I ate McDonalds on Sunday when I was wildly hungover. Two cheeseburgers, large fries AND 10 piece nuggets.
A few weeks ago at my best friends' wedding I ate all the wedding food, drank a ton, and ordered cheesy bread when I got back to my hotel. It was delicious.
Sometimes a whole week goes by where I don't exercise once.
I order in sushi. And pizza. I've made pasta. And garlic bread.
I haven't "cut out" a single thing in my diet. Bread, booze, pasta, cheese, you name it.
And I've still lost 25 pounds and counting.
Because guess what it took me 34 years on this planet to realize. Sustainable weight loss needs to be just that - sustainable. It can't be a fad, a diet, a "lose 20 pounds in a month" guarantee. Sure, those will work for a little bit. But unless you plan on living your life with cravings and feeling like you're missing out, those aren't for you.
I follow CICO. I track my calories everyday. I exercise but not in excess and I don't "eat back" my calories burned. If I want wine, I build it in to my day. If I want pizza, I build it in.
Some days I go over, and that's okay. Some weeks are not as perfect as I would have wanted. And that's okay too. I haven't lost the weight as fast as some people, but that doesn't matter because it's working for me. I have a day or week where I go over and the next day I get back on track.
I know I'll lose the next 15 because I finally am following something that doesn't make me feel deprived and that I know I can manage for the rest of my life. It's all about balance and for the first time I don't feel like I'm on a restrictive "diet."
Please, don't stop until you find that. Don't give into the gimmicks and false promised.
It might take a bit longer and not look 100% how you think it should, but it's awesome.
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