My story, and what's helping me.
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KatelinIsArmyStrong
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I have been doing this for almost a year. I lost a lot of weight (but didn't tone, and I looked gross, just sayin', hint hint) After a while of very strict counting. (I mean, I even counted a 5cal stick of gum dude) I started binging.
I heard from a body builder that my body needed a "refeed" and to go on a "dieters gone wild" day. So, I did. First cheat meal/day, desert, pizza, candy, in three months. It was almost as if you gave a starving child a loaf of bread.
I hopped right back on track, and did this once a week. Well, those binge days, turned into gorge days, and it got bad. Like, I'm in pain, I need a doctor bad. I even would wait for the clock to strike midnight so I could start. WTF came over me? Who knows!? With that, came my, "Feast then fast method". Fasting, while holds many benefits, and I actually feel good after it, should have never given me a reason to shove a family sized pack of oreos down my throath along with many many other things. "Might as well eat this entire pizza, bucket of ice cream, jar of peanut butter, I won't eat tomorrow"
Ha, not putting two and two together realizing you only burn about 2200 calories a day, soo that one day of not eating wouldn't off set a whole day of eating 9000+ calories.
So, I quit. And tried the whole, "cheat meal/night" thing. Well, my cheat meals would turn into binges. WTF. but, not as bad as what I called, "the dark days" I toned up, lost a few more pounds, and felt great!
Last week, I had the worst week ever. I had the flu, and had a four day long binge. I've gained (not water weight, I calculated) 6 pounds of actual fat.
So, to get to the root of the problem. I dug deep, and thought to myself, "I know I'm not eating out of emotion, I have twitter to express my emotions!" I decided seeing that I had a calorie budget, made me eat when I wasn't hungry, just because I had calories left, and before I knew it, I was sitting on the couch with 4 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, saying, "EF IT!"
So, I quit calorie counting. Two days binge free. I even feel like I can eat healthier, because we all know how annoying it is to add "1/4 cup of carrots, half cup of spinach, two egg white, 1 egg, tomatoes, etc" for one meal. That alone just made me want to grab a granola bar and head out the door. No nutritional value.
So while I advice you to watch your calories, maybe try to stray off the counter for a while? See what happens?
Message me if you would like.
I heard from a body builder that my body needed a "refeed" and to go on a "dieters gone wild" day. So, I did. First cheat meal/day, desert, pizza, candy, in three months. It was almost as if you gave a starving child a loaf of bread.
I hopped right back on track, and did this once a week. Well, those binge days, turned into gorge days, and it got bad. Like, I'm in pain, I need a doctor bad. I even would wait for the clock to strike midnight so I could start. WTF came over me? Who knows!? With that, came my, "Feast then fast method". Fasting, while holds many benefits, and I actually feel good after it, should have never given me a reason to shove a family sized pack of oreos down my throath along with many many other things. "Might as well eat this entire pizza, bucket of ice cream, jar of peanut butter, I won't eat tomorrow"
Ha, not putting two and two together realizing you only burn about 2200 calories a day, soo that one day of not eating wouldn't off set a whole day of eating 9000+ calories.
So, I quit. And tried the whole, "cheat meal/night" thing. Well, my cheat meals would turn into binges. WTF. but, not as bad as what I called, "the dark days" I toned up, lost a few more pounds, and felt great!
Last week, I had the worst week ever. I had the flu, and had a four day long binge. I've gained (not water weight, I calculated) 6 pounds of actual fat.
So, to get to the root of the problem. I dug deep, and thought to myself, "I know I'm not eating out of emotion, I have twitter to express my emotions!" I decided seeing that I had a calorie budget, made me eat when I wasn't hungry, just because I had calories left, and before I knew it, I was sitting on the couch with 4 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, saying, "EF IT!"
So, I quit calorie counting. Two days binge free. I even feel like I can eat healthier, because we all know how annoying it is to add "1/4 cup of carrots, half cup of spinach, two egg white, 1 egg, tomatoes, etc" for one meal. That alone just made me want to grab a granola bar and head out the door. No nutritional value.
So while I advice you to watch your calories, maybe try to stray off the counter for a while? See what happens?
Message me if you would like. 0
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I've had quite the journey myself. I think it is a lot of finding what works for you and not giving up until you find a routine that helps. I started binging that same way, lost weight and restricted calories and then found myself falling to the dark side.
For my, I find the journal helps me stay aware of how much I am eating but I am not insane with it and that helps. If I make it too complicated and measure everything/put every little food I get lazy and end up doing something bad haha.
The only thing that has really worked for me has been keeping the bad stuff away, eating the same foods, and/ or living with people I am not completely comfortable with. And I too cannot do the cheat day/night... any time I cheat by myself, it ends very badly.
I think it is a good idea though, to let up on the pressure of counting everything.0
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