Fear of Weight Gain

endingtheviciouscycle
endingtheviciouscycle Posts: 8 Member
edited December 20 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Hello everyone! While I'm new to the "community" aspect of MyFitnessPal, this is definitely not my first-go around with MFP. I have been working on ending my binges and have done so AND lost 10 pounds in the past 2.5 months...that's a huge deal for me especially since I have a small frame and was already within a healthy weight. I've been feeling great. However, the more I lose, the more I fear weight gain. So, today, I went off track a bit and ate extra calories (sautéed kale, carrots, roasted broccoli...good stuff but probably 300 calories extra). I felt like crap and now I am worried that I will be up tomorrow and for me, I have to get on. I am trying not to become super obsessed with my weight but it seems that I am becoming too crazy about this...the extent to which it effects my day. Does anyone have any tips? And I'll report back if I'm up tomorrow...I hope not! I have been consistently down every weigh-in for the past 4-5 weeks. Thanks--B

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    What is your target deficit? If, for instance, you have a target deficit of 250 calories for a goal of 0.5 lb weight loss per week, your "probably 300" calories may be nothing more than maintenance, a day with no change. Don't stress about it.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Do you have a treatment team?
  • endingtheviciouscycle
    endingtheviciouscycle Posts: 8 Member
    My target deficit is 600 calories...I eat 1300 calories a day (maintenance is 1900 calories for me) and I don't get a ton of movement during the week since I work in an office.

    I truly track the calories for consistency purposes..I don't really believe in them (to be quite honest) as MFP says 1200 calories at low activity level = 2 pound loss a week....yet this has never happened to me even when I was working out 5-6 times a week.

    I am quite amazed at how easily I put on weight sometimes....it just freaks me out. I simply don't want to fall back into the vicious, miserable cycle I've been stuck in for 3 years.
  • endingtheviciouscycle
    endingtheviciouscycle Posts: 8 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    Do you have a treatment team?

    I worked with an RD but have been on my own the past month...I felt that I needed to liberate myself a bit and see if I was better. I was thinking of contacting her tonight.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I'm not even close to my goal, yet I also am freaked out in my own way at gaining each to the past two days while maintaining a large calorie deficit. It's never going to be a straight line on a chart, so just trust the numbers and be patient.
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  • staticsplit
    staticsplit Posts: 538 Member
    Yes, if you're having anxiety while still eating under maintenance, that's an indication you might want to go back to the RD or get some therapy. 300 cals of veggies are really not the problem here, but your mindset/fear could become one. Also agreed that a 600 deficit is pretty big. Why not try a 300-400 deficit for a week and see if that helps the fear of binging?
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