Before I go into this I ask you go in with an open mind about eating, weight loss, and think about how we all are different things might work for you but not another person.
So, lets go back...way back to me in Jr High and High School shall we? If you knew me you never saw me eat at school did you? Why? Because I actually have a fear of eating in front of others, it makes me anxious. I have always been that way, but never told anyone really because come on it sounds stupid. I can eat in front of a few friends or family, but no one else. Heck I still feel weird eating in front of Sloan! I can't explain it it is just the way I am. I also never ate breakfast, because I wasnt hungry and it also makes me sick if I do. That means during high school I only ate one meal, dinner, that is it. I was skinny, I was healthy, I was in a good mood....sometimes...lol I also swam a couple miles 5 days a week, but you never saw me feeling bad from only eating one meal did you? Nope you did not. Why is that? Because I ate my daily calories from 5pm to 9 pm, I ate dinner and then usually a snack and that was it.
Now here we are years later and I have been struggling to get to where I was. You listen to all this stuff going around about how you should eat breakfast, you should eat small meals all day, you should count calories, you should only eat certain things, etc. We all believe it to be true right? Everyone is doing it, everyone is doing fine with it, but some dont! I have been trying for years to get to where I want to be, I get close, but it's very difficult for me everyday to eat constantly and wake up and eat breakfast...ugh just thinking about it drives me crazy! Now calorie counting did work for me to a point, but then it didn't.
Years of this constant trail and error got me thinking about those high school days. Even when I was done with swimming I still maintained my weight, in fact I did until I got pregnant with Jase, but why? You would think that I drop the swimming miles for 5 days but ate the same I would get fat right? But I didn't! I didn't until Jase was eating solids, I remember after I had him I was able to wear my high school jeans like I never had him...seriously!! Then I had to start feeding him lunch, so I started eating lunch. He got older and needed snacks, so I did the same. Then he started wanting breakfast and I did the same. I followed his schedule, and gained an insane amount! Ok insane for me anyways, I went from 140 to 170, after Caroline 180. Caroline is now 3 years old and after living like everyone tells you to do I have only been able to see 155!
3 years of weight going up and down, doing the 5 meal crap, forcing myself to eat breakfast, working out off and on. And I could not figure out why I wasnt dropping weight! Then I thought ok I'll eat clean, 3 weeks of it and I gained 5 lbs...Really?! So I started thinking about skinny me, how did I go all those years of maintaining my weight without changing anything...I ate one meal and only ate at a certain time of the day. BINGO! A light went off in my head! Stop forcing yourself to eat breakfast, eat 5 times a day, it is not working for ME!
With that thought going in my head I started searching online about this, and sure enough it actually has a name...intermittent fasting. Tons of articles about how for some people it is just normal for them to not want to eat, and that is me! I can't wait till 5 pm anymore but I am seriously not hungry until noon or 1 pm no matter what time I get up. To me I don't consider it fasting, its just normal for me to go long period without eating. So I started my normal eating habits again two weeks ago, except now I eat at noon and again around 5 pm with the kids. That is the only time I am hungry and the only time I have ever been hungry so it works. I am not having side effects of starving or anything because I am still getting my daily 1200 calories. Yes it means I eat more at each meal but then again I am going hours between meals. And this is coming from someone who gets extremely dizzy if my blood sugar gets low, I feel 100% fine.
You are probably wondering how much weight I have lost, 1 lbs a week, so 2 lbs. The considered healthy weight loss for everyone, something I have not seen since starting wanting to lose weight 3 years ago.
Do I think this is for everyone? Oh gosh no! Some people need to eat more than others to be happy and healthy. You have to do what is right for you and only you, but this is right for me. I dont have to think about it, there is no hard work with planning 5 small meals, I am not obsessing about food, I am living an easy day now, and I am in hopes that I will see that 140 or even 145 in my near future. 20 pounds to go!
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