sabotage?
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