/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11234189
Sort of went on and off between hardcore "1500 calories a day weight loss" and "I'm just gonna try to maintain this" for a little over a year. It's not an overnight thing. I realized it was important to pace myself because I had tried to lose weight in the past, and would end up gaining it back since I treating it as a short term thing.

I think it's okay to say "Alright, I lost 30 pounds... Now I'm gonna stop counting the cals. I'm gonna see if I can maintain my current weight simply by gauging how full I am and stopping eating when I don't need any more". This step is pretty important because this is where you develop the important habits: knowing when you probably shouldn't have that soda or dessert, knowing how often you should work out, knowing how to deal with cravings for food that you really don't need.

I last went three months without weighing myself, going completely free of counting calories. I was delighted to see I only gained two pounds in that time frame. Now, about a pound a month leads to ~10 pounds of weigh gain in a year... But I quickly overcame this by adjusting my habits and eating less/working out. Ended up losing the two pounds in about a week. It's a continuous cycle. The key is periodically checking in on your weight and making adjustments before things get out of hand. Cause it's a lot easier to lose 2 pounds than to lose 20.