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Eating in moderation is totally cool. It is really working for me. I love it. Not once have I had a craving. I don't remember the last time I binged...I definitely didn't this past week. At least, it doesn't stand out to me that i was ever battling the demon in my head about whether or not I should/should not eat something.
As long as I've been making sure to a) eat enough protein (to help facilitate muscle anabolism) and b) do some exercise (any exercise, light, heavy whatever!) for half hour each day that raises my heart rate a bit (not a lot, not to wear I'm struggling for breath or maxing out...just enough)...I seem to be doing good.
It feels like my waist line is shrinking. I keep noticing new 'lines' coming up around my body and I LOVE It!!!!
Also, I've learned that I feel best and feel most 'fat & happy' when I make dark greens, fat, and protein the foundation of my diet. When I make sure to get enough of those in each day, I feel good, and have no qualms with eating a piece of candy or something indulgent each day. This really works. Moderation really truely works. Especially if you learn to keep gauge of how much food makes you feel full. I've been eating til my body tells me to stop - til I no longer feel the fatigue or low blood sugar....until I feel I have energy again. And you know what? I never over eat when I do this.
I eat to full/satiated at EVERY meal. This works. I make sure I eat GOOD, REAL/MOST-Natural-form food, and I eat this food til I feel satisfied. When I eat sweets, I also go til full...but make sure to keep track of whether this fits in the 'calorie-budget' and you know what? When I make sure to eat til I feel full on healthy foods, I can eat til I'm full on sweets and not go over this budget.
I am essentially using fatsecret.com food diary as a gauge. I never intend to stick to it 100%; but it gives me a good idea. And lately, I've been exercising frequently. So I know I have a calorie deficit. I eat the food. I lift the heavy things. (Go Kaleo). And it truely works for me. Wow. It is a wonder --- even more so than the switch to ketogenic I attempted -- I feel free from food worries. Less stress. I just eat what I want, and I've developed the habit of only truely wanting...almost craving, the good stuff. The dark greens, the protein, the eggs, the sausage, the butternut squash...*drool*. This really works for me. ANNd. I can make my coffee, buy my cake, and eat it too! booya!
Oh yeah! and the exercise??? Also works in moderation!! Whodda thunk? ;)
Truely. It works for me. I only push as hard as I want. I just do it. I aim to get my heart rate up. and if it doesn't feel like I'm pushign that hard to make it stay that way, well I don't need to push any harder. I don't kill myself with workouts. My goal is to feel nicely conditioned - like my muscles have flexed, moved, and worked. This doesn't involve pain. Just movement with resistance. If I do some things faster thats fine. If some I go slower. Also fine. I just make sure I do it. And do it regularly. And long enough to be beneficial (which according to NIH or AHA...one of those...its 20-40 min each day). that's nothing. So I do. I just do. I don't stress. I just do whatever move that makes me happy. Sometimes its running. Soemtimes its lifting. Sometimes its dancing in my underwear. Or having sex. But whatever. It works! I don't feel the need to overexert myself to gain muscle. and it works.
Diet Calendar Entries for 18 November 2013:
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2034 kcal
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Fat: 94.22g | Prot: 100.31g | Carb: 203.96g.
Breakfast: Trader Joe's Raw Almonds, Bananas. Lunch: Homemade-Style Spaghetti Sauce with Meat and Vegetables, Pasta Prima Grilled Chicken & Mozzarella Ravioli, Trader Joe's Raviolone in Brodo. Dinner: Trader Joe's Organic Baby Spring Mix, Simms Turkey Sausage Snack Sticks, Butternut Winter Squash. Snacks/Other: Bragg Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Land O'Lakes Mini Moos Half & Half Creamers, International Delight French Vanilla Coffee Creamer. more...
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2435 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Standing - 3 hours, Calisthenics (heavy, e.g. pushups) - 25 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 12 minutes, Resting - 7 hours and 11 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours, Desk Work - 6 hours, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 12 minutes. more...
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