this post will be about three things, 1. potential plateau, 2. regression with my relationship to food 3. fear of gaining my lost weight back. I’ve been on a CICO diet starting January of last year, I lost about 60lbs and ideally would lose 15-20 more. my weight loss journey hasn’t included any gym time, just a healthier lifestyle and a different approach to eating. 1. i dropped significant weight within the first 8 months of my diet. i’m not sure if i’ve just become more lenient with myself and my eating habits, or maybe too comfortable with my appearance, but i feel as though my weight loss has slowed significantly. how does one successfully get past this plateau to drop the rest of the weight? would this be the time to get in the gym? it’s winter where i live and im definitely not out and about as much as i was during the summer, however, i live in a very walkable city, i am a mother to an active young child, and i work a mildly physical job. 2. i worked very hard to address my relationship with food in order to achieve this weight loss, i struggled with excessive eating, binge eating, basically eating everything i wanted, whenever i wanted, as much as i wanted. i tried to keep foods that i love in my life but admittedly i cut pretty much all of it out. i became very sick in december, i wound up in the hospital and while i was there i was weighed— i had reached my original weight loss goal. i was elated but i also desperately needed to recover from being ill, i was much more forgiving to myself when eating high calorie foods and comfort foods that i had cut out. it’s been a few weeks though and i’m finding myself very snacky, i feel like i messed up my focus while dealing with my illness and recovery. does anyone have any practical steps i can take to get myself in check with my eating habits again? a way to successfully curb the urge to snack? here i am at the end of the day feeling ashamed at how much i ate today, i do not want this to become a habit. 3. i must admit, i started off my weight loss journey in an unhealthy way, i restricted myself massively, and the goal was to eat as little as possible vs making healthy choices. i did a lot of work to correct my early mistakes and turn that anxiety into discipline and intention. however, in reference to no. 2, i’m feeling that anxiety creeping back in. i’m terrified to gain back weight because i’m not being careful enough with my eating. one of the reasons i’ve stayed out of the gym is because i feared it would make hungry, and cause me to overeat. i know that’s not a healthy mindset but it’s the truth. i guess i just need some words of wisdom, encouragement, solidarity, advice to help me refocus? thanks for reading!
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