I Haven’t Weighed Myself…
August 10th, 2007 by Rian | Filed under Miscellaneous.I’m PMS’ing this week and I know I’m super-bloated, so there is no way I’m getting on a scale.
As for my low carb diet, I have pretty much blew it. For some reason, this time around it has been very difficult and I have been feeling like crap for the past week or so.
I have, however, figured out why I haven’t been losing much weight despite no longer over-eating. See, I got to the weight I am now by over-drinking and over-eating. I’ll admit it. I was lazy, partying constantly and not caring much.
However, I honestly haven’t pigged out or eaten too much in about 2 months now. I’ve probably stayed anywhere between 800-1800 calories per day. I would have thought the weight would come off as fast as it went on.
Ha.
So, I have been trying to figure out why the weight hasn’t really come off. And I think I have figured it out… I eat about 80% of my calories within an hour or two of going to bed. That is a major no-no. For some reason, I rarely eat throughout the day and then at night, I eat most of my day’s food.
So… I’m going to try yet another eating plan, which I have already started today: I am going to eat my day’s food before 6pm, and not a drop will pass my lips after that. Since I go to bed around 2am most nights, that will give my body 8 hours to digest everything and use up all the calories. Plus, I am mostly sticking to low carb food, which will hopefully speed things up.
My sister lost 15 pounds doing that. She didn’t cut out any foods or anything, just stopped eating several hours before she went to bed.
We will see if it works. I am just so tired of dieting and feeling like crap, although I feel like crap if I diet or don’t diet these days!
I stumbled across your blog today and wanted to offer some advice. You would have a better chance if you set an eating schedule throughout the day and stick to those times or close to those times. True it doesn’t matter if you eat 1500 calories in one seating or 1500 calories throughout the course of the day, it’s still 1500 calories. However, you are slowing your metablism down. Your body is in starvation mode and very unsure if and when more calories/energy is coming so when you do eat your body stores all those calories for future use. So basically you will be burning more calories if you eat several mini meals a days. To keep from eating so late try having breakfast or lunch be your biggest meal. Also 800 calories is extremely low you should find a tool online that will help you determine how many calories you need a day based on your activity level.
Just some friendly advice from a fellow dieter. Good luck!
I know what you mean… I felt like crap and did the whole yo-yo dieting thing for years. Recently I read a book called The Skinny that had the sanest approach to eating I’ve ever seen. I’d recommend checking it out. I’ve lost weight on it and kept it off… no bingeing and feeling shitty, since no food are forbidden.