This is why dieting doesn’t work. You’ve restricted for a long time and your body isn’t having it anymore so you’re bingeing.

BTW, it took me 2 years to lose 30 lbs. Then I took a year off from trying. I'm now re-committing to losing more.

You've accomplished a lot!

Anonymous wrote: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…)

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.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why dieting isn't sustainable. Find where your body is comfortable when you are moving, and also eating a balanced healthy diet.

I don't know a single person who did intense restriction who kept the weight off long term without having a reasonable idea of where there maintenance weight was.

I don't want to be de-motivational, but I'm alarmed by the posters who just assume smaller=better and would say "keep going" knowing NOTHING about what OP's health is actually like. Smaller is not better if you have to stay in restriction full time.

Oh Feck you sideways lady. No one here is claiming to be a registered dietician. We're here to support each other. You need to find a forum for nasty moaners, where you'll fit in perfectly.

You can feck however you want. I don't think a "lose no matter the health cost" mind set is helpful. Your post shows how engrained that is. Good luck with that.

You are creating a fake debate. OP wants help and motivation. She is eating 3,000 calories a day. People all over the world watch their figures. It’s necessary . If you don’t like that, oh well.

Anonymous wrote:The Half Size Me podcast and website has good advice, instruction, and just general support for working "maintenance breaks" into weight loss and then maintaining once you hit your goal weight. It's realistic about finding a lifelong nutrition and exercise plan you can live with contentedly and sustainably.

+1
Many find you either schedule the maintenance breaks yourself in a thoughtful way or your body schedules them by hitting a frustrating plateau and you give up or put your body into starvation mode making it harder to lose. Just make sure it's maintain and not re-gain. And then after a bit you might feel ready to diet some more. If not, at least your body is now used to a new lower set-point than it was before you started dieting and you'll be less likely to regain what you lost.

I’ve lost 10lbs over the summer but put 2lbs back on. I want to lose 10 more so I’m still trying. What helped me was doing it with a friend, holding each other accountable with check ins and scheduled walks together.