Reframing my thoughts when I eat more than my recommended calories

So I’ll start with this – I’m a small-framed lady working long hours at a office job. My TDEE is only 1680. My LoseIt app has me set at 1200 calories a day (since 1689-500 would be slightly less than that) to lose 30 lbs.

I never do it. I’m always over, every day. Usually, it’s not by a lot, maybe 100 calories. But sometimes it’s more!

And you know what? I am at peace with it. I’m trying to practice positive thinking and remind myself that I can eat right up to 1680 if I have a bad day, and I won’t gain a pound. Anything under 1680 is a successful day and will eventually lead to weight loss, even if it’s slower than I want.

Also, even if I can’t always cut a huge number or calories, I am cutting out a huge bunch of crap from my “usual” diet. No more morning croissants. No more burger and onion rings for lunch, followed by pizza for dinner. No stuffing myself until I feel sick. I haven’t had fast food all week. No sitting on the couch watching TV and drinking beer.

I’ve eaten vegetables! Cooked! I made a damn artichoke! And an acorn squash! I’ve had tuna and asparagus and roasted chicken. I’ve drank more water each day than I used to drink in a week. My gut is very puzzled!

So I’m really proud of myself, even when I “fail.” My LoseIt app gives me that red circle of shame for going over budget, but I feel good. I just wanted to put this out there for anyone else who struggles with not making their calorie budget every day, or who sees those scale fluctuations and worries. Just keep putting in the work! I’m going super slow, but I’ll still get there in the end. Keep positive and keep going!

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Would it be sustainable to start my weight loss journey on keto for a few months then switch to a traditional calorie counting diet?

This is just a theoretical question for right now, but if I decide to go this particular route I want to know if it would do more harm than good or if it would be a great way to ease into a healthier lifestyle. I’m not huge on vegetables but I think that being able to cook them with healthier keto fats like butter and EVOO would help me acquire a taste for them and then once I know I can make better choices then ease up on keto and switch to a different diet. I have no issues with eating fruit but keto doesn’t allow many fruits and I know that it’s not a diet I can stick to forever. As much as I love bacon, I also love being able to have a slice of bread or a cupcake on occasion 😂

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My weight now starts with a 7 and I’m proud.

Firstly, I’m an Aussie, hence starting with a 7 is good for me. I used to share my weight loss journey with someone but he’s not here anymore and I really want someone to know. I started my journey at 88kg in October last year. I was so ashamed of myself for getting so big. I’ve never been a gym person. I didn’t know how to use the machines and when I started running it was a joke how little I could manage. Today I can run for 25mins and the weights are changing my body and making me strong. Today my weight started with a 7 and I feel emotional. I still have 10kg to go but I’m okay with that now. I hope everyone has a good day today.

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Re-evaluating goal weight when already at a healthy weight?

How low is a too-low goal weight? Should I be worried about developing body dysmorphia or an ED if I aim to go too low?

I'm nearing my first gw of 140 lbs (I'm 20F, 5'6" and highest weight of around 165). I've struggled with weight loss for years, yoyoing between around 145 lbs and 160 lbs, before starting intuitively eating and maintaining my weight around 155lbs.

For the past few months I've been losing weight largely unintentionally due to appetite loss from starting stimulant medication for ADHD. The meds have also stopped my boredom eating and the binge/restrict cycle. More recently I've been doing 16:8 IF (which has helped my relationship with food as well!) but intuitively eating within my eating window, to help me continue to lose weight. When I started medication I dropped weight rapidly and felt awful, but now I'm losing at around 1~ 1.5 lbs/week and my energy levels are great.

I'm at a healthy weight now (BMI 23). I'm active, fit, and generally healthy. But I find myself wanting to lose more. Tbh, it's mostly for vanity reasons, but I also want to rock climb/run better. I don't think it's unrealistic or unsustainable for me to lose more; my medication makes it easier, and I know that if I wanted to maintain instead of lose weight I'd need to force myself to eat.

Would it be dangerous to set a goal weight at the lower end of healthy?

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Broke a frustrating plateau on accident, by slacking. Weight loss is weird.

I hit my first goal of -100lbs right before my 1 year mark of July 27. It was hard work, but that same day my best friend killed himself. I gave myself a bit of slack while I picked up the pieces to that and just maintained for a while. The maintenence turned into a bit of a backslide, but I stopped that at about 7-10lbs back up from my lowest and worked my way back towards right around -100. Since then, I was stuck at 240lbs, and have been since about November. My new goal is 220, and it has been INSANELY frustrating to not see the scale go down any more despite doing cardio daily and maintaining a "lose 2lbs per week" calorie defecit on MFP.

