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I did it!
jbaca9602
Posts: 64 Member
Quick background, I'm a habitual undereater and stuck in the belief that to lose weight you're supposed to go on weird diets and just eat less. When I first started tracking, I was at anywhere from 400-800 cals a day max. For 5'6" and an active lifestyle, it's not enough! It took almost a year of seeing people fuel their bodies and lose weight (while my determination to only net 200 cals a day failed miserably) to convince me to learn to eat more.
Well, it might not have been the healthiest food, but today for the first time I ate above my TDEE! I've been about 6-700 cals short daily, logging after dinner and thinking, "There's no way I'm going to get 700 in before I pass out". But today, I let myself eat more. I ate small amounts throughout the day, and it worked! I feel like a cow, but I know this is supposed to be hard, it's supposed to make me change my self-image, it's supposed to break me away from worrying about eating "too much". I'm really hoping this works out for me because it's all that's left and I just want to get healthy.
Well, it might not have been the healthiest food, but today for the first time I ate above my TDEE! I've been about 6-700 cals short daily, logging after dinner and thinking, "There's no way I'm going to get 700 in before I pass out". But today, I let myself eat more. I ate small amounts throughout the day, and it worked! I feel like a cow, but I know this is supposed to be hard, it's supposed to make me change my self-image, it's supposed to break me away from worrying about eating "too much". I'm really hoping this works out for me because it's all that's left and I just want to get healthy.
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Congrats!
I was not eating as few calories as you, but for the past 18 months or so I've not been eating or moving much.
I tried to start my metabolic reset 17days ago. I ate every 2-3 hours, whether I was hungry or not. I had a REALLY hard time eating in the morning and early afternoon--probably because I spent almost two years eating only dinner and late-night snacks.
There were a few days that I literally gorged myself with food late at night to ensure that I was eating my BMR. But I finally hit TDEE today (well, technically yesterday seeing how it is almost 2 a.m.). So, I'm starting my 8 weeks from today and chalking up the previous two weeks as "gearing up for reset" time.0 -
This is great! The mental battle is much harder I believe than the actual physical one of getting our bodies where we'd like them to be. It's amazing when you get to that # and confirm that you actually CAN eat more. Keep going - consistency is going to be important in teaching your body about that it will be fed properly!0
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Yes mentally you have to look at this in a different way. We all been victims but now the light is at the tunnel and we know the path.This is great! The mental battle is much harder I believe than the actual physical one of getting our bodies where we'd like them to be. It's amazing when you get to that # and confirm that you actually CAN eat more. Keep going - consistency is going to be important in teaching your body about that it will be fed properly!0 -
congrats for beginning a newer/heathier way of feeding your body. you deserve it!
btw, your profile says that you are overweight...you didn't gain weight eating so little did you?0 -
Awesome work!! And it is so worth it!!0
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