Hello

maramaravillosa20

Hello! I’ved logged in two weeks,and honestly it’s helped me. I haven’t lost any weight but atleast I have a better understanding of high calorie foods.
To be honest,It’s hard to accept that you can’t just shove a creamy peanutbutter sandwich or a big bowl or ice cream when ever you want. That has consequences haha. However,counting calories is somewhat a pleasant task. I have a problem with over eating cheese,milk,yogurt and fruit.
All good things but can add up the calories. I don’t eat chocolate or processed cookies or cookies ice cream,chips etc. I don’t believe I’m living a “joyless life “ withought them. I get to eat fruit and yoghurt with nuts etc and that’s delicious and I eat mostly at home.

mtaratoot

Welcome!

It sounds like you're off to a very good start, and I'm so happy that you're enjoying the process.

Whether you know it or not, your approach is pretty smart. Instead of jumping in and trying to do something that might not be sustainable, you're starting by just observing. This will really help inform you when you start setting more challenging goals.

Take it slow. Work with intent. Find good goals. Make those goals hard but achievable. Then just stick to it! You will certainly have some hiccups along the way, but they aren't really failures. They are learning experiences, and you can just get right back to it immediately.

trixsterjl31

The joke and trick is serving size. There have been people that did stunts like lose calories eating nothing but Ice cream to prove it isn't what you eat but how much. The mindset that has to be changed is not necessarily what you eat but how much of it. Look at a Oreo label (below). If you have 3 cookies you ate 160 calories if you eat 12 you had 640. You can fit both into any weight loss or maint plan but with the first you can east 480 calories more real food that gives the body more than a 30 min shot of sugar.
So have that creamy PB sandwich and either have it on 1piece of bread or a carb count taco shell. 300 calories instead of 400. Have a scoop of ice cream instead of a bowl. add a bowl of strawberries on the side if you want to feel indulgent...

In the end you need to figure out a way to eat for life. A diet is what people eat. We have made it into a temp eating plan to lose weight. That inevitably fails and you end up gaining weight back and more. So my advice is find a way to fit what you have to have into your lifestyle and cut as much of the things that you dont need that are junk as possible.