Any suggestions how to quit yo-yo-ing??

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  • Nykkismommy21
    Nykkismommy21 Posts: 224 Member
    Try not being tooo restricted on what you eat. I was also on 1200. Then i went up to 1390 when i started walking to school. When you workout you get more calories to eat too. You can eat halg. I try not to include in my diary my Walks that are usually 3 or 4 or more miles. That way it leaves room for error. But you should allow yourself something you love to eat everyday. And eat it in your calorie allowance.
  • NurseAmj
    NurseAmj Posts: 19 Member
    Nykkismommy21 wrote: »
    Try not being tooo restricted on what you eat. I was also on 1200. Then i went up to 1390 when i started walking to school. When you workout you get more calories to eat too. You can eat halg. I try not to include in my diary my Walks that are usually 3 or 4 or more miles. That way it leaves room for error. But you should allow yourself something you love to eat everyday. And eat it in your calorie allowance.


    Thank you!! Good advice.
  • magster4isu
    magster4isu Posts: 632 Member
    NurseAmj wrote: »
    magster4isu wrote: »
    On the days you are going "out of control" is it because you are eating a high volume or are you eating "bad" foods? If it is the later, find a way to fit the foods you love into your calorie goals. If it is a volume thing, why do you feel that you need to eat that much? Are you hungry, bored, emotionally eating?

    Kind of both, but mostly just overeating in a stressed out way.

    Maybe you need to figure out what triggers your stress. If you are able to identify it, you can build a plan on how to deal with it without turning to food.
  • carissalounsbury
    carissalounsbury Posts: 5 Member
    I am almost down to my goal weight (GW 120, CW 130, SW 195) and my biggest help has been finding ways to eat as much whole foods as possible, with processed foods added in minimally (e.g. natural peanut butter in my oats, raw cashew "cheese" on my potatoes) and keeping heavily processed foods out of the kitchen (e.g. water or veg stock saute instead of oil, salsa/guac instead of salad dressing.) Also, I personally limit my pasta and bread, but that is a personal preference, I'd rather have a big ol' potato than bread... Once you start incorporating more whole foods in, the bad stuff is easier to resist because you feel so much better.
    I have a compulsive eating problem, especially around processed foods. I used to yo-yo every year at my job, because my work offers us snacks and lunches galore. I could never lose it and keep it off. Then I started researching into the sciences of what a natural diet should be like, and it has helped me immensely. I still have my cookies now and again, but its way, way, way easier to just continue on and not fall off the healthy lifestyle completely. And I enjoy that cookie, guilt-free. I concentrate on whats going into my body, not so much what extra exercise I get in aside from my 10K steps, and I have managed to lose weight, eat a LOT and feel satiated.
    This is what has helped me, everyone is different though, so don't think I am trying to say going WFPB is what you HAVE to do, its just what I have done, it has helped me regain control of my eating disorder/dysthymia and sanity, and look/feel fabulous in my own body. :D
  • NurseAmj
    NurseAmj Posts: 19 Member
    carissalounsbury wrote: »
    I am almost down to my goal weight (GW 120, CW 130, SW 195) and my biggest help has been finding ways to eat as much whole foods as possible, with processed foods added in minimally (e.g. natural peanut butter in my oats, raw cashew "cheese" on my potatoes) and keeping heavily processed foods out of the kitchen (e.g. water or veg stock saute instead of oil, salsa/guac instead of salad dressing.) Also, I personally limit my pasta and bread, but that is a personal preference, I'd rather have a big ol' potato than bread... Once you start incorporating more whole foods in, the bad stuff is easier to resist because you feel so much better.
    I have a compulsive eating problem, especially around processed foods. I used to yo-yo every year at my job, because my work offers us snacks and lunches galore. I could never lose it and keep it off. Then I started researching into the sciences of what a natural diet should be like, and it has helped me immensely. I still have my cookies now and again, but its way, way, way easier to just continue on and not fall off the healthy lifestyle completely. And I enjoy that cookie, guilt-free. I concentrate on whats going into my body, not so much what extra exercise I get in aside from my 10K steps, and I have managed to lose weight, eat a LOT and feel satiated.
    This is what has helped me, everyone is different though, so don't think I am trying to say going WFPB is what you HAVE to do, its just what I have done, it has helped me regain control of my eating disorder/dysthymia and sanity, and look/feel fabulous in my own body. :D

    Thank you so much for your reply! There's a lot of really good suggestions here. And congrats on your success!!
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