It's going down!
Weight and calorie tracking WORKS.
I started working on my diet a few months ago, and seriously committed at the start of the month, and I'm down by about 6-7 lbs from the start of the month. Only about 2-3% of body weight, but still, 2% body weight a month is 24% down in a year, if I can keep it up, and there's still a week left of this month.
I don't really deny myself stuff, as such, although there definitely is some psychological pressure from the data, but what it forces, it forces me to explore high-volume, high-satiety, low-calorie meals.
It also increases my repertoire, with go-to meals which have known calories.
I do feel like I'm thinking of calories a lot at this point, admittedly, but that's okay.
The weight is going down, and doing so mainly based on diet. My exercise has increased too, yes, but I account for that. I need to be at an average deficit of ~750 calories per day, and I do end up eating a bit more on days I exercise, and IT'S OKAY.
I can end up with a bit of water weight a few days after, but I am trying to keep a constant deficit, just not a constant amount of calories. Some days it's ~1500 calories, some days it can be up to 2000. If I play my cards right, I start feeling decently full at around 1000+ calories mark, for the day. OTOH, if I eat certain things, I can find myself at 1800 calories for the day and still peckish. That's where food journaling is very helpful, I can find meals which work for my diet.
Mushroom and broccoli are pretty neat. You can eat buckets for fairly few calories, and ~150kcal worth of teriyaki sauce + some spices makes them quite delicious. Add a ~150-200kcal worth of rice, noodles, what-have-you, and it doesn't feel lacking in any way. Most of the calories still come from "unhealthy" sources, but the satiety comes from what's relatively healthy and relatively low-cal.
Gotta experiment with lentils next.
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