For the past few months of my weight loss journey have been extremely focused on counting calories and stressing about food way too much. I also realized that the scale wasn't helping, as I weighed myself multiple times in the morning and the scale would dictate whether my day would be good or bad straight from the morning.
So I decided to give away my scale to my parents, only having access to a measuring tape (which I honestly should also give away) and I focused on eating healthy rather than counting calories. It was rough at first, but slowly I adapted to eating when I feel hungry, and not counting every single calorie in my food. I was doing great, and I was still noticing progress with my measuring tape.
But then I made the mistake on weighing myself when visiting my parents, and that threw me completely on a loop. I fell right back to counting calories and overly restricting to the point where I would anyways eat most of my calories in the evening before bed because I was so hungry from not eating through out the day. Finally had the smack-in-the-face talk with my boyfriend and realized, that I can't use the scale if I want to lose weight-- nay, be healthy and happy. I need to completely give it up and focus on healthy food and hunger cues. And the occasional treat, of course. I have a good grasp on my hunger when I'm not restricting way too hard. I also make all of my food (I love cooking), and eat plant based most of the time, so I should have this under control.
I simply need to give up the idea that I'm doing this purely for weight loss, and start seeing this as a lifestyle change. I need to be happy with what I put in my body rather than focusing on a number. Rant over.
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