I am still new to this weight loss journey and with every failure comes success, because that means I learn something new and can improve.
I started doing fasting. One day all I had was 2 cheese sticks (100 calories) the other days, I ate 800 to 1,000 calories.
Enter the BINGE. After swimming for a couple hours and then the start of my PMS, I had one day where I ate 4,000 + calories. The next day, 2,000 plus calories.
I checked my stats. (I am a numbers nerd) turns out, my average caloric intake including the days at a deficit and the days I binged, netted to 1800 calories.
1800 is my maintenance!! Coincidence? I think not. My body is trying to keep me at this same weight.
I realize restricting calories at a large deficit is not going to work for me anymore (it worked when I was obese but now that I am only 10 lbs overweight, not so much.)
I don't want to venture into disordered eating territory, so I am going to lower my calories much more slowly and play the waiting game. I have to be patient or my body is going to freak out and make me binge.
I am learning so much about this process. The more I lose, the harder it gets. But I am not going to give up like I did last time. I am going to reach my goals!
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