"Clean eating" lost 127lbs and creeping up on the scale due to introducing processed foods!
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You need to watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
Your diary shows entries such as:
1/4 cup rice
1/4 cup peanuts
tbsp sunflower seeds
1/4 tsp maple syrup
tbsp nuts
half batch oatmeal cookies.
These things could be far, far more than you've estimated.
Weigh solid food in grams. Weigh liquids in millilitres. Especially things that are calorie-dense such as the foods I've listed.
Also, forget about "healthy". All food has nutritional content, and can be good for you, depending on your goals and/or needs at the time.
Being scared of "processed food" is yet another way the diet industry wants to keep us feeling guilty so we spend money on the latest diet fad.
Eating what makes me satisified within my calorie limit has helped me lose 80 lbs and keep it off for a year. I eat/ate dessert and drink alcohol in moderation every day, and have never been healthier.
I really am trying to find that healthy balance and my next purchase is going to be scale to weight out my food to get the proper reading on things I've come this far and don't want to back track3 -
thechaoswithinme wrote: »I'm living in fear that I will go back to those old ways and I have anxiety and worry about every meal
This is where knowing how many calories you're eating can be a great stress reducer. When you weigh and measure your food and maintain your diary you can make informed decisions on when, what and how much to eat without the stress of guessing if adding the mayo to the sandwich will undo all your work. When you get that food scale, use it faithfully and I think you'll be surprised at how much it can reduce food anxiety.
I'm hoping that will be the case. I just want to maintain and happy lifestyle without all the worry and calculating! I want to be abled to eat. Yummmy foods and maintain a healthy lifestyle! I want to feel good! Physically and mentally1 -
Maggie4211 wrote: »You need to eat healthy foods for the rest of your life or else you will gain the weight back. Think of it not as a diet but a lifestyle change. You have to eat healthy to have a happy healthy life. Try to exercise and re-elevuate what you are eating. Doesn't need to be vegan but needs to be healthy. I recommend no sugar, no salt and no processed foods. Good luck. You can do it!
As the OP just found out for herself that works well... for a period of time.
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People say that. And I've been testing it out but I think everyone's body is different and certain food metabolize differently. It weird learning what food metabolize the best in my body! I wish I could indulge in McDonald's. I'm happy you can do so but for me I have to eat healthy or I will unhinge like I'm doing now and go back to be an 253lb meCalorie in, calorie out. Always. That is the equation that will help ANYONE lose weight. I eat McDonald's and processed food, I've lost 10kg in 10 weeks. U must be tight with you're logging. 300 calories of broccoli is the EXACT same as 300 calories of chocolate.
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I'm trying to find the right and healhlier balance. I'm at the moment in my life where I'm finding the appropriate way of eating to maintain a healthy lifestyle. I've been trying to do research and finding people eith the knowledge and experience with what I'm going through. I'm trying to retrain my mindlioness803 wrote: »Maggie4211 wrote: »You need to eat healthy foods for the rest of your life or else you will gain the weight back. Think of it not as a diet but a lifestyle change. You have to eat healthy to have a happy healthy life. Try to exercise and re-elevuate what you are eating. Doesn't need to be vegan but needs to be healthy. I recommend no sugar, no salt and no processed foods. Good luck. You can do it!
1) No sugar would really be impossible, unless you're cutting out fruits and veggies, which would not be recommended
2) Your body NEEDS sodium. Seriously it does. Yes, the SAD usually has too much, but saying NO salt is ridiculous.
3) "Processed food" tends to be high calorie, so it can be harder to fit in when you're counting calories, for many people, but it certainly doesn't need to be eliminated entirely. (And what counts as processed food is a debate in itself)
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Thank you for all your feedback every little thing counts0
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Question - how much weight have you put back on, and in what time period? Could it be standard variations - water weight if you are eating more carbs than you were used to?2
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thechaoswithinme wrote: »
People say that. And I've been testing it out but I think everyone's body is different and certain food metabolize differently. It weird learning what food metabolize the best in my body! I wish I could indulge in McDonald's. I'm happy you can do so but for me I have to eat healthy or I will unhinge like I'm doing now and go back to be an 253lb meCalorie in, calorie out. Always. That is the equation that will help ANYONE lose weight. I eat McDonald's and processed food, I've lost 10kg in 10 weeks. U must be tight with you're logging. 300 calories of broccoli is the EXACT same as 300 calories of chocolate.
