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Since August I have been working out (kettlebells and yoga) 3-5 times a week and trying to eat right.
Well the thing is working out ALONE will NOT be enough to create a calorie deficit. It's the food. It's the food. Yeah - it's the food.
So therefore I will ask you, what does *trying* to eat right mean? Trying to eat right and actually
eating right are most definitely two different things.
In order to obtain, steady, consistent long term results, you will have to be steady and consistent with your food
INTAKE. Tracking calories and adhering to a calorie budget is most often the best way to do that.
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I have tried calorie counting but the level at which I was suppose to keep my calories (1900 a day) left me starving
I'm wondering what
kind of foods you were eating.... If you choose wisely, 1900 calories is a LOT of food. You can stay quite full and most likely very rarely experience true hunger sticking to that level. BUT, you will have to make them high quality foods. Ones that have LOTS of volume, LOTS of it. Ones that leave you full and satiated. Ones that stave OFF cravings for the *bad* stuff. For me, that means lots and lots and LOTS of veggies, low fat proteins and some fruits.
For me, the most important aspect of all this is to PLAN AHEAD. Failing to plan is planning to fail. It is ESSENTIAL therefore to rid your home of the junk, set up some rules and boundaries for yourself - definite NO's as it shuts the door to eating *trigger* foods. And it is equally important (if not more so) to have the house FULLY stocked (at all times) with healthy, healthy, delicious LOWER calorie foods.
You can't leave your food "to chance". It makes it waaaay to easy to eat off plan foods that way. I plan out my food ahead of time. I know EXACTLY what I'll be eating for breakfast, lunch, dinner and the 3 or 4 (sometimes 5) snacks that I will be eating.
Losing weight and lots of it IS a doable thing for every one and any one. Yourself included! So rest assured you DO have the ability to do this. It IS within your hands. You've got the power. You hold the key. Decide to do this. Commit to doing it and be
WILLING to do what's necessary to MAKE it happen. Set yourself up for success. Find/seek out/search for tasty, healthy, lower calorie, voluminous foods to eat. Make that plan. Work passed the initial *discomfort* stage of changing ones habits, tweak the plan as need be, get excited about the changes you are about to make, make this a top priority - and than watch your dreams turn into reality.
ETA: and exercise - start out by walking, walking, walking. And buy an inexpensive resistance band to get you going on muscle building.