Taking a break from diet

ryleighgibson01

so I’ve been wanting to take a break from my diet since I’ve been on it since the middle of April but I’m just worried that I’ll gain a lot of weight and won’t be able to fit into my dress for homecoming. I was going to take a break for 2 weeks then get back on track and then I’ll have a little under a month. is this a good plan or should I just wait until after homecoming?

cmriverside

Your call.

How old are you? This site is for 18 and over.

kimny72

What kind of a break do you feel you need? Break from a deficit? Break from logging? Are you eating "diet" food and need a break from that? Do you feel like you just need a couple of weeks of not thinking about it at all and might go a little nuts?

The answers will be a bit different depending on what you mean by a break

ryleighgibson01

kimny72 wrote: »

What kind of a break do you feel you need? Break from a deficit? Break from logging? Are you eating "diet" food and need a break from that? Do you feel like you just need a couple of weeks of not thinking about it at all and might go a little nuts?

The answers will be a bit different depending on what you mean by a break

I was thinking about stopping logging everyday and not worry about what I’m eating as much. Like I still want to eat a little healthy but be able to enjoy more foods especially foods I haven’t had in several months. I’ve read a little bit about it and it said that it could be helpful for losing weight to take a break I’m just scared that I won’t be able to get it off after I gain it.

ryleighgibson01

cmriverside wrote: »

Your call.

How old are you? This site is for 18 and over.

I’ll be 18 next month

NorthCascades

ryleighgibson01 wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

What kind of a break do you feel you need? Break from a deficit? Break from logging? Are you eating "diet" food and need a break from that? Do you feel like you just need a couple of weeks of not thinking about it at all and might go a little nuts?

The answers will be a bit different depending on what you mean by a break

I was thinking about stopping logging everyday and not worry about what I’m eating as much. Like I still want to eat a little healthy but be able to enjoy more foods especially foods I haven’t had in several months. I’ve read a little bit about it and it said that it could be helpful for losing weight to take a break I’m just scared that I won’t be able to get it off after I gain it.

Try it for a few weeks. Monitor your weight and not your calories, see how it goes. We're all in this for the long haul, and have to find something that works.

ryleighgibson01

NorthCascades wrote: »

ryleighgibson01 wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

What kind of a break do you feel you need? Break from a deficit? Break from logging? Are you eating "diet" food and need a break from that? Do you feel like you just need a couple of weeks of not thinking about it at all and might go a little nuts?

The answers will be a bit different depending on what you mean by a break

I was thinking about stopping logging everyday and not worry about what I’m eating as much. Like I still want to eat a little healthy but be able to enjoy more foods especially foods I haven’t had in several months. I’ve read a little bit about it and it said that it could be helpful for losing weight to take a break I’m just scared that I won’t be able to get it off after I gain it.

Try it for a few weeks. Monitor your weight and not your calories, see how it goes. We're all in this for the long haul, and have to find something that works.

thank you I’ll try that

lorrpb

You could eat some of the foods you’ve been missing, still log, and stay within your goal or at least at maintenance. That will help protect against regaining which you stayed as a concern.

staticsplit

What I did was ease into maintenance, so I logged for months at the proper calorie amount until I had a really good sense of what maintenance feels like--how many calories I like to eat at different meal times, what my usual meals end up being. Now I still log most of the time but I don't bother when I go out to eat or on the weekends or holiday really. I also eyeball/guess a lot more because constantly weighing everything on a scale isn't always feasible. Loose logging still keeps me accountable and more mindful--I'm more likely to add a serving of spinach or something to a meal so it'll look more balanced in my diary. I'm less likely to eat 500 calories of cake for lunch (not always though, haha). It works for me.

TanyaHooton

I took a break from logging from the end of June to now. My mother-in-law died, we put a new roof on my house, there was my birthday, there was my step-daughter's birthday; I had cupcake decorating classes, and the roof is still not done, nor are we finished grieving my MIL. But while I was not logging, I remembered the lessons I learned - don't snack, keep breakfast calories under control, have one or two pieces of chocolate and not the whole bag, walk the dog extra when I eat the whole bag anyway - and while I did end up gaining weight (like 1 pound), I didn't lose control of the car completely. Now I'm back at it, and my weight is going down again. The only way to know what to do...is to do it, review it, learn your lessons, and don't repeat the bad stuff.

NovusDies

ryleighgibson01 wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

What kind of a break do you feel you need? Break from a deficit? Break from logging? Are you eating "diet" food and need a break from that? Do you feel like you just need a couple of weeks of not thinking about it at all and might go a little nuts?

The answers will be a bit different depending on what you mean by a break

I was thinking about stopping logging everyday and not worry about what I’m eating as much. Like I still want to eat a little healthy but be able to enjoy more foods especially foods I haven’t had in several months. I’ve read a little bit about it and it said that it could be helpful for losing weight to take a break I’m just scared that I won’t be able to get it off after I gain it.

I think it is better to continue logging and stay within a calorie goal even if it is very relaxed. You could set MFP to gain 1 pound a week and try to stay within that goal for 2 weeks. You probably would not even gain 2 full pounds. It would give you a lot of freedom but you would never leave a mindset of eating with limits.