you know whats funny? i know where you're coming from.
now, i might get some boo boo's on this particular post i am about to make, but bear with me.
also, taking my CURRENT strategy into account, please consider how long you have been aware of your food for, as i am comming up on my 3 year aniversary, and this is something i am VERY mindful of.
back story:
i started at 269 lbs. on weight watchers, which is point exchanges (except i never exchanged, simply ate my points). then i lost interest/plan changed. i did not exercise except for 1 hr of pilates a day. i was loosing well, and fast - while still having indulgences. my typical days would consist of breakfast- eggs/bacon, or a bfast sandwich, a peice of fruit, then lunch/dinner which was either carbs/protein/steamed veg or protein based salad. so i was having a very large salad instead of one meal- this lead me to lose 60 lbs.
then i picked up yoga, slimmed down a little, bla bla bla.
fast forward - 200 lbs- about 168 lbs i was calorie counting. about 1400-1600 a day, and here was where my problems began, closer to the mid 170's. i started binging. a lot, hard, often, i could no longer control my cravings, i could no longer control my food intake. i wanted to eat it all, and then the door handle. i developed a food obsession, a nasty food obsession. i was always hungry, because i was always thinking about how many calories i had left to eat in my "budget".
this lead to a regain of almost 20 lbs.
i stressed out, i thought about it, then i decided to try something new. mind you, i only started this new "idea" about a week ago, and mind you, i know what a serving/portion of something looks like. i know how much food i need to eat/ not eat to lose weight, but i am not counting. it's like a "loose" count.
like, i know if i have something carby- i need to have it with a very lean protein, one serving, and another meal that is VERY light. i eat the same thing for breakfast, similar things with a little variation for lunch, and similar with variation for dinner. but i don't count, i dont stress, i am intuitively eating when i am truly hungry, and i have seen the scale move 8 lbs this week alone. i even went out for dinner this week! mind you, this IS a tonne of water weight, but it is positive reinforcement.
current meal plan example:
bfast:
coffee (24oz)
skim - about 200 ml.
1/2c oatmeal + a fruit (blueberries, small banana, whatever is in the house).
snack:
peice of fruit. either berries, a grapefruit, etc.
lunch: today: about 4/5 oz salmon, and i grilled some mushrooms, some broccolli and a small zunchinni in pam this morning.
snack: handful of baby carrots, handful of snow peas.
dinner:
tbd but it will be some lean protein/steamed veg, or a salad with ground lean turkey breast, and probably an apple with peanut butter.
i can guarantee this will account for a loss on the scale tomorrow morning for me.