I just have to do it!
ritanicholson
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I'm 53 yrs old, female with 1 biological child who also has a weight problem. I Have yo yo dieted all my life. It's my biggest downfall. I have a lot going in my life and can accomplish a lot but I'm stuck with this food addition thing I know what to do but I just have to do it! It's time
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You can do it but you have to get out of the mindset that food is an addiction and figure out why you overeat. "Addiction" is a crutch and will not allow you to admit the real reason that you overeat.
You also have to find a way of eating that is sustainable for the rest of your life and not just the duration of a "diet".
Once you crack those codes you're golden.
Good luck!3 -
I was a yoyo dieter, I restricted my calories far too much - ate far too little which of course wasn't sustainable.
So instead of eating too little, probably not even as much a 1000 cals a day back then, I aimed for 0.5lb loss a week as I needed to lose 20lbs, ate 1400 cals plus exercise calories back and lost.
Losing weight more slowly through tracking calorie intake via this app meant I lost the weight I needed to and the great thing is, I kept it off. because no foods were restricted, I just watch my portion sizes. A food scale was the biggest eye opener for weighing foods especially things like cereal/rice/pasta/potatoes/meat.
We gain because over time we eat more than our bodies burn, most of us don't know what a proper portion size should be for one thing. But the good news is just a few changes can get us losing.
Log everything you eat, keep yourself accountable - stay consistently within the calories MFP gives you and you will lose weight.
All the best.
Ruth2
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