How have you improved your relationship with food and found a happy medium with your diet?

Hi all!

I'm looking for some advice and experiences on how you have found a happy medium with your diet while losing weight but without being crazy restrictive or too loosey goosey.

I am a 24 year old female, but in Fall of 2018 i was pushing nearly 200 lbs as a result of continual binge drinking and binge eating over the previous years. I felt like shit and hated the way i looked so i finally took the plunge and got myself on a diet, started counting calories, and working out. Within about 8 months i had shed off nearly 40 pounds and physically i felt the best i had in years, but it had taken a toll on me mentally as i became obsessed with my weight, and restrictive eating and calorie counting left me feeling immense guilt and unhappiness when i ate something that was considered "bad".

By the summer time of that year i was completely burnt out from this type of dieting so i decided to take a break from it while still trying my best to eat relatively healthy and exercise so that i wouldn't gain the weight back. As you can probably guess, by Fall of 2019 i had completely fallen off track and was back to my old ways of binge eating and being unhealthy. This has ultimately resulted in a never ending cycle of yo-yo dieting for the last year and a half where I flip flop between periods of restrictive eating and then binge-eating/eating whatever i want. In this time i have maintained a weight between 160-170 lbs, but i don’t want to stop my progress here.

For the last 4 months i had gone through a bit of a low patch where i was depressed and really unhappy which resulted in me binge eating way too frequently. I am finally in a better place now and with the new year i really want to get back on track and continue my weight loss journey and improve my health. This time around i have realized that being highly restrictive with my diet is not something that works for me anymore and ultimately isn’t sustainable in the long run. I really want to improve my relationship with food and find a happy medium where i can continue to lose weight without constantly feeling obsessive over the calories of every food i eat.

I would love to hear any and all advice of how to find this happy medium and if you've had a similar experience to me!

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