Ignoring mfp and listening to your body
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TavistockToad wrote: »LondonSummer2018 wrote: »My body maintains if I eat intuitively.... it took a while to get to that point but now it’s consistent.
I'm a greedy kitten, I'd be hugely overweight if I ate intuitively!
Yep! My body is a damned lying kitten head! .... what's that body??? Eat that box of a dozen donuts? I need it??? Lol8 -
As other peeps have said, you need to eat your exercise calories back, and if you’re lifting, make sure you get enough protein. I had to completely overhaul my diet when I went from cardio to strength training. I just didn’t have the energy to lift without really increasing protein. For reference, I’m 5’3”, 118 pounds and I maintain on about 2,100 when I’m lifting three to four times a week.4
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Depends on your past history with your hunger cues. Have they been accurate in the past and allowed you to maintain?2
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You might do better to tweak your #s a bit before you jump off the MFP wagon, even for a short time. You could be setting yourself up for a roller coaster of going back and forth and not really getting anywhere.0
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Listening to my body is what made me 50lbs overweight - my vegas nerve lies!!3
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my body lies and tells me to eat more than i need. it doesn't understand cico
make sure you eat your calories back from exercise. some calorie burn is over estimated so start with 1/2 of them back and see how you feel. adjust from there3 -
motivatedmartha wrote: »Listening to my body is what made me 50lbs overweight - my vegas nerve lies!!
My vagus (i assume that's what you mean) nerve lies and messes up my stomach and has made me 14 lbs underweight (darn gastroparesis). I will never be able to eat intuitively again6 -
Everyone is different. Personally, my body wants to eat all the time, so it wouldn't work for me.
Why not try it out and track your weight closely. If you start gaining more pounds than you like, you can always cut back. Worth a try.1 -
Most people who are able to maintain a healthy weight just by eating whatever they want are probably not here on MFP.
“Listening to your body’s needs” is really a fancy way of saying “eating whatever you want.” Our brains are often very bad at telling us what our bodies “need” unless we’re using a tool (like MFP) to figure it out. But brains are really, really good at telling us what they want, and convincing us they “need” it. I can’t tell you how many times my brain has told me that my body needs a brownie. If your brain tells you that you need carrots and tofu, then you’re probably better suited to eat this way than I am.
What you’re describing, however, is a different thing than this idea of intuitive eating. You need to eat your exercise calories back, or else you aren’t following the plan MFP gave you, and are likely creating a deficit that’s too large for you to sustain.4 -
singingflutelady wrote: »motivatedmartha wrote: »Listening to my body is what made me 50lbs overweight - my vegas nerve lies!!
My vagus (i assume that's what you mean) nerve lies and messes up my stomach and has made me 14 lbs underweight (darn gastroparesis). I will never be able to eat intuitively again
Ooops - I will blame autocorrect - I don't think my nerves like to gamble (or even gambol ) They may enjoy the odd cabaret though.
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I wish I could but honestly my body craves delicious yet high calorie food and can’t be trusted. I’d happily eat kfc for lunch every day and not even bat an eyelid.0
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Ignoring MFP and listening to my body is what got me into this situation
'Aggressive' anything is not sustainable though. Slow and steady is the way3 -
motivatedmartha wrote: »Listening to my body is what made me 50lbs overweight - my vegas nerve lies!!
I wonder if my Vegas nerve has an Elvis impersonator! https://youtu.be/YMsCeDxmNCw lol2
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