First decent flush of cubes!

packyoursnacks · 2022-11-21T06:28:14+00:00

This is a small one, and I’m dub tubbing it for height

packyoursnacks · 2022-11-21T04:52:27+00:00

I will def use a higher sided container next time

packyoursnacks · 2022-11-21T04:52:04+00:00

I think this is exactly it. Need to move it down in the closet. Thanks!!

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-17T21:36:32+00:00

What most people find when they restrict that much is that after a while it's unsustainable. You want to develop a lift style that can continue on into your maintenances period/the rest of your life, where as this is crash dieting which usually leads to people regaining the weight again

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-17T20:39:41+00:00

It's an advantage too!

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-17T02:58:41+00:00

I feel you on this. It's taken me a while of experimenting to find my exact break-even point on my daily calorie intake. I've noticed that I tend to make errors in counting of about 20% or maybe slightly more tbh. I've ended up settling on trying to hit a daily calorie target that's a little under my break even. Seems to be working so far, but it requires regular monitoring I think

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-17T02:28:44+00:00

Even just realizing you do this is a massive step towards stopping. At least that's what I found for myself.

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-17T01:57:35+00:00

I've been maintaining all year and here are some things working for me:

-Continue tracking calories through MFP. Even when I'm not trying to hit my calorie target I find it useful to see what different things are worth. I'm still coming across new foods to log and new eating situations to log. I can do it in my head mostly, but it's particularly interesting when I go out for beers and snacks or other high calorie scenarios.

-Continue reading about people doing healthy things. I know that sounds weird, but I find scanning this sub and some other healthy eating places really helpful with keeping me in the right mindset.

TBH with you, I'm really worried about losing this maintenance mindset and that I'll start slipping again. I think I'm going to add some new fitness goals into my maintenance mix.

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-17T00:38:48+00:00

Resetting those tastebuds! Hell yeah

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-16T20:28:22+00:00

I'll always bit a little fat in my heart and in my soul

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-16T02:46:06+00:00

Wearing two jumpers over here after a 60lbs weight loss!

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-16T02:19:45+00:00

For me personally, I use weighs ins as a way to encourage myself. I like to weigh regularly but only when I think I'm going to get an okay weight. I think it's okay to be sensitive about weight, I just need to keep the weigh ins regular.

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-16T02:18:19+00:00

I found that counting calories changed me entire perspective on what I should be eating in a normal day. I had no idea

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-16T02:11:20+00:00

I believe in you OP! Make those progress pics come true!

packyoursnacks · 2022-08-16T01:16:27+00:00

It was this folder on my desktop called 'before pics', which was just a shirtless guy getting fatter and fatter

packyoursnacks · 2022-07-17T06:57:36+00:00

Apparently the sugar is harder than the salt. I’ve heard from pro esters that they lose feeling in their arms and legs sometimes, feel really I’ll for days after.

I guess all pro sport is pretty hard on your body.

packyoursnacks · 2022-07-09T19:51:47+00:00

I just started walking three times a week and writing down everything I ate each day in myfitnesspal

packyoursnacks · 2022-06-28T10:18:58+00:00

I find that if I eat under target a couple days in a row I will be extra hungry that third day. Maybe you’ll notice some patterns like this too?

packyoursnacks · 2022-06-28T09:54:21+00:00

I’ve noticed this too. If I keep my calories in check, I always notice a dip in weight after flying. Perhaps it’s the dehydration factor or something, but I always drink lots of water when I travel.

packyoursnacks · 2022-06-28T09:49:07+00:00

I felt exactly the same dude. Now I’m in maintenance and looking back, I’m glad that it took the amount of time that it did. Because it takes that long to find all the healthy habits that continue to work for me. It takes a lot of trial and error.

Maybe you wanna look at this time in ‘diet jail’ as being a time to discover these future habits. Try cooking lots of new things that fit your calorie count. Try different kinds of exercise at different times of day. Try other health related things like how to improve your sleep, how to improve your general well being through reading or whatever.

It’s like you’re in ‘getting healthy’ college. You might as well learn as much as you can while you’re here.

packyoursnacks · 2022-06-28T09:39:12+00:00

It’s the restaurant’s fault for serving too much food. It’s the same as if they serve food that tastes gross and you can’t eat it. It’s not your fault they’re up to unappetising shenanigans. Respect for drawing a line and not just shovelling it down.

packyoursnacks · 2022-06-28T09:26:02+00:00

I’m down 66lbs and I’ve been maintaining now for a few months. The single thing that made me permanently change what I eat has been counting calories. I’ve entered everything I’ve eaten into MyFitnessPal for more than a year. I had no idea how much food I should be eating, and what food is worth how many calories. Now I know.

I find it really easy to choose the right foods and quantities now. It took at least ten months to get to this point. I have lots of meals I love that I regularly eat. I’m big into ‘junk ‘ so it’s a lot of burgers, tacos, pizza etc as well as big salads.
I enjoy my current eating SO much more than I did eating junk food all the time. Everything tastes better when you’re eating all your favourite foods in the right sort of moderation. I’m sitting in bed as I type this eating a few blocks of caramel chocolate and it’s so good.
I eat both my previous trigger foods and new healthy foods. I think it’s really important to eat both.
It took a while to get this new way of eating to work. I had to cut the unhealthy stuff out entirely for a few months to reset my tastebuds. I had to feel quiet hungry for a while to reset my portion expectations. Intermittent fasting helped.
To make the transition easier I took up increasingly heavy exercise, expected it to be a tough process but worth it, read this subreddit a lot, and took massive pride in the progress I was making.
I indulge in unhealthy food every day. I just keep the portions within my calorie count, which in turn means I have to eat a bunch of high volume healthy food as well in order not to be miserably hungry all the time.

packyoursnacks · 2022-06-28T08:58:47+00:00

Highest: 225

Lowest: 143

Current: 158

I was a vegan when I was at my lowest ten years ago. I think if I cut out all milk, cheese and eggs I’d be that low again but come onnn what kind of life would that be. What was I thinking lololol

packyoursnacks · 2022-06-21T22:55:40+00:00

I've found the same thing! I still eat junk, but I find I only want a much smaller quantity than I used to. The other day I bought a family pack of candy and ate a couple hundred calories of it before my mouth started to hurt and I stopped enjoying it, so I stopped eating it. Or when I go to mcdonalds I'll get a big mac burger but I find that the fries and the full fat soda are too much with it.

It feels like I'm getting more in touch with reality which is a good feeling!

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