Last month, I realized I had literally eaten everything in my fridge in about two hours. Granted, my fridge isn't usually brimming with food, but it definitely had a few days' worth of food in there. This was after going out to eat, mind you. I decided I was tired of the mindless eating and on the same day posted on Snapchat that I'd log everything I planned on eating (barring lunch when I'm at work because cellphones are strictly prohibited) for the next 90 days. And I did! I'm on day 52 and have nearly lost 10lbs.
I've lost 50lbs before due mostly to luck. I was walking everywhere but did little to actually change my eating habits (they actually got worse) and gained half of it back very quickly.
What rules about using Snapchat is that there's no like system, but I still know people are looking at my videos, even if it's just in passing. So there's no pressure to perform. I think about what I'm going to eat before posting because I want to share myself eating healthy things. Instead of mindlessly heading for the fridge, I hold off or only have a piece of fruit/an egg.more water because I know I'd have to post myself binging, which I don't want to do. I also starting jogging and on days I don't jog, I do aerobics/weight lifting, and I've started studying/going out more to curb the binge eating that's usually caused by boredom.
Counting calories makes me crazy, so I just follow a few things I've learned from my "smaller" friends:
1) When going out to eat, you can get half your meal to go. You can eat the other half later in the day or the next day, depending on the meal
2) If you do eat the whole meal while eating out, unless you're actually legitimately hungry, no need to eat another meal afterwards. I learned that when other people say "I'm not eating anything else today, I had a huge lunch!" They actually mean it!
I'm so happy. I hope once this ends, I'll still be conscious of the food I'm eating. I think I will.
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