Like a lot of people here, my "diet" is simple CICO, using the mindset that I can eat anything I want as long as it fits into my daily caloric budget. In general I think this is the easiest and most straightforward approach to weight loss, especially if you already tended to eat a lot of healthier stuff but just needed to cut out the junk or stop over-eating. But it can also lead you astray, as I recently discovered.
On the first month of my new eating habit, I lost just over a stone (14 pounds) easily. I was very pleased with this, as it had an extremely visible impact on my body and the way I look. But then I hit the infamous plateau. My weight loss stopped. I fluctuated for a few weeks between 16 stone 12 and 17 stone 1 or 2. What I was doing wrong? Why wasn't I losing weight?
All the desserts probably had something to do with it.
Using my "if it fits" mentality, I had gone back to an old habit of ordering desserts frequently when eating out. I went from comfortably coming in 200 to 400 calories below my daily goal to just barely squeaking by. More experienced weight losers will probably have spotted my other mistake: these were restaurant desserts, which means I couldn't be entirely certain of their calorie counts, which means I was probably going way over-budget without realizing it.
Lesson learned. Resteraunt desserts have to become a very occasional treat from now on. The weight loss has started up again and I'm now just a few pounds away from no longer being obese.
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