The hardest stage/part

kittycat1116

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

My hardest thing was figuring out what I needed. By examining my dairy on days in which I ate too much, I realized that a common thread was that I had skipped breakfast. For whatever reason, I skipped breakfast on some weekends and every single time I lost control later that day. When I was happy to weigh 270+, this didn't matter. When I wanted to lose weight, this became a problem that I had to solve. I started eating breakfast every day whether I wanted it or not. That helped. I'm down 95 lb in 14 months.

Congrats! That's amazing! I have over 100 to lose and just starting out on my journey. I already miss being able to sit and eat whatever I want and not care, but I know that I need to be a healthier person, I just want to feel better.

kgirlhart

For me the first couple of weeks was hard just getting used to eating less food. I still eat lots of sweet things. I do try to get most of my sugar from fruits, but I have not eliminated anything. If I really want something I make it fit. I do find that logging things before I eat then helps. Most of the time when I see how many calories something has I am less likely to want to "spend" my calories on a candy bar or cake when I can eat maybe some Greek yogurt that will satisfy my sweet tooth and help me reach my protien goal. I also try not to snack. It is easier for me to work in a treat as a dessert at the end of a meal when I am not really hungry. If I eat a good amount of protien at my meals I don't really need snacks during the day.

maybe1pe

Plateaus.... i'm going on 4 weeks of no loss. and mentally i know i'm doing the right things my diet has been consistent (even on days when I don't take the time to log everything) my exercise has been going really well. I can tell I'm stronger but mentally that number not moving is starting to psych me out.

I know there are other measurements of progress and I look at those as well but it would still be nice if it would just move a little bit.

titotito48

@maybe1pe I lost 8 pounds and then nothing for 21 days. I looked online for ways to get the scale to go down and did three things. 1. Increased my water. 2. Cut way back on sodium. 3. Made sure to stay below my calorie allotment. Finally lost another 1.6

maybe1pe

@titotito48 Thanks. I have tried everything. I already drink as much was as physically possible. I average my calories over the week and am always under my weekly. And unfortunately I can't cut back on sodium because I get severe leg cramps if I do. I have also tried doing refeed days (since I lift) because some people suggest that can help your body release water, but that hasn't worked either. I've tried high carb days, higher sodium days, literally everything that people suggest when you get stuck like this and nothing has changed. My weight has been the exact same every day for the past month.

I've resigned myself to believe it will happen when it happens.

prattiger65

I have to be careful not to "get" hungry. If I get hungry, I tend to overeat.

Rivers2k

I gave up eating after the kids went to bed. Everyone knows Im not craving carrots and celery for evening snack. I would do good all day then add another 900 calories after the kids went to bed (ice cream adds up quickly). So I made a pact with my wife that I wouldn't eat after the kids went to bed. I craved and was starving every night around 9:30 or 10, I pushed through it and now 3 weeks later I don't crave at night nearly as much. some nights I don't even think of food after the kids go to bed, (new habit forming yay!)

I also changed the way I think about food someone brought to my attention its like any other addiction. I am telling my self I deserve this pizza or I deserve these nachos, I have been good or im in a bad mood which ever. In reality what I am eating doesn't give me the satisfaction it promises, furthermore it only hurts me. So when I say to myself I deserve this I remind myself that it is only going to hurt me and I don't deserve to hurt myself.

Cravings will leave or dissipate eventually.

Also I am not cutting out one specific food, that has never worked long term. If it fits in my calories and I am not emotional eating I will have some. I had 2 girl scout cookies yesterday (150 cals) they were enjoyable and I added them to my food diary. Tomorrow I know I am going out for pizza with some guys at work so I will count it and not going to over my calories allotted.

Wow this turned out to be a long post. Sorry. To sum up hardest part is not eating after the kids go to bed. What I am doing about it, total mind set change.

kittycat1116

@Rivers2k I like what you shared about this being like an addiction, as eating for me feels like just that. Very insightful!

mskimee

Plateau!! Especially when you'e had a "great week" in terms of work out/food and you see nothing in return and just want to say screw it and eat all the things!!

Rivers2k

kittycat1116 wrote: »

@Rivers2k I like what you shared about this being like an addiction, as eating for me feels like just that. Very insightful!

Glad I could help. If you truly feel like its an addiction look for a Celebrate Recovery group in your area. They are nationwide and no cost. They say its for people with hurts, habits, and hang ups. Isn't that all of us!?

GemstoneofHeart

Vacations and such. We like to travel and we like to try different foods possibly even more. One of our favorite things about traveling is hitting up all the top restaurants in the area. It's super hard to track that so I often don't track at all when I'm on vacation.