Is this a phase or what?
michael_jordan7
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Been on mfp since March 2015 and lost over 100 lb. I have done really well.... until the last week or so. I seem to have lost all control. I can't keep my spoon put of the peanut butter jar and I go through the fridge and clean out the leftovers, this had never been a problem before. Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions to help?
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I doubt there is any science to it, but maybe you just need a few weeks of eating at maintenance. it is probably all mental but after a long time in a deficit I start to feel deprived even if I am not. YOu could take a little break and see if you can get your mind back in the game. I would keep logging the whole time.0
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First of all, congratulations on the 100 lbs.! That is quite an achievement. Tell us more about what's been going on before this change of mood? Were you logging your food before; did you stop? Is something making you nuts, so you need comfort? Were you getting a charge out of seeing yourself shrink and shrink into more regular clothes, and then suddenly it wasn't enough any more? Can you leave the house and go something to do something fun or rewarding when this mood strikes you?0
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Its just something we all go though at some point. It could be any one of a number of things, the holidays, tired of weighing and measuring every morsel, just plain hungry, vitamin deficiency. You have made great progress so far and a little extra every now and then wont hurt, just get in the right mind frame and jump back on board in the morning.0
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Congrats on the loss, that's a huge accomplishment :flowerforyou:
I go through stages of what I call 'diet fatigue', where I'm sick of counting calories and just dieting in general. I don't stop logging or counting, but I pop myself up to maintenance calories and stick with that for a week or two and then go back down to a deficit.0 -
I have been feeling good, no new stressors. I had set a goal to be under 200 lb. By new years (that is in jeopardy). I have kept logging, though it is hard to log when you are eating peanut butter straight from the jar. I have wondered about vitamins, I was taking a daily vitamin but stopped a couple of weeks ago, just started back today. I think I am freaking out a nit because I fear putting all my weight back on.
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I take a multivitamin, if I stop for a week or more my appetite seems to go through the roof for the first couple of days when I resume so its a possible cause. Like @Christinev297 said maybe a week at maintenance calories will help as well.....just dont freak out!0
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Your losses average out to 11lbs per month, that's pretty aggressive so it's probably pretty normal to hit so called "diet fatigue". It could be time to lower you weekly target, take a couple of weeks off at maintenance and take a look at your macros to make sure you're getting everything you need in your diet. Do you do any exercise at all? With such an aggressive goal if you're not doing any type of resistance training you could be losing a lot of lean body mass at this point so slowing down will benefit you in more ways than one.
What you've achieved is huge but I don't think you should have a time scale goal. This is a great opportunity to start slowing down and learning what life long maintenance will be like. And hey, we all go through hungry phases, learning to deal with them is part of the learning curve!0 -
What you've achieved is huge but I don't think you should have a time scale goal. This is a great opportunity to start slowing down and learning what life long maintenance will be like. And hey, we all go through hungry phases, learning to deal with them is part of the learning curve!
Thanks to all for the advice, I'm trying to keep calm & stay on track.0 -
My tip for when you eat peanut butter out of the jar?
Put the jar on your scales. Tare it. Take out your spoonful. See what the negative grams are? Log it.
My last spoonful of nutella was 7grams for example0 -
Ps congratulations on your awesomeness too btw0
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my "tablespoons " of peanut butter average 70g
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Feel more comfortable hearing this now. Took a break from dieting to maintenance while I was doing extra work and was a bit stressed for a couple of days. But it has been a week now and I have not been able to be as strict with my diet as before. Previously, always was below or around my calorie limit, but now always a couple of hundred calories over or decide to have a maintenance day. Not great as I have lost 30lbs so far and need to lose another 50 lbs. But still logging. Will try exercising tomorrow morning rather than just a long walk. Change of routine might help.0
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Have you taken a maintenance break? Perhaps it's time. Just don't stop logging.0
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With that aggressive of a loss, your body is probably telling you it's hungry. Diet break time.0
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This is a great tip, thanks!mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »My tip for when you eat peanut butter out of the jar?
Put the jar on your scales. Tare it. Take out your spoonful. See what the negative grams are? Log it.
My last spoonful of nutella was 7grams for example
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »With that aggressive of a loss, your body is probably telling you it's hungry. Diet break time.
I think you and the others are right. What do I do? Set my goal to maintenance and then just log like normal?0 -
michael_jordan7 wrote: »Liftng4Lis wrote: »With that aggressive of a loss, your body is probably telling you it's hungry. Diet break time.
I think you and the others are right. What do I do? Set my goal to maintenance and then just log like normal?
How long should the maintenance break last?0 -
michael_jordan7 wrote: »This is a great tip, thanks!mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »My tip for when you eat peanut butter out of the jar?
Put the jar on your scales. Tare it. Take out your spoonful. See what the negative grams are? Log it.
