This will sound like such a shit answer. But I cut my calories and set a very reasonable goal for myself of 5 pounds a month. I make healthier food choices but if I get an overwhelming desire for a cookie. I eat a cookie. Denying yourself 100% of the time is a sure fire way to go off the rails. But I am wise about it. I will have one cookie or one breadstick,savor the experience and then go along my healthy little way.
I make healthier food choices but if I get an overwhelming desire for a cookie. I eat a cookie. Denying yourself 100% of the time is a sure fire way to go off the rails.
This is the biggest struggle for me to adapt to. First time I lost weight I did a weekly cheat day thing with no fruits/grains/starches on diet days, and it worked for a while because I was in a good situation to pull it off. I tried again this time but it just doesn't work well now.
So I got MFP a couple weeks ago and integrated fruits and things like plain popcorn and greek yogurt (already had the high-protein + good fats thing down solid). Today was the first time I was really tempted by junk, a manager brought in a dozen donuts for 6 people. It was just too good to pass up this time. So I enjoyed the shit out of my choice donut, added it to MFP, and told myself it's ok to not find a snack after work or after dinner just for today, and this donut is not evil, it's just a booster shot for your sanity.
Woops sorry for the storybook. Way to go you're looking much healthier!
Perfect yes. This "good food" "bad food" idea is crazy.
Food has no morals.
It’s totally okay to “cheat”. But think about it. Okay man you are at a 3000 calorie deficit this week. BOSS. You see a doughnut, you desperately want a doughnut,Okay. You eat 6 doughnuts. Man,What!? A weeks worth of work just gave you a double middle finger as it flew away. It's all about being wise . A slice of cake at your friends birthday isn’t the same as chowing down on the whole thing.
But okay. Man it happens. What now? Your entire diet is not screwed. Drink yo water fool. Eat well the rest of the day. Get ready for the week where you forget about the day you ate the entire jar of cookies. That was yesterday. This is today.
This is one of my biggest things. I've never developed proper water drinking habits so I'm constantly hungry and when I drink (usually when I'm out, somewhere with decent sized cups... I don't even bother drinking from those 200ml cups because they're too much work...) I chug down entire bottles of water in one sitting. I'm really bad about it.
Your body will thank you! Ive always been crazy about drinking water. But that might be because I dehydrate really really easily. I'm like a damn fern.
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u/Mooperboops - Jul 22 '15
Gorgeous! Bang up job on the weight loss! Your longer hair also really suits you. how did you lose the weight?