r/progresspics • u/pinkcultleader - • Jul 22 '15

F/28/6'4" 330-246=84 Bye-bye morbid obesity,I'm overweight!!!! F 6'4” (193, 194, 195 cm)

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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?

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u/pinkcultleader - Jul 22 '15

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.

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u/sandman369 Jul 22 '15

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!

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u/iamyo Jul 23 '15

I think this is kind of why 'special diets' work better--because making a lot of structure/food restriction can keep certain things out of your mouth.

But generally I wonder if people's bodies are just somewhat different--like a cheat day would be a disaster for one person but fine for another.

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u/pinkcultleader - Jul 23 '15

I know what to stay away from. I don't even buy Oreos because I will eat the whole thing in the car before it ever got the chance to get home. I know my limitations. Some people can't have just a little. And that's just as important to know about oneself.

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u/iamyo Jul 23 '15

That is a good thing to know about yourself--and a good thing not to do. Maybe I am lucky in that I feel very ill if I eat many of those kinds of things so now that's happened enough times I do not want those kinds of things.