As a counsellor, I'm always fascinated by the psychology of eating, food and weight. I'm currently trying to lose 30kgs and I'm using a 1200cal/day food delivery service to do so. While I know this is not great it terms of changing your habits, I also know that my job is so demanding at the moment I don't have the mental space to work on meal planning etc. But I know there is going to come a time when I will have to transition on to making food choices on my own.
What's interesting to me is the thought processes I've been experiencing as I go through a plateau. Part of me is impatient to see results (obsessive thinking can kick in here if I'm not careful), part of me is tired of eating similar foods all the time.
However, this morning I've realised that, on some hidden level, I'm waiting for this to be "over". I want the weight to come off quickly so that I can eventually stop "dieting". And it's a bit scary to suddenly realise that I haven't come to terms with the fact that it won't EVER be "over". If I want to reach and maintain a healthy weight, I can't ever go back to using food to soothe my feelings or get that dopamine high from overeating fat and sugar. This is the new reality and although the food choices may change, the quantity and frequency won't.
I've had some real progress on the "Is it hunger or is it feelings?" front but I think this is the new mental challenge. At my current weight and activity level, my TDEE is only 1700cal/day so I'll either be eating at this level for the rest of my life OR I'll have to seriously jack up the activity.
All of which is ok but it's a startling realisation.
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