For years, food was my biggest enemy. I would eat too little, eat too much, and usually start fresh every Monday. With so much information out there, and so much desperation for success it can be easy to get overwhelmed with what is factual and what is a load of marketing BS from the diet industry. โฃ
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With time, I managed to navigate myย way through ALL the diets, and find what works for me. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. โฃ
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BUT that being said, here are 4 of the biggest truths I learned through trial and error to help get you goingโฆ โฃ
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1๏ธโฃย ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ญ. I see this all the timeโฆ an extra pour of creamer in your coffee, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter instead of one, 8 ounces of chicken instead of 4. They seem small, but if itโs happening daily, it will add up over time. Youโre likely frustrated because youโre eating all of the right things and not losing weight, but so often we donโt account for exactly how much. The best way to get honest about this is to MEASURE what youโre doing (with a food scale, measuring cups, portion containers, whatever works for you) AND then also to TRACK it. Hold yourself accountable. โฃ
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2๏ธโฃย ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ. This is not to say fitness isnโt important. It is. In fact it was the number one thing to keep me MOTIVATED to stay on track with my nutrition BUT if youโre doing it just to burn calories to lose weight youโre doing it wrong. Track your steps for overall health, but donโt become a slave to it. Move more to stay motivated. Use resistance training to reshape your body. But, also know that you donโt need to โeat backโ your calories burned, or โburn offโ what you ate. I honestly turn off the activity estimate entirely in my fitness pal. โฃ
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3๏ธโฃย ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. Hate celery juice. Stop drinking it. Love cream in your coffee. Drink it, track it and make it work within your day. When you stop jumping on every latest health bandwagon youโll be able to discover the healthy foods you genuinely enjoy, and will continue to consume them consistently and sustainably because you actually like them. Youโll also be able to incorporate the foods some may deem โunhealthyโ, simply because you like them, and will be more likely to continue to work towards your goals because youโre happy and satisfied, not forcing down kale salads at every meal when you secretly hate it. โฃ
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4๏ธโฃย ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ. You can eat carbohydrates at night, skip breakfast in the morning, eat 3 square meals a day or 6 mini meals throughout the day. So long as you are in a caloric deficit, you will continue to lose weight. What is important is discovering the timing that will make you most likely to stick with your plan, and potentially get the most of your workouts BUT if your main goal is fat loss, focus on sticking to a calorie deficit FIRST before you even think about timing. โฃ
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๐๐?!?! ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ? โฃ
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