Hi there ! I think I'm getting a bit stuck and would love some insights. 3 years ago I discovered CICO (thanks to you all !) and managed to lose about 7 kilos in 8-9 months. My SW was 68 kg and my lowest was 61kg (I'm 1m70 tall). I loved counting calories and realising how effective that tool was (I'm using fatsecret). I did not really think about maintenance (did not have a plan...) and sadly, the weight has been slowly re-increasing over the months/years. Ach, the weight of the bad habits, I guess! Now I'm almost back to my original weight. Ouch ! Although I have not stopped counting calories (or just from time to time eg during holidays and phases of demotivation). The problem is that I feel like my appetite has not decreased over these 3 years and that my subconscious is actually getting hungrier. I just finding so much harder to restrict. I no longer manage to restrict to the 1700 calories I was eating 3 years ago. It's like a have this huge internal resistance. So in short, it often feels like a battle against myself. I have noticed that I manage to "eat well" for breakfast and lunch (nutritious healthy meals not too high in calories, eg 300 in the morning 500 at lunch) and during that portion of the day I don't have any issues with hunger. In the afternoon it's another story. I think the hunger is more emotional than anything else. I feel the need to relieve tension, to relax, and eating is for me associated with relaxation.
So I had tried intermittent fasting (the classical breakfast skipping) and that did work very well for a while. Then unfortunately it tended to make me more anxious and my slept got pretty disturbed. The more tired and anxious I got the harder it was to skipp breakfast. Insomnias do make hungry !
I have regularly stopped consuming sugary things (cake, cookies, etc) to reduce cravings and this works quite well. When I don't eat any cake I feel some relief. But I still eat more than I should to lose weight and I no longer know how to deal with my hungry rebellious dragon...
I will soon start a treatment against insomnia and anxiety (sertraline) and I will see how that changes the game.
Thank you for reading me, and for sharing your stories on this great forum !
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