note to myself (and maybe to other redditors too)

last year I dropped ten pounds in three months over the summer with ZERO effort or intention to do so. I was getting almost 10k steps daily because of my work commute, but i had no other forms of exercise. my job was as sedentary as it gets. i did not track calories. but what was different was my mindset. I was incredibly busy because of work. and with that i STOPPED CATEGORIZING FOODS INTO “good” OR “bad”.

THIS is what made me lose weight without trying. last summer, i was way too broke/busy to be picky about what i ate. i had two slices of pizza for lunch, cool. i had ramen for dinner, cool. i was so busy that i stopped thinking eating such “bad” foods was the end of the world because at least i got to eat something at all. i stopped eating after i finished my meal. i very rarely binge ate/ snacked.

i notice now that i’m less busy, i have more time to think about my food choices and obsess over what’s “good” or “bad”. and i find myself falling into bad habits. i’m trying to eat squeaky clean all the time and constantly think about and plan when the next time i can ~allow myself~ to eat “bad” foods. and then during these times in which i ~can~ eat bad foods, i just binge way way way over my caloric maintenance. this would NOT be a problem if i STOPPED CATEGORIZING FOODS INTO “good” OR “bad”. in fact, thinking in such a way could even be considered privileged. when i was busy as fuck last summer, i couldn’t afford the time to be picky. but others don’t have the MONEY to be picky.

i start spiraling down into this toxic mindset when i’m stressed/sad about life and not busy enough to distract myself. so i’m working on making sure i get rid of it entirely. food is just food. it’s neutral. it’s not some unstoppable force, some enemy that i have to strategically fight.

this is a note to myself but also i hope this helps someone :)

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