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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been doing very well maintaining a 50 pound weight loss for like two years. I'm very proud of myself and I'm terrified of regaining. I did this mostly with IF and peloton. I have been trying to incorporate strength over the last few month but have struggled with the fact that when I get on a roll with lifting and lifting heavy specifically, I get HUNGRY. And then the scale starts inching up, so I pull back on the strength. Rinse and repeat.

How do other people deal with this? This is not just snacking to snack this is like, my body telling me I need to eat. And when I don't (which I successfully am able to do most of the time, until I finally break and eat like 5 pieces of pizza one day), I get SO run down and just cranky and tired. Is there a way to lift without gaining?[/quote]

[b]without gaining what? [/b]Muscle- no. There isn't. What is the purpose of heavy lifting if not to increase metabolically active tissue and increase lean muscle mass? Did you think you would just get toned, which is a misnomer because people equate it with ballerinas or pilates instructors (that's genetics at work OP not IF and Peloton) but it just means having well-established muscle which requires both significant lean mass to body weight and lower body fat.

EAT to fuel your body. The binging is a sign that you are not eating enough. Do you need some accounts to follow who lift heavy and also promote sustained and activity-dependent food intake? [/quote]

Without gaining weight. I love the gain of muscle, its why I keep trying to do it. Whenever I get on a roll I start to see definition and I love it, I love how strong I feel, all of that. But it took me a long time to go from morbidly obese to just 'overweight' and all the statistics about everyone regaining in 5 years and weight loss being essentially impossible have made me just militantly vigilant about the weight.

I got to the point where what I normally crave/eat during my window is totally fine and satiating and I don't crave anything. And the lifting really just has thrown that into disarray.

I actually usually do workout during my window, but it was so easy with cardio I would actually prefer not to eat before cardio. Now I am just either hungry and cranky and depleted or feel like the scale starts ticking up.

For me, getting psycho about counting macros/calories/whatever will just lead me to fail or really spiral mentally. Which is why its so frustrating because I was at a really good balance with exercise and food and just am struggling to find that balance but still incorporate strength training (which in addition to the aesthetics, I want to do for my long term health/strength/etc)[/quote]

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