I think it's rather more complex on this particular occasion. I did perfectly well through January, without overly restricting/binge eating etc, but had a couple of issues which have basically blown me out of the water. Specifically those were water retention which basically put me back above my post-Christmas weight (!) and tiredness. My usual reaction to being tired is to stuff my face, alas!
So at the moment I don't really know what I'm even putting in as I got very frustrated and stopped logging. I've started again today, and am definitely eating too much food and in the wrong proportions. This is ok in the week as exercise will counterbalance, but not at the weekends, and the proportion of nutrition won't help me long term.
Ultimately I have to expend more energy than I put in, and I'm not doing that right now. So the idea is, set myself a nice easy target (2000 calories at the minute), and then log everything for a couple of weeks, see where I am on the weight front and then tweak downwards as needed. I don't intend to go mental. Experience has shown that definitely doesn't work.
I'm so glad to hear that you did well over January without overly restricting, as that will hopefully help you to see that being so strict is not necessarily the way forward. Going back to logging, and starting with a 2000 goal rather than a 1500 one is such a positive step, so well done, seriously. It takes a LOT of courage to keep going back to trying, after setback upon setback, and for that, I'm full of admiration for you. It must be so frustrating to do what you are convinced is the right thing, yet seeing no results while craving more food than you are allowing yourself. I hope so much that this will be fixed for you soon.
Do have a glance at the link that I included (if you haven't already) and consider gradually INCREASING rather than decreasing your goal calories from 2000, and see where that gets you; hopefully the link explains the biology behind that course of action well enough because I don't think I could possibly explain it any better. If you CAN get your metabolism sorted and reach your goals in a way that doesn't damage you along the way, I'll be so incredibly happy for you.
I wish you all the best for you and your efforts, whichever course you decide to take based on the information that you have. :)
We'll done! Logging is such an important step, as you know, and it's great too see you starting again. From the numbers I crunched last time, 2000 is a much healthier & sustainable goal for you than 1500, and I'm so pleased to see you aiming more for that. I know this is hard for you, and it's incredible too see your determination too keep coming back and trying again to get to where you want to be.
I have noticed that when I'm tired, it's my body telling me I need more sleep, food or both. With the combination of MFP and FitBit, you'll have the data too need too work or which it is, and make choices about how you meet that need. x
So at the moment I don't really know what I'm even putting in as I got very frustrated and stopped logging. I've started again today, and am definitely eating too much food and in the wrong proportions. This is ok in the week as exercise will counterbalance, but not at the weekends, and the proportion of nutrition won't help me long term.
Ultimately I have to expend more energy than I put in, and I'm not doing that right now. So the idea is, set myself a nice easy target (2000 calories at the minute), and then log everything for a couple of weeks, see where I am on the weight front and then tweak downwards as needed. I don't intend to go mental. Experience has shown that definitely doesn't work.
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Do have a glance at the link that I included (if you haven't already) and consider gradually INCREASING rather than decreasing your goal calories from 2000, and see where that gets you; hopefully the link explains the biology behind that course of action well enough because I don't think I could possibly explain it any better. If you CAN get your metabolism sorted and reach your goals in a way that doesn't damage you along the way, I'll be so incredibly happy for you.
I wish you all the best for you and your efforts, whichever course you decide to take based on the information that you have. :)
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I have noticed that when I'm tired, it's my body telling me I need more sleep, food or both. With the combination of MFP and FitBit, you'll have the data too need too work or which it is, and make choices about how you meet that need. x
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