You know you can be genuinely hungry without needing calories, right? If your body thinks it ought to be heavier than you are you're going to be hungry despite having eaten the amount of calories your conscious mind wants you to eat. If you're having calorie-dense food the volume is going to be lower than when you're having a bunch of veggies with your meal so your stomach won't be full when your calorie budget is used up. If you aren't getting the building blocks your body needs (like protein) it's going to try and make you continue to eat. That's not your body being untrustworthy; it's just trying to keep you alive with a cheat-sheet that's 20,000 years out of date because that's all it's got.
yeah it's just that I can see that a lot of times it's not genuine hunger, but rather just feeling like eating more. I am astounded at the amount I can eat if I don't count calories, and then when i count them and see objectively that I've had enough, then suddenly it's like I realize I don't need to eat. I just feel out of touch with my body's needs.
I hope the trip to the bike shop went well and was less scary than you imagined! Glad you enjoyed helping your friend out and having some tea together. You seem to be getting out there a bit more. That's great! I know you had it on your vision board.
Thanks Emily! Yes definitely making efforts to get out there more! Before covid I was much more involved in the community and so at least I feel like I have a bit of a base to work from, like I'm not starting from scratch--it just means forcing myself to get back out there and tapping back into those spaces.
It's lovely to be able to help others. I hope you do get your bike fixed, Liza
The trip to the bike store went great. Such a lovely/helpful/friendly guy! I was the only one needing help too so I got a chance to have a good chat with him. He was able to make a simple adjustment for super cheap that he's hoping will make a good enough difference. He says if it still doesn't feel better, he can do more, but it would mean actually buying a new part and making some bigger changes. We had a nice chat about the bike overall and what could be done for it and what that would cost me...I was telling him that I am not sure about investing money into fixing up this bike more, or whether to go for a new one now I know I actually enjoy riding...Anyway, I feel like now I can ride this as it is for now while I consider other options. Another outing that proves I don't need to avoid the things that make me anxious!
I know what you mean about how darn hard it is to differentiate between hunger and cravings, and so hard to tell if portion sizes are right, too. I would so love to be able to lose weight or even maintain it without calorie counting, but I think I need to go back to calorie counting, too. That's wonderful you can see what's possible with adjusting your bike today. I hope it goes great!!
Yes! I am so hoping that one day I will be able to actually feel what my body needs and not just be eating for pleasure or whatever. Last time i dropped like 25 pounds, and then felt like I had a good grasp on what I needed to do to maintain that, but as soon as I dropped calorie counting, it crept right back up! I do feel like at least I am a lot healthier than before and am learning lots about my body's needs in terms of movement and better nutrition, but yeah i feel pretty out of touch in a lot of ways.
So yeah yesterday was pretty good overall with getting the bike looked at, and got some more peas planted in the garden and ate well for the most part. Anxiety hit later in the afternoon, and I couldn't seem to move past it as well as i have been doing in the previous days. So I did eat extra in the evening as a way of soothing it. But yeah I would say not a bad day really.
Walk-45 min
Bike 30 min
physio-long session
proetin-102% (yay!)
carbs-107%
calorie deficit-100
Nice to be having some weather where it's nice enough to stop for a bit.
