I've been doing pretty fantastic so far on CICO/whole foods/plant focussed lifestyle. I dropped like 10 lbs of water weight initially then started losing ~0.1-0.2 lbs a day and averaging 1-2 a week (which is the obvious goal).
Its gone SO smooth. So well that I haven't realized I've become OBSESSED with the scale. I weigh myself everyday expecting to be just a very littleeee bit lighter each day. At first I couldn't believe it.
But now I've come to expect it.
But then.
Two weeks ago some pretty rough medical bills came up and I had to stretch my pay check and therefore my meals a taaaad more. I eeked out an extra serving in some of my meal preps and cut down my snacking. I went from 1900 calories a day to about 1500.
Despite KNOWING it wasn't healthy I still allowed myself to get excited about the extra weight loss.
But now that I'm back up to 1900 my weight has been all over the place. I'll lose two pounds, gain three, lose 0.4...
And while I know there will be a net loss, its really annoying to see my weight like this. Especially because its hard to conceptualize in my lizard brain while I keep seeing the scale go up.
I know this isn't long term. I know cutting down to 1500 calories won't help me.
My workout routine hasn't changed any (its always been run with my dog 30 mins a day). I haven't done anything crazy.
The only thing I can think is maybe cortisol from the stressful budget.
I guess I just need some logic thrown at me. I want to know that I'm doing this right and this is indeed, absolutely normal. My anxiety brain is running away on me and I think getting this out will stop me from deciding 1500 calories is a healthy food intake.
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