@cwemmons Thank you so much!! It’s nice to see that there is someone else like me. All I’ve been seeing are all these posts/people/videos of people saying how they are losing crazy amounts of weight from the get go in such short periods of time. Which is great!! But at least I don’t feel like an oddball now. My body probably just has a lot of damage. I just have to be more patient.
@Capnbob Yes, I understand about the macros. I just added the percentages for the hell of it. And yeah, people my size don’t get here eating only 1200-1400 cals/day. Don’t want you to think I’m sitting here saying I was only eating a 1200 cal/OMAD and wondering how I got this size. LOL That’s not what I’m saying. Yes, I did only do OMAD, not cause I purposely restricted. Just that’s how my hunger has been