Need some support

MintyStarshine
MintyStarshine Posts: 91
in Motivation and Support
Lately I've been craving my big five: Chinese food, steak and potato dinners, heaving plates of spaghetti with marinara and alfredo, sandwiches loaded with mayo and cheese, and buffalo wings with a heaping side of fries.

It's been really difficult for me this week for some reason. Usually I'm quite satisfied with what I eat and I don't normally feel hungry and often forget that it's time to eat. This week, I've started drinking more water to get my eight glasses and now I'm suddenly hungry between meals. :(

This is also the time that I usually end up failing. I'm almost back to my pre-wedding weight and I'm down a pants size, four inches around my waist, and a total of three belt notches now. It's just... I dunno. I don't know what happens around this point that I start slipping off. =/

I NEED to keep going.
It's just getting hard right now.

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  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I can't see your diary to see if you are doing anything wrong so if you need help you might need to open that so someone can.
  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member
    So then have some Chinese food or stake, why not? It's all good if it fits your calories, it won't effect your weight loss. Just make sure your portions are not huge to minimize that calorie amount in a meal and you will at least have some mental sanctification cos you will have that food you wanted, even if not much.

    Also, it's good to take like 1 day a week, or every second week, where you go like 500 cals above maintenance. If you do so then make sure you ate as little fat as possible that day and stuck yourself full with mostly carbs and some lean protein, such as pasta or white noodles with some lean fish. Carbs are absorbed little differently in body than fat therefore one day in a week where you go over your TDEE with like 500 cals will not make you gain any fat whatsoever. You will prolly gain water weight tho, but that is just fake weight. It will also help to keep your metabolism high so you lose more fat in long run.

    I do not support diets where you restrict yourself to anything completely. These type of diets are doomed to fail in long run. You can ate everything you want if you are smart about it and still have amazing results.
  • MintyStarshine
    MintyStarshine Posts: 91
    For privacy regarding matters of personal stuff, I'd rather not open it up to the public. It's the same reason that my profile picture is a drawing of mine rather than my real face. If there were an option to open that to only people registered, I'd gladly do that.

    However, I can give you the low down...

    I consume about 1,700 calories each day. 50-55g of fat, 200ish carbs, 40-45g fiber, 100ish g protein, 200ish cholesterol, and 2,000-2,200mg sodium. I eat 2 apples per day and several servings of vegetables between what I get at lunch and dinner. The only things that I eat that are in any way processed are reduced sodium tuna, bread, sharp cheddar cheese, and Fiber One bars. Otherwise, everything is frozen without preservatives or it's fresh. I get my exercise twice a week by doing shifts working in a fast-paced job where I'm on my feet. According to MFP, I burn 1,000 calories per shift.

    I'm pretty strict about my meals and I'm good at sticking to them.
    The problem isn't what I'm eating or that I'm no longer losing weight, because I'm eating well and I'm losing the weight.
    The problem is keeping up with it and not going back to habits of gorging myself on high carb, high salt, and high fat foods.

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