What is helping me is that when I started I told myself I’m going to give IF a year and I will assess everything then. I feel like that gives me some grace as far as not being hard on myself if it seems like it isn’t working/I’ve hit a plateau/slipped up. It is so easy to pick apart one bad day or week and give up. I think this 12 month mindset is helping skip that short term pitfall of saying screw it and giving up completely. Not sure it’s helpful for everyone because 12 months is a long time!Hope you find what works for you! good luck! 🍀
Simple. Start with skipping dinner and see how long you can go before eating the next day. Make a deal with yourself that every day you do this delayed eating, you will not burden yourself with negative and defeatist thoughts–even if you don’t think you lost weight.
You will be surprised how positive you feel knowing you are moving in the right direction each time you do this. And a by-product this process is your clothes will start to get baggy.
I figure loose skin would not be a bad problem to have! Much better than skin full of fat!
You just gotta start and then you just keep going. One day at a time.
I suggest you figure out how to stop drinking first. Alcohol fuels anxiety and depression.
I was very scared of being miserable and struggling for months and seeing no results in return for all my suffering. That is what always happened when I tried to do calorie-counting before. So, I decided to do IF in a way that didn’t feel like a miserable struggle. Something I felt like I could do every day without having to worry or think too hard about it.
Weight loss will always be a long game. It’s just how our bodies work. So whatever you do to lose weight, it absolutely has to be something you can realistically keep doing for months or years. Not something that stresses you out every minute.
Then… you can just kind of set it and forget it. Just stick with the program. Seeing results will take time. But time will pass regardless. I may really want to lose 60 pounds in a year. But I’d rather do something sustainable and lose 20 pounds in that year, than try to push myself super hard, burn out in two months, and then gain 10 more pounds.
If you want help with motivation, get a coronary artery calcium scan done. They’re relatively cheap (I paid $90 for mine) and it took less than 5 minutes for the whole thing. You might be young enough that your score is still good but it sounds like it could be quite an eye-opener for you