Overeating after losing weight...help!

naomiprioleau
naomiprioleau Posts: 38 Member
edited November 24 in Food and Nutrition
Last month, I did really well with my weight loss!
Jan. 1, I weighed, 169.8 and Feb. 1, I weighed 164.8! Yay! (I'm only weighing myself once a month because once a week I was driving myself crazy)
I was very strict about my veganism in January and eating in a deficit and really working out hard.
However, since I discovered I was 164.8....so far this month...I've been over eating, eating sweets after every meal, going over my calorie intake...it's been terrible.
My goal is to lose between 2-5 pounds a month, but I don't know if that's going to happen this month.
Is this a subconscious issue? Like...oh you lost all this weight...time to party!
It's not a binge issue, it's literally just eating more than I should every day and I know people say, "Don't monitor the scale, monitor how you feel/look etc." Well, I feel and look like a blob lol
Any advice or tips?

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  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    In January, were your goals too aggressive and restrictive, causing you to now feel burnt out and unmotivated?

    I think that's probably your answer. You went too hard and now you're burnt out. Try going slow for a while. Track your calories but keep a modest deficit - maybe TDEE minus 250, AKA losing .5 lbs per week. Take it slow at the gym, dial back your workouts.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    If your motivation is weightloss, no wonder you overeat when you reach your weightloss milestone(s) - you've done something that needs a reward. If you were less strict and worked out less hard, maybe you'd feel better, and then have a chance to stick with your calorie deficit.
  • naomiprioleau
    naomiprioleau Posts: 38 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    If your motivation is weightloss, no wonder you overeat when you reach your weightloss milestone(s) - you've done something that needs a reward. If you were less strict and worked out less hard, maybe you'd feel better, and then have a chance to stick with your calorie deficit.

    See, I'm too scared to do that. I'm very hard on myself and my workouts and I'm trying be easier on myself...but easier said than done lol I feel like if I go easy on myself I'm going to get fat again haha
  • naomiprioleau
    naomiprioleau Posts: 38 Member
    toxikon wrote: »
    In January, were your goals too aggressive and restrictive, causing you to now feel burnt out and unmotivated?

    I think that's probably your answer. You went too hard and now you're burnt out. Try going slow for a while. Track your calories but keep a modest deficit - maybe TDEE minus 250, AKA losing .5 lbs per week. Take it slow at the gym, dial back your workouts.

    I felt fine in January though...I didn't feel like my goals were too aggressive (because I didn't have a goal lol) but I'm struggling in month two. My goal is to get down to 135 by January 2019. So, I have all year, but I'm just to scared to take it slow. I feel like if I dial back my workouts....I'll become a lazy slob and gain 438204329 pounds lol ridiculous I know haha
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    naomiprioleau wrote: »
    toxikon wrote: »
    In January, were your goals too aggressive and restrictive, causing you to now feel burnt out and unmotivated?

    I think that's probably your answer. You went too hard and now you're burnt out. Try going slow for a while. Track your calories but keep a modest deficit - maybe TDEE minus 250, AKA losing .5 lbs per week. Take it slow at the gym, dial back your workouts.

    I felt fine in January though...I didn't feel like my goals were too aggressive (because I didn't have a goal lol) but I'm struggling in month two. My goal is to get down to 135 by January 2019. So, I have all year, but I'm just to scared to take it slow. I feel like if I dial back my workouts....I'll become a lazy slob and gain 438204329 pounds lol ridiculous I know haha

    Sounds like you just need to work on your "all or nothing" attitude. When it comes to weight loss, slow and steady is definitely the preferable option. If you slowly build sustainable habits that you can carry on forever, you'll be much less likely to revert to old bad habits.

    Any day where you eat below your maintenance calories is a day where you're losing weight, and thus, moving towards your goal. Even if it's just 100 calories under maintenance!

    I know it's a hard mindset to break, and if you really end up struggling, talking to a professional could help. You could be experiencing some disordered eating habits that could lead you down a bad spiral.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    There is a mental factor involved. If we "work, work , work" to lose weight, and finally reach a goal, our mind subtly decides that it's time to "work less, work less, work less", and finally our clothes are too tight.

    So what I figure is that we have to decide to continue "work, work, work"ing with a slightly different goal, one which cannot be reached in a brief amount of time. Reaching maintenance is not the end of your weight loss effort. It's the start.
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,085 Member
    Tighten up your tracking, and log everything. Every little lick, taste, nibble. Then, plan some treats into your diet! I'd go bonkers never allowing myself some of the things I love, I just have to plan them into my day.
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    HoneyBadger155 wrote: »
    Tighten up your tracking, and log everything. Every little lick, taste, nibble. Then, plan some treats into your diet! I'd go bonkers never allowing myself some of the things I love, I just have to plan them into my day.

    Just curious how you log lick taste nibble when most things are in weights for example I usually pick the knife after making chocolate spread on toast for the kids in the morning
  • naomiprioleau
    naomiprioleau Posts: 38 Member
    HoneyBadger155 wrote: »
    Tighten up your tracking, and log everything. Every little lick, taste, nibble. Then, plan some treats into your diet! I'd go bonkers never allowing myself some of the things I love, I just have to plan them into my day.

    I already do that though! How much more can I tighten it!? Lol
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    angelsja wrote: »
    HoneyBadger155 wrote: »
    Tighten up your tracking, and log everything. Every little lick, taste, nibble. Then, plan some treats into your diet! I'd go bonkers never allowing myself some of the things I love, I just have to plan them into my day.

    Just curious how you log lick taste nibble when most things are in weights for example I usually pick the knife after making chocolate spread on toast for the kids in the morning

    Weigh the knife with the spread on it. Eat the spread off the knife. Weigh the knife again. Subtract. Is it enough calories worth of spread to worry about? If no, never weigh it again.

    (If the knife is too goopy to put on the scale, put a cup on the scale, and balance the knife across the cup.)

    If you want to bother, I mean. ;)

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