Hello everyone. I'm new here. I'm a 20 yr old female, 150lbs and 5'1".
I am coming here because I have started to take my weight loss journey very seriously. However, I have always struggled with the #1 frenemy: food. All I'm looking for is advices to not have so much mental struggle with food.
A few years ago I had started a weight loss journey with intermittent fasting. I counted calories and macros, I made my own food, and restricted myself too much. I lost weight but after 2 weeks or so I felt like everything was a chore that I had to plan every single day. It's normal for hispanic households to eat a lot of fatty/fried foods, so while I can eat healthy foods, fruits, veggies and so on, it is not necessarily my first food choice. Therefore, when doing that 2 week diet thing, I felt so bored and so obsessed with food that I ultimately decided to give up.
Fast forward now, I have gained around 20 pounds more since 2015. So I was 140 and now 150. I have maintained my weight from 135-150 all these years. I do not like that. My main problem is food. I like to snack a lot, to eat my emotions away, to feel food in my stomach because I love it so much. But I choose the wrong foods all the time. I'm not used to cooking-- I don't really enjoy cooking I guess. So I rely a lot on fast food. Hence why it's so hard for me to eat all my foods and good ones, because I eat whatever is cooked at home and if there is no food, I eat out.
Recently, since maybe a week and half ago, I started to eat better-- my whole family (dad and mom). We are trying to lose weight together, exercise and eat better. However, my problem is again, food. Sometimes I don't know what a healthy breakfast is... should I eat more protein, less carbs? Should I only eat whole grain bread? Is bacon ok? Are fried eggs fine? Is cereal with milk a balanced meal? I can spend hours after I wake up pondering what to eat. When I finally decide, I start thinking about lunch. What should I have for lunch? Is the 3 tenders box from KFC healthy? Is a salad from subway better? Is one slice of pizza with water okay? If I am not sure what to eat, I skip it and wait for dinner... and the whole process just repeats. For snacks is even worse. I can't have anything I like. Only fruits, almonds, healthy bars(?)... that's as far as I know...
Today I have not eaten with the fear of eating bad... apart from the fact that there wasn't many choices in the pantry to eat: eggs with Carmela sausages or waffles with syrup. I didn't want that because I didn't know if it was healthy, balanced, if it would help me stay in a calorie deficit, if it had too much sodium... It's 2:11pm and I am dying for food but have no idea what to eat because I have no idea what is good for me to lose weight. Also, I am planning to go to the gym this week so... what do you even eat that doesn't make going to the gym worthless? How do I know I am not eating back what I lost at the gym..? I am just so lost with the food part. It's not helpful that I have never had a good relationship with food and I am just desperate at this point to lose weight. I am planning to go on a summer trip and I have not taken pictures while on a trip because of how ugly I looked since years ago. I want that to change this summer, I need to lose weight.
I feel like food is stopping me from achieving that... Any advice for a struggling student?
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