In a period of about 7 to 8 months I managed to lose 80 pounds give or take. I now weigh around 119 lbs (5'6.5" F). I'm so happy to no longer be obese, but the problem is that I lost a large majority of the weight through incredibly restrictive methods (e.g. eating 700 kcals a day (I did not exercise when eating this amount)). Fortunately I realised the means which I was losing weight were incredibly unhealthy and slowly added back calories until I got to eating 1500 kcals daily.
At the same time I started adding back calories I began tracking on cronometer instead of just in my head. Instead of obsessing over weight loss I began obsessing over eating healthy (not great for mental health, but it was better for my physical health). Planning meals became an addiction and it would take me hours to plan meals. I stopped tracking my food abruptly about a week and a half ago because I was sick of every waking moment of my day being spent thinking about food.
I'm tired of tracking calories and never allowing myself any "unhealthy" foods, and I have been considering trying an intuitive eating approach. I would not mind minor weight gain (being I'm on the low end of a healthy weight for my height), but I fear intuitive eating and or stopping calorie counting will just lead me to gaining back all the weight I lost.
To sum everything up, I was wondering if anyone else here has had experience or advice/thoughts on food 'obsession', 'disordered' eating, maintaining without extreme tracking, and or intuitive eating, and if so if they have any advice or ideas for my situation.
Sorry for the long post and thanks for your time!
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