I have kinda always been a bit of a foodie, which I am not entirely proud of. There have been about 4 or 5 times in my life since 2015 that I have gotten myself into hard core calorie counting mode, and on those occasions, I successfully lost weight. Sadly, some kind of stress event kind of shot things in the other direction, but I am wanting to get myself back into hard core calorie counting mode. Over the past 8 or 9 months, I have had many bad moments, where I had 2 or 3 good days, and then a bad day, so my weight so been consistently elevated the entire time. But things have been good over the past week or so. But then last night, I was around free pizza (I knew that I would be, but there was a chance that I kept the calorie count under 2000 for the day), and then, tonight, I was around free gumbo and some awesome desserts. There were also rolls, and other bread items. I had successfully gotten myself to stay away from the bread items, but felt I ate too many desserts (6 pieces, even though all of them were kinda small), and 2 servings of rice and gumbo. While it's still possibly that I kept the calorie count under 2000 for the day, I still regret eating what I ate. I badly want to learn to control myself around free food. And slowly, but surely, I want to get better at preparing my own food. I am going to have to in order to control the reflux. And, I am going to putting off my current weight goal of getting under 231 until Monday morning. I feel confident that with the right mindset over the next 3 days, I can make it happen. And then get into the full blown mindset of 1500 - 1700 calories per day, anti-acidic foods, no night eating, until I get down to 190.
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Welcome to this friendly supportive forum. I believe as a male at around 230pounds you maybe consider starting your weightloss journey with a higher calorie allowance, may 2000 calories or more. I would suggest you go online and look up recommended calories for weightloss at your BMI. There is no quick fix for weightloss so you need to find a plan that you can follow for a longer periods of time to see real results. Your problem with free food is a tricky one but may be easier to control if you start to eat enough generally. Can you avoid these events for a while? I know its tempting to take anything thats free but if you’re paying for it in other ways, like beating yourself up about it afterwards, or needing to take a lot of indigestion medicine , then is it really free. For me the foods that tend to give me indigestion/ heartburn tend to be things like pastry, heavy puddings and stodgy supermarket bread, which sounds similar to pizza and some of the things you’re describing, so maybe reduce those. Above all try to be kind to yourself, if you overdo it foodwise one day, try to move on and not feel bad about it, just get back on plan the next day.
If you join in on here regualarly you’ll get loads of support and people will answer your questions and give you plenty of advice. You can share your successes on the scales and have a moan when it doesn’t go so well. Onward and downward, as we like to say.
you’ll find lots of good advice here and people following different plans. The plan needs to work for you - and not just physically where you lose weight but mentally too. You need to feel like you’re not being deprived and feel like you would be able to sustain this…well, forever! This is a long term lifestyle change, not a short fix.
If you’re very regularly surrounded by free food, then maybe think of ways that mean you’re prepared.
1. If theyre evening events, you could make sure you have a filling lunch which means you won’t go hungry. This can be food high in protein and fiber (e.g eggs, Greek yoghurt, oatmeal…). Likewise, if a lunch event, eat a filling breakfast.
2. Maybe go with a plan that you will eat some GUILT FREE. Maybe going with the idea you will resist, leaves you feeling disappointed and guilty when you do eat. Total deprivation in these occasions is hard…and let’s be honest…not enjoyable. It might mean you don’t then self sabotage because it was always part of your plan that you would eat some.
You’ll find what works for you! We are all in the same boat and here to motivate each other.
You’ve got this!
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