Here are some tips to help hold yourself more accountable in your weight loss journey:
- Take progress pictures weekly so you can visually see the changes in your body over time. It can be more motivating than just numbers on a scale.
- Tell your friends and family about your goals so you feel supported but also don't want to let them down. Having people cheer you on helps!
- Meal prep your healthy meals and snacks for the whole week on Sundays. That way if you get hungry between meals you already have something ready.
- Write down everything you eat. Seeing it written out can help you recognize patterns of when/why you may be overeating.
- Come up with non-food rewards you can give yourself for mini-milestones, like a new workout top when you lose 5 pounds.
- Replace emotional eating with relaxing self-care activities like taking a bath, calling a friend, coloring, etc.
- Don't ban "treat" foods entirely, just eat them in moderation. All-or-nothing thinking sets us up for failure.
- Most importantly, love yourself no matter what the scale says. Focus on how your body feels - that's what really matters. You've got this sis!
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A very small habit that can make a world of difference, and you don't have to do this for the rest of your life, is just keep a little journal of some sort where you log what you eat/drink.
You can just hastily scribble in what you eat/drink. The only requirement is that you always do this very honestly with yourself (it's for you) before you eat or drink anything besides water.
If you can just add this small amount of structure, it can turn your eating habits from a subconscious one into a conscious one, and you'll generally start to make better choices for the simple reason that they're conscious choices.
Bonus points if you're extra disciplined if you can log the nutritional requirements on top like how many calories are in the food, or even the macro ratios. On smartphones these days, you might be able to use an app to streamline it. I'm still old school and rely on just pen and notepad when I'm cutting but there are probably apps specifically for this purpose.
first of all, you look great!
as for the stress eating, i totally get that. but you need to find other coping mechanisms to deal with stress. eating is one of the worse ways to cope with stress and it doesn't really do much for you health wise.
i would get a daily routine that you can stick with. like a weekly menu too for yourself. so you have everything already planned and set up on how the day is going to go and what you're going to eat and do, so you'd have to do it.
don't lose weight; make healthy habits that will stay with you even when you hit your target weight. Do changes with the baby steps. Keep a healthy balance. Weight every 2-4 weeks; daily weight fluctuations can be discouraging.
And the most important thing is that whatever you do, it must be compatible with you.
Amazing progress
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Yes, ma'am, may I first please tell you that if you didn't lose another ounce of weight from your current poundage, you would still be, unequivocally, one of the most beautiful and desirable women I have ever laid eyes on.
To your question about accountability, my advice is to put it out of your mind and just live your life. Try to be as active as possible, and eat whatever you want, whenever you want. Eventually, you may end up losing a few pounds, but even if you don't, you are drop dead gorgeous right now, as far as I'm concerned.
Don't stress eat. Know that every day you don't workout, you take a step back. Every time you stress eat you take a step back. Take your workout routine and diet very seriously. If you want results, you have to act like it. Life is very simple. You look like what you're able to do. If you can do a one hour run on a treadmill for 1 hours moving at 7 miles an hour, you'll look like you can do thay. If you do a lot of squats consistently, you'll look like you do them.
Consistency is the only thing that's gonna get you resultsYou've made a lot of progress... good for you.
So, I can only tell you what works for me. I make myself at least do the first lift of my routine even if I feel like shit or I'm sick. Usually after the first exercise, I'll start to feel it and just go through my routine. But if I don't feel like doing it... I'll just skip the day after that first exercise of 3 sets. My logic is 7 days a week most of the time is way more than the average person puts in.
Other than that I avoid sugar, bread, white rice or anything that's been bleached and stripped of nutrients.
You done really well so far, awesome job! I would suggest keeping something visible like a chart and to weigh in every morning or it could be once a week so you don't focus so much on the number. Plan meals for the day so you don't eat the things you know you shouldn't. Meal prepping can help but I suck at meal prepping lol. Have workouts planned in advance and check them off when you do them.
I think the best way is to actually have structure. Do you have a personal trainer? Maybe you should google and reach out to trainers that can give you more structure.
As someone who is recovering from an eating disorder herself, I understand how hard it is! You look great, as long as you're happy with you're weight and speak to a doctor, then it should be easier to avoid weight gain. I wish you all the best of luck ❤️
Weigh daily every morning and chart weight. Record all calories and exercise on an app. Schedule regular doctors visits to review health. Get a personal trainer. Share with SO or friends to hold you accountable. Set reasonable goals.
Remember what that it takes time. And stress eating will make your time and effort useless. All would be for nothing, square one or maybe worse off than when you started.
It's not easy. I am currently doing it myself :) but I can feel myself getting better. If I do slip up, I will enjoy the moment, but I will feel miserable after. That feeling, the aftermath makes it not worth it for me. If you could change it into stress workout, you would be golden! 😂💪Don't focus on your end goal. Make small intermediate goals that are easy to reach. Less frustration and when doing consistently, you will get there
The thing to remember is that you should look at your diet in terms of weeks and not days. It is a lot easier to balance your diet out over the course of a week than over the course of a day. Plus your daily diet has a lot less importance over your weight as your weekly diet. Also the more weight you lose the harder it becomes to lose more.
journal or even find yourself a buddy to help keep you accountable. I need to do the same myself really as getting back into the swing of it all.
Your body will hold you accountable, but that's by the way. A little tip I was given: When you feel hungry between mealtimes drink a pint of water. I can't say if it works, I could never drink that much water.
You are doing great. Be consistent, get rid of junk food in your house, it's okay to have e a treat, especially after a hard workout, drink lots of water
No. just the usual less white carbs, less fruit juice (has too much sugar) and take longer walks.
Number Two----Looking Good. Keep Going. Sexy!!! xxoo
You have a long way to go, seriously you couldn't even post two pictures of yourself without consuming sugar!
Don't.
You looked fine in the first place.I am addicted to carbs. I treat carbs as dangerous as meth or crack. And yes, I did those drugs and many others. I am clean now but I have a momentary relaps of carbs maybe once a year.
I don't know I’m still figuring that out, I used to be so good at it and after becoming a mom whenever I’m super sleep deprived I eat.
Are you Becca on another account? Anyways. You look great and seems you lost a ton of weight
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