1200 Calories and Listening to Your Body

Psychgrrl

I always caution folks about “intuitive” eating as most of us who need to lose weight didn’t get here because we were really in tune with ourselves.

Our minds are tricky things and they can help us overeat and underway all while thinking we’re “listening” to what our body needs.

thisPGHlife

When I first started, because I'm sorry and I truly thought I was sedentary, MFP gave me 1270. I ate that way for 3 weeks. I ate the things that kept me full. However, because hormonal stuff and generally being pissy about not being able to ever fit the fun foods but still stay satisfied, I was consistently angry or crying. Almost ruined my marriage. Couldn't believe how nasty I was being. So yes, I can make that many calories work. But it's not a good life for me or anyone around me. Instead, I'm more motivated to be more active generally, and really I did fall into lightly active before I just didn't realize, and get more exercise. Now I get to have 1500-1800!! So many calories!! I eat those things that keep me full and meeting my macros (mostly. Still working on getting more protein in.) while still getting the fun stuff like ice cream and pretzels.