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Mental challenges concerning eating more calories

SeattleJill
SeattleJill Posts: 73 Member
edited February 17 in Motivation and Support
I was at a stall for a long time. Like 4 months. Someone suggested I recalibrate my macros and it turns out I should be eating 1680 calories at least, not the 1250 I had been. I've resumed weight loss nicely. I thought it would be hard physically to add in the calories, but I'm surprised at how mentally hard it is to tell myself it's OK to eat those extra 400 calories. It's only been a week, so I imagine it will get better, but man that little voice in my head gets loud when I look at the calories climbing up, even though I actually feel a lot better and am back on track with weight loss. Losing weight really makes you confront your mental demons lol. I guess I'm just surprised that it popped up for me. It makes me wonder what else is lurking in there that is going to come out as I continue to drop.

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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    When I first jumped up from my cut- I was ALL OVER- like WAY over and then WAY low.

    Took me about 2 weeks to iron out. It helps if you jump up by 100 calorie increments if you are really struggling.

    It gets better- but it takes a little time for the brain and body to adjust! You can do it!
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