A little over a month ago I adjusted my calories and since I did I haven't been losing weight. I did some research and I realized that I may have made a mistake. I don't think that lowering my calories was the answer. Instead I think that I just need to be making better use of my calories.
When I started out I was allowing myself 1500-1850 calories a day. I was eating 3 meals 2 snacks (not always the healthiest) and an optional healthy sweet treat.
Then I cut back to 1400-1600 calories a day. 3 meals a day 2 snacks and no sweet treat. I found myself going over on my calories a lot and because I went over I would feel like I had blown it and just give up. I also found between lunch and dinner I was STARVING and I began to eat and wouldn't stop.
Now I have gone back to my 1500-1850 calories. I will be eating 4 planned meals two snacks and an optional healthy sweet treat. I feel like I have A LOT more energy. I've only been doing it for 2 days but I feel a difference and I've lost weight already! Phew!
PS- This article REALLY hit home for me. I don't know if any of you struggle with this but I DO!
The Following are clips that REALLY hit home!
(I could have WRITTEN the first paragraph!)
Binge eating has always been one of my biggest obstacles to overcome in losing weight. For me, once a binge is triggered and I take that first bite, I’m farther from stopping a binge than before I took the first bite. That first bite puts me into a frenzy and I forget all of my good intentions, aiming instead for a blissful food coma. That feeling of everything being better, calm, okay, safe and warm washes over me and I forget the guilt that will ensue for a few minutes. Tomorrow is another day, I reason. I can do better then. Deep down though, I know tomorrow will be full of regret, feelings of failure and doubt that I can ever pull off this weight loss/ fitness goal of mine.
Another technique I learned was called HALT. It reminds you to ask yourself if you are hungry, angry, lonely, or tired before reaching for food as a comforting tool. These emotions are strong binge triggers, so eating for the sake of eating while feeling them is not a good idea. Figure out what you are really feeling and distract yourself for a little while to address the problem mentally. Once you know why you want to eat and what the root cause is, do something about it or decide to not. Make it your choice, your decision; put things in your hands again. You are now in control
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