WELL this week I have been insanely busy trying to find a place to move, and touring places with my SO. as such, I've not worked out (indoor cycling usually) at all this week, which has been frustrating,and my diet has been a bit more lax with less time to cook. I still record, but I've been eating closer to 2000 calories than my previous average if 1700. I was nervous to check my weight this morning as I assumed my habits would have caught up with me, but I am down to 238 today. I broke my plateau by slacking somehow....

This isn't intended to tell people to be less diligent or to brag that this is easy or anything, just to vent about how sometimes working your ass off does nothing and sometimes slacking somehow does work. I'm confused, but glad to finally be below 240. 102lbs down, 18 more to go!

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Had a realization today

(warning this is a bit of a long one but I hope you read it anyways) So I came to a realization yesterday. So I’ve been losing weight for about 7 months now and the first like 6 months I did amazing like I just ate what I need to eat if I ran out of calories sucked I didn’t eat anything else the rest of the day. And it wasn’t even that hard for me like it just came naturally honestly. But then at the very end of December and the beginning of 2021 I had a day where I weighed myself and my weight hadn’t change. And I was already having a crap day and I kind of just had a mental break down and had a horrible binge. And I had not binged or even done anything remotely like this at all since I had started this weight loss. At this point I had lost like almost 60 pounds. And then I got in this weird cycle that I would weigh myself every day which I know doesn’t work for me because I just get upset when I don’t see the number change. Which is why I went to weighing myself only once a week. And basically for a whole month all last month I just kept going through the cycles of being good being good and then all the sudden I would just binge for no reason. So last week I did a 4 day fast to just reset my whole body I’ve done fast before and I know that they help me. And so I was feeling great after this fast I lost like 5 pounds (which I know some of it will come back on obviously). But I was feeling great and I have been doing great but then yesterday I woke up. And I didn’t wanna eat what I like had set to eat for that morning. I didn’t want to eat that but in my mind I was like this is what you have to eat even though it isn’t what I wanted. So then I ended up eating something else that I didn’t really want but I kind of wanted and basically ended up kind of binging. But it wasn’t that bad I didn’t go over my calories I just ate all my calories in the morning and not eating the rest of the day. So it was kind of a bitch but I hopefully didn’t mess anything up from it because I didn’t go over my calories. And then I had this realization of why am I depriving myself of what I want. What I’ve really wanted for months and months and months now is cereal I just wanna bowl of freaking cereal! But for some reason in my mind that doesn’t work on a diet which doesn’t make any sense. Because I literally eat whatever I want for dinner as long as it’s within my calories. But for some reason I have this weird thing in my mind that like my breakfast/lunch has to be this specific thing and I don’t know why. So I had a realization of why am I depriving myself because when I deprive myself of what I want I end up eating other things to fill that void but they’re not even things that I really want and then I just end up eating a whole bunch of it anyways just to fill that void it’s so dumb! So yesterday I went out and I bought me a box of Honey bunches of oats and some almond milk. I got me almond milk because that’s way less calories than normal milk. And I had it for breakfast this morning and you know what it hit the spot I’m totally satisfied! I have no urge to binge at all. Why did it take me so long to realize this why did I deprive myself for so long! I was literally setting myself up for failure and I don’t understand why I was doing it. I don’t understand why I was so stuck on this thing. But I think this has finally got me pass this sorry this is such a long sort of rant but I just wanted to get it out and share this to you guys. Don’t deprive yourself of what you want you’re just setting yourself up for failure if you want something do it find a healthier way to do it. Like I wanted cereal so I still got cereal but I did it with almond milk instead of normal milk so I still get it but it’s a healthier lower calorie way to do it don’t be stupid like me don’t deprive yourself it’s just gonna make it worse!

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Need some help.

Hi all. Its been about a year since i started my weight loss, and i need some advice. I currently weigh 200 pounds(down from 270) and im about 190cm tall. Basically i spent the whole of last year doing CICO and exercising here and there but didn't lose weight at all in November so i decided to take December off and basically just eat whatever and maintained at my current weight.

I decided to get back into CICO in January(no exercise) and i've not lost any weight. I'm really unsure of what to do and i'd really like some advice as i have a deadline to lose the weight by April and i'm not sure if i can hit my goal weight(about 180-190 pounds) Do i start working out and lifting weights? Any help would be appreciated.

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