My last spoonful of nutella was 7grams for example
That is a great tip! You can use it for a lot more than just PB! as long as you got a scale you can do the math on it. You have done wonderful so far. Take it easy for a bit and get back into it. I'm sure you can still make it!
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michael_jordan7 wrote: »michael_jordan7 wrote: »Liftng4Lis wrote: »With that aggressive of a loss, your body is probably telling you it's hungry. Diet break time.
I think you and the others are right. What do I do? Set my goal to maintenance and then just log like normal?
How long should the maintenance break last?
Between 1-4 weeks. Go by how you feel. you'll know when you will be ready to jump back in.
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Two weeks is good for the diet break. You're going to feel awesome. You'll get a little practice at maintenance, you won't feel guilty about eating, you'll get rejuvenated. Then it's back on the horse.0
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Congrats on the weight loss so far! Take a break but don't go crazy. Get back to your vitamins and relax then get back to it when you feel ready and your body is ready. Maybe make a small goal or two to hit before getting fully back on the bandwagon0
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Someone already said - just keep logging the info - Whatever goes on with our heads eventually passes - When I get bizarre I accept I am human. Some days just more so. No need to beat myself up. No need to crucify myself that job was already done for us. Tomorrow is another day. Enjoy the holidays with the people you love.0
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When eating something out of a jar, I actually weigh the jar on my scale, write it on the side of the jar, weigh it at the end of the day, log it, and cross out the old sharpie and write on the new weight. Not that I would ever, ever do this with a jar of chocolate hazelnut spread... 0
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That seems like a pretty aggressive deficit. You could start eating a little more and have a slightly slower weight loss rate so that you could have a few more calories to play with. I'd be pretty concerned about lean muscle loss if I was you, since you're losing over 10 lbs a week on average.0
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This happened to me when I got about 10 pounds from goal. I was STARVING all of a sudden. So I loosened the reigns a little and ate closer to maintenance for a couple weeks, without going too drastic. I then got back to it, adding in about 100 more calories a day so I will still losing, but more slowly. I reached my goal still this way and have now set a lower goal but have stayed a little more relaxed about the whole thing. I figure as long as I'm staying below maintenance then I'm doing alright.
You got this. If you fight it too much, you'll be miserable.
*I should add that I also started taking a multi-vitamin during this time thinking maybe it was a vitamin deficiency like mentioned above. I think it helped.*0 -
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This happened to me when I got about 10 pounds from goal. I was STARVING all of a sudden. So I loosened the reigns a little and ate closer to maintenance for a couple weeks, without going too drastic. I then got back to it, adding in about 100 more calories a day so I will still losing, but more slowly. I reached my goal still this way and have now set a lower goal but have stayed a little more relaxed about the whole thing. I figure as long as I'm staying below maintenance then I'm doing alright.
You got this. If you fight it too much, you'll be miserable.
*I should add that I also started taking a multi-vitamin during this time thinking maybe it was a vitamin deficiency like mentioned above. I think it helped.*
I needed to hear that a couple months ago. So true.
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I've been getting the same thing recently. I reset my calories for a little below maintenance so I'd still be losing a bit, and took a break of about ten days. I managed to stop eating so much AND lost a little weight in the process
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This happened to me when I got about 10 pounds from goal. I was STARVING all of a sudden. So I loosened the reigns a little and ate closer to maintenance for a couple weeks, without going too drastic. I then got back to it, adding in about 100 more calories a day so I will still losing, but more slowly. I reached my goal still this way and have now set a lower goal but have stayed a little more relaxed about the whole thing. I figure as long as I'm staying below maintenance then I'm doing alright.
You got this. If you fight it too much, you'll be miserable.
*I should add that I also started taking a multi-vitamin during this time thinking maybe it was a vitamin deficiency like mentioned above. I think it helped.*
Thanks, this is helpful. I have reset my goal for maintenance, which is giving me 2260 cals/day. I am going to do this for one week, then reevaluate. Thanks for the support.0 -
michael_jordan7 wrote: »This happened to me when I got about 10 pounds from goal. I was STARVING all of a sudden. So I loosened the reigns a little and ate closer to maintenance for a couple weeks, without going too drastic. I then got back to it, adding in about 100 more calories a day so I will still losing, but more slowly. I reached my goal still this way and have now set a lower goal but have stayed a little more relaxed about the whole thing. I figure as long as I'm staying below maintenance then I'm doing alright.
You got this. If you fight it too much, you'll be miserable.
*I should add that I also started taking a multi-vitamin during this time thinking maybe it was a vitamin deficiency like mentioned above. I think it helped.*
Thanks, this is helpful. I have reset my goal for maintenance, which is giving me 2260 cals/day. I am going to do this for one week, then reevaluate. Thanks for the support.
You could add a couple hundred this week and the rest next week. Either way, the scale will most likely go up. Just remember it's not fat gain. You will literally have more food and water in your belly.
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