I'm a 20-year-old male doing a combination of HIIT and 20/4 IF for fat loss. I'm 6'0" and 180 pounds, but have a very high body fat percentage and unfortunately look like I weigh much more than I do. I've lost around 9 pounds (SW 189.6lb) in 20 days but I haven't been entirely consistent which bothers me. One thing I struggle with in regards to eating healthier food and also less food is that, since unhealthy food is still around due to people that I live with, I often find myself unable to resist nocturnal eating, going into a several hundred calorie binge - breaking my fast and hampering my progress. I do not expect them to change their eating habits and inconvenience themselves for me just because I have no self control, so the fact is it's always going to be there. I've also fallen into the false belief system that making progress on my weight means that I'm allowed to start eating unhealthy things, to have cheat days, when this isn't the case. It's just going to keep my weight and fat percentage maintained forever which isn't what I want.
What are some ways that I can teach myself to stop giving in? I quit my chronic, daily alcohol and marijuana use cold turkey on my first try, and to this day over 7 months later have no desire to touch either. Trying to adjust my diet and resist food cravings is leaps and bounds harder than quitting either of those was, and that's quite embarrassing for myself to think about because I know I'm perfectly capable of putting the damn chip bag down.
I'd greatly appreciate any advice I can get on building up my self control, strengthening my discipline, and teaching myself to just say no. I've been beating myself up over this pretty badly and feel so disappointed after binges.
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