Metabolism vs digestion. I say just log strictly. Weigh foods.1 -
Unfortunately you did not use the time you were losing weight rapidly to develop a set of food trade offs that you are willing to make long term. It is easier to make mistakes when you're operating under a large deficit.
Having said that... it is not impossible for you to develop these skills now.
Start using a trending weight app (Libra Android, Happy Scale Iphone, Trendweight.com with a free fitbit.com account even without a device, Weightgrapher.com for manual entry).
Set a range in the trending weight app. That range should be smaller than your scale weight range; but definitely not zero.
Depending on how much your weight varies based on hormones a 2-5lb trending weight change may be appropriate.
Experiment lots when you have the room, go back to your "go-to" way of eating when you're about to go too high.
Use the experimentation time to develop your own trade offs between satiety, enjoyment, and the calories they cost you.
HEALTHY ITEMS ARE NOT ALWAYS A GOOD DEAL. Let me repeat that: healthy items are not always a good deal when it comes to calories. Maybe you are willing to pay the price to receive the health benefit from any one item... and maybe you're not.
Sometimes I'm willing to spend 230 calories eating oatmeal and sliced apples and dried cranberries and currants at McDonald's. Sometimes I'm willing to spend the same 230 calories eating a vanilla cone. Note that on neither occasion am I consuming a Big Mac because, for me, it wastes a lot of calories on a useless middle bun and on thousand island sauce I can easily live without. But on occasion, I might chose to eat a Mcdouble and add some extra meat patties or a round egg to it.
Eating the oatmeal at Mcdonald's did not magically make it any more or less healthy than eating it at home! And finding a way of eating that you can keep to long term is the only way you will manage to maintain your weight loss.
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thechaoswithinme wrote: »
Anyone else having this problem! I ate completely raw. Whole grains Less refined carbs like bread but if I ate bread it was whole grain! Well I still have whole grain pasta or rice and corn pasta, pasta made from brown rice! I just introduced condiments into my diet! Maple syrup in my oatmeal for breakfast. After a year worth of restrictions and my body is going crazy with these things! Plus I've been eating homemade snack and some processed thing in complete moderation! My scale has been going up lately! I'm disappointed in myself for achieve my lowest weight to slowly climbing the scale. It has to be all the excess sodium and sugar! If I can I do make things from scratch but i try if I do eat anything processed or mass produced I'll find the healthiest option because if not so easy making everything from scratch!!! I am planning on detoxing soon to get rid of all the toxins. I've been trying to hold a some what vegan diet but I need to eat more protein! Idk I'm trying to find that right healthy balance. Maybe I need more exercise now so I can eat more. At one point in my weight loss journey I was eating to little and working out to much and I'm in the stage where I'm trying to find the healthy balance of eating like a normal human being and working out and being healthy with or depriving myself of malnourishing myself! Idk I have been having trouble with eating and working out. I can't seem to find a perfect balance. I plan out meals and try to plan out my days or meals in advanced! I walk Back and forth to work. I prep the healthiest meals I can with flavor now after so long of eating bland foods. Now I see myself going crazy with additives. I eat a lot of veggies and fruits and nuts. Idk I'm at a point in my life and my weightloss journey where I'm trying not to go back to my old way and I feel like I could be going back.
amazing results!! theres no right or wrong answer here. i struggle with weight gain too!! so im just here to say ur not alone!!
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thechaoswithinme wrote: »I'm living in fear that I will go back to those old ways and I have anxiety and worry about every meal
this is the underlying problem. Due to all your restrictions you have never learned how to be around food. You've only done 2 extremes restricting or overconsuming.
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thechaoswithinme wrote: »
People say that. And I've been testing it out but I think everyone's body is different and certain food metabolize differently. It weird learning what food metabolize the best in my body! I wish I could indulge in McDonald's. I'm happy you can do so but for me I have to eat healthy or I will unhinge like I'm doing now and go back to be an 253lb meCalorie in, calorie out. Always. That is the equation that will help ANYONE lose weight. I eat McDonald's and processed food, I've lost 10kg in 10 weeks. U must be tight with you're logging. 300 calories of broccoli is the EXACT same as 300 calories of chocolate.
No it isnt. We are all human and it all comes down to calories in vs calories out3 -
Maybe speak to a professional about your relationship with food.5
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »Maybe speak to a professional about your relationship with food.
This ^ Healthy inside and healthy outside3
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