Temporarily using the IF method has worsened my relationship with food.

I have a feeling this might become a “true off my chest” moment, and I’m preparing for the downvotes. I just have to get it out.

First off, I believe in r/CICO. 100%. It works (of course there is a caveat for medical conditions). For me, I don’t believe in fad diets, completely eliminating food groups, extreme calorie restriction, extreme calorie burning through exercise that I “eat back” later, or any of the other little “tricks” that make me fall into dangerous habits.

I’m not sure if anyone else here struggles with trying out different methods for their weight loss, but I do. I can’t (or don’t, whatever) stick with one method for more than 4-6 months at a time. I have a history of disordered eating. I have ADHD. I get bored, stressed, burnt out, whatever you want to call it. Some will say I lack discipline. Maybe I do. The point is, I need to switch up how I approach my weight loss or I slip back into my old habits.

So, I tried IF (r/intermittentfasting). I had a window where I would skip breakfast and stop eating at 8pm. My kryptonite was late night snacking. I thought it would be great. Just nothing with calories after 8pm, then I couldn’t overindulge if I wasn’t indulging at all. Well, in order to satiate myself I paired this with a small dose of r/volumeeating recipes. Large low calorie meals so I could satisfy my large appetite.

Well, now I’m on some new ADHD medication and I have effectively stopped tracking my calories in a bit of a mental health break. I have to eat breakfast in order to take them in the morning or I get sick. I am trying to tone down the mental food noise by allowing myself to actually listen to my body.

Which brings me to my point. When I have a portion of food in front of me, I no longer feel like I stop when I’m full. My IF days and volume eating has made me feel like I need to finish my food because it’s the “last food” I’ll have for the day. I never really felt like that before. I hate it. And I just feel like I wish I had never restricted myself that way.

If you read this far, thank you for sharing in this frustration with me. I know it’s me, not the method. It works for many people. I’m just ranting about it because it didn’t work for me. It’s just a different approach to CICO and it made it harder for me in the long run to listen to my internal food triggers.

Anyway, once I get my meds figured out I’ll be back on the horse, so to speak.

Shoutout to my fellow neurodiverse people.

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Words to live by in your weight loss journey?

Do you have any maxims that help you get your mindset right in your journey to move more and eat better?

I find that sayings often help me understand how to prioritize health, as I have never been able to fully internalize healthy habits into my subconscious.

Examples Not every meal has to be the best meal you’ve ever eaten. Food is fuel. Nothing changes if you change nothing. [That food] will still be there tomorrow (so you don’t have to eat it all today).

I’d love it if you can share any words that inspire you, help you keep your priorities straight, or change the way you think about health and healthy habits for the better.

Thanks!!

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Suddenly unable to lose weight?

It's exactly as the title says. About 2 months ago now I was 231 lbs. I decided to go on a weight loss journey and started a calorie deficit to lose weight as well as going on walks or playing basketball daily. Things were going well and I went all the way down to 216 pounds after about a month and a half. But since then I haven't lost anything. For a week I tried but my weight sat at 216 so I thought maybe I was getting used to the calorie deficit or something so I tried eating 4k calories in 1 day. I gained 4 lbs and went up to 220 so then I simply cut the next day and dropped right back down the next day to 216. I thought I was good now so I went back to my usual diet and assumed I would go back to losing weight but it's been another week and I'm still at the exact same weight 216 with 0 movement on the scale, in fact somehow I gained a lbs throughout the week despite sticking to the exact same diet and only dropped it today. Idk what is going on and why I can't go below 216 anymore.

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Need HELP: Age 42 and I can't seem to get fat off my body

Hey Friends...thank you for being of assistance. I'll try to make this short:

-Overweight since age 9, so YES I have a very good idea of all diets/methods/weighing/measuring/MFP/etc.

-Lost 80 pounds when I was 28 yrs old, creeped back over past 10 years. I lost that in about 1.5 yrs with Weight Watchers (basically Cal in/out with some emphasis on nutrition).

-Past 5 years or so have been dealing with my mental/emotional health as well as restrictive/binge habits, was advised to NOT count/restrict (therapist), etc as a way to heal that mindset that had my weight up and down filled with shame for so many decades.

-I'm at a place where counting feels OK again as a way to learn whats good for me, prioritize protein and healthy eating at home.

-Been tracking in MFP for over 6 weeks, not a single pound lost. Doing 3-4 days of heavy compound lifting on a program from a trainer, walking 10k steps other days while I rest my knee (light arthritis). I do mentally feel better.

(INFO: TDEE is 3,298 maintenance, 2298 "extreme weight loss". Been eating between 1900-2,400/day for 5 weeks. Have a food scale, measure ALL oils, sauces, portions, etc. I aint messin' around. DO NOT eat my workout calories. Over-estimate on tracking if I eat out, like at chipotle for example).

Starting to wonder if there is a metabolic issue at all, hormonal issue with possibly the pressure of losing again or if my body is like "FUCK this, we're not moving". Makes it very tough to make all these changes because when I was eating "whatever, whenever" I also stayed the same...so big changes leading nowhere it seems.

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Weight loss progress two weeks in!

So, about three weeks ago, I went to the doctor, and I was weighed. My weight was 232 pounds, and I am a 5'3 female, so I was definitely overweight. I decided then and there that I was going to start losing weight. For the past two weeks, I have stuck to a 2000 calorie limit a day as I want to lose weight, but I don't want to make myself miserable by not eating food I enjoy, so I am still eating the food I enjoy, just in smaller quantities. In the past two weeks, I have lost six pounds. I was at 232 pounds, but now I am at 226 pounds. I have also started adding more protein to my diet and have switched to Diet Coke!

Moreover, I cut down on the amount of fast food I eat. I've decided to eat fast food only once a week. I am so proud of myself and hope to continue succeeding in my goal! My long-term goal for losing weight is to lose 30 pounds, and then I will set a new weight goal!

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How have you overcome the long learned habit of eating for reasons other than hunger?

The habit of eating for entertainment, pleasure, boredom, and stress hinder my weight loss progress, and cause me to re-gain weight after I stop counting calories.

I experience a lot of “food noise” and frequently associate social gatherings and outings with eating.

The food noise is worst when I’m at work (I am a cashier for a grocery store) and when I’m bored.

I need advice because these habits, I believe, are a major part (if not most) of the reason I am so overweight. My relationship with food feels so broken and dysfunctional. How can I beat this?

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Lost 30 pounds in 2 months!

First time posting. So I have always been bigger but stayed around 200s, which imo was a decent weight for me. I worked fast food for close to 10 years so my active work life helped me stay where I was. I got a different job and was even more active but then I got laid off for 6 months and during that I got pregnant. So big weight gain. After pregnancy I was about 270. Then got a sit down job and did that for about 2 years. At the end of that I was 312.I got fired in February and was the only thing I could find was a very active cleaning job, found a better but still very active job picking peoples orders the beginning of this month. I walk about 7 or 8 miles a day at work give a take. I stepped on the scale today and I am 282!! First I'm wondering if this is a healthy weight loss? Google search was not good but considering how unactive I am in regular life the fast weight loss makes sense imo. Secondly I am horrible with diets and don't even know where to really start if I was to attempt as I don't gave much to work with budget wise, any tips?

Also sorry if I rambled too much just excited and please excuse my horrible grammar lol

Edit: didn't start cleaning job until May which only matters for the timeline in which weight loss began

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