Slimming world fail- back to calorie counting.
tgwmhs94
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I’ve gained so much weight. 5’5.5ft and weighed in this morning at 160lbs 😔
This whole week I’ve been trying slimming world and not obsessing over the calories so much just eating really healthily, and I’ve actually gained weight. It’s so demoralising,
So today I’m going to start calorie counting again, even though I hate it and haven’t got the Will power to stick to it.
Does anyone have any helpful tips or hints for me? Feeling so unmotivated right now, what’s the point in even trying when I just gain weight anyway
This whole week I’ve been trying slimming world and not obsessing over the calories so much just eating really healthily, and I’ve actually gained weight. It’s so demoralising,
So today I’m going to start calorie counting again, even though I hate it and haven’t got the Will power to stick to it.
Does anyone have any helpful tips or hints for me? Feeling so unmotivated right now, what’s the point in even trying when I just gain weight anyway
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Any healthy-ish diet you try, whichever one, you should try for longer than a week if you want to get true results and not just noise. ( tThat said, don't keep on with a diet that is making you sick.) - A week usually i not enough to account for how your body reacts to changes in your eating habits.
Now, I personally think counting calories is the most reliable way to lose weight. You actually know you are in a deficit for sure. And that is nice. No stress guessing if you are doing OK.
But I understand you are frustrated. You feel this is all too hard.
So, why don't you just count calories for a month without actively restricting them? Get a good idea what you are eating. That way you may notice patterns you can change, adaptations you can make.
Then set MFP to naintanance. See how much you can eat in a day without gaining weight. Get used to set for some time, maybe another month. Add in the changes you thought you could make to eat better. Think about what you can change further if you had to eat lower calories and what you could not live without (in my case: Nobody is going to get me to give up drinking at least two soy lattes on a normal day. I just have to work around that.)
Then set MFP to a slow loss rate. I know, you want to lose that weight, and possibly fast, but a slow loss rate means you can eat more which means you will have an easier time sticking to this.- And, what matters is the end result of having lost weight and being able to keep it off, not how long it takes.
You will have gotten used to counting calories and have somewhat a plwn on how to approach things, so restriction won't be quite that hard.
Set yourself in-between goals on your journey. Maybe get yourself a new piece of clothing you nearly fit into as motivation. That way you can work towards something small and attainable.
And then? "Just keep swimming." - it's not that important if you feel motivated. You just have to continue on doing this. It's a job made out of many small tasks. It takes time, it can be tedious, but if you truly want to reach the goal you can do it.
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I'm not a Slimming World fan (precisely because you can eat 'healthy' and still eat too many calories), but I also believe in sticking with a strategy long enough to actually determine if it's working.
One week is really short, our weight naturally fluctuates (hormones, sodium, exercise,...) so being up after one week doesn't necessarily mean it's not working. Patience is required, no matter what strategy you choose.
I would suggest:
- reading this article regarding weight fluctuations: https://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
- installing a weight trending app like Libra or Happyscale to help you determine your weight trend
I like calorie counting, I feel much more in control than I would with a point system.
Why do you hate it?4 -
I'm not a Slimming World fan (precisely because you can eat 'healthy' and still eat too many calories), but I also believe in sticking with a strategy long enough to actually determine if it's working.
One week is really short, our weight naturally fluctuates (hormones, sodium, exercise,...) so being up after one week doesn't necessarily mean it's not working. Patience is required, no matter what strategy you choose.
I would suggest:
- reading this article regarding weight fluctuations: https://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
- installing a weight trending app like Libra or Happyscale to help you determine your weight trend
I like calorie counting, I feel much more in control than I would with a point system.
Why do you hate it?
I hate it because I always want more haha. I’m a recovering bulimic and binge eating is a huge issue for me. Through quitting purging I’ve gained about 16 lbs (don’t get me wrong I was never under weight) in a very short time which i want to lose but what I don’t want is to end up in the cycle of an eating disorder again x
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Well, calorie counting is often not recommended for people with eating disorders. Always wanting more, is that because you choose an aggressive rate of loss (wanting to lose quickly)? If so, chossing a slower rate of loss would make it easier and more sustainable.
Or would you have the same reflex of wanting more, no matter what the actual number is? If so, then calorie counting might not be a sustainable option for you. But it might still help you in finding out what appropriate portions are (a few weeks for example).
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