Did anyone do this when starting out losing weight?

gottagetitoff11 wrote: »

I was just wondering when you started did you think this way or just say if it fits my macros im eating it.

Thanks

when i was an on-duty mom, i remember being told there's no point in stressing about every individual meal. so long as your kid covers a wide range over the course of a month or so, he'll be fine.

i kind of work by that principle still. i don't have what it takes to micromanage my eating habits, so i play it more in that way. i think my main approach shows up in the grocery store. i mostly buy stuff that a) has some nutritional point to it, and b) i'm probably going to eat when the time comes for me to eat it. then the rest is just details, which i don't worry about very much.

gottagetitoff11 wrote: »

Im trying to lose weight again. It seems like everytime i try i eat food i dont like because its a "healty food". My breakfast is oatmeal berries and yogurt i absolutely hate the taste and texture or oatmeal but again its a "healthy food".

I also say i need 5 cups of veggies and 2 cups of fruit. Most of my friends on here do not eat that much.

I was just wondering when you started did you think this way or just say if it fits my macros im eating it.

Thanks

If you want to keep the weight off long term, you need to eat food you enjoy. But I know what you're going through... growing up I had parents who labeled food as "good" and "bad" and I found myself doing the same for a long time... its really only been the last year that ive started to break away from this.

For me, the start of the process was adding in something small I enjoyed at ever meal as a "pre emptive cheat"

(credit to this idea goes to Jill Coleman- she talks about this idea a lot here: http://jillfit.com/2016/05/02/not-willpower/) for example: last night I added 2 tsp of butter, cinnamon, and splenda to my sweet potato. Were the extra calories huge? No, but my satisfaction with the meal was much higher because of it.

I'm not going to tell you that you shouldn't eat oatmeal, because I don't know where your headspace is at, and if someone had told me to do that a year ago I would have panicked (seriously- I once had a meltdown in Costco because my boyfriend wanted chicken cordon bleu but I only wanted plain chicken burger because it was "healthier"... the plain chicken burger had more calories FYI and tasted like crap... I later went back for the chicken cordon bleu and it was delicious)

What I am saying is that you should be kind to yourself, and start incorporating foods into meals that you do like! For oatmeal it could be: Peanut butter, Nutella, Jam, Reddi whip, Cheese (if youre into savoury stuff), chocolate chips, and so many more things. And when you are ready to say "F this! I hate oatmeal and love XYZ I'm going to eat that instead!" you will be happier with the leap.

Baby steps my friend