I had a wake-up call on Mother's Day (May 8th) when none of my dress clothes fit anymore and I had to go out to a nice restaurant in stretchy jeans and a plain tank-top. But instead of a crash diet or punishing myself for it, I'm dedicated to finally finding balance in my life!
I'm hitting the gym for consistent workouts (focused on weightlifting because that's what I enjoy), I'm eating way less junk food and I'm counting my calories again but not restricting too heavily yet. I cut back from 3000+ calories a day (an estimate from my usual grief/depression binging, I'm not proud of myself for that) to roughly 1800 a day and what I eat is almost always homecooked or fresh with the exception of a once a week meal out that I account for in my day's calories.
I went to weigh myself to see my progress and I was pretty discouraged to see that number up 3lbs. It's a small amount, but I figured after cutting out the junk food and ramping up my fitness that it would have been minus 3 instead.
It might just be my muscles holding water as they repair, or maybe the months of binge eating are catching up to me before they level out, but it's a bummer all the same.
Thanks for letting me vent about it. Today is leg day, my favourite, so that'll cheer me up for sure. Regardless of the scale, I still want to get stronger!
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