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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With the cooler weather and clothes that can hide weight, I’m losing my motivation for CICO. I find myself overeating (3000 cal per day) multiple days a week. The weight is creeping back up. Help! How do you stay motivated in the fall/winter? (I also suffer from SAD, so I’m anxious about losing daylight as well…)[/quote]

Why are you overeating?  Are you generally depriving yourself and then "giving in"?  Are you truly hungry? Overwhelmed by the process?

Weight loss can be so emotional - it's been so for me. I used a CBT technique in Beck Diet Book to help with the mental part - helps with the overwhelm.

1st - make sure you are taking care of yourself and getting enough sleep and stress relief.  Exhaustion can make you crave unhealthy foods.

Are you eating the right foods?  There's more to it than just CICO.  You should keep track of which foods make you feel a certain way.  I learned a lot by wearing a CGM - brands such as Levels, Signos and Nutrisense.  I literally saw my blood sugar levels crash on the app.  I learned which foods make crave more food.

I find that high quality fats and protein and avoiding white flour and sugar are really important.  I just started eating an entire avocado every day - very filling!

Hope this is helpful.

Good luck.[/quote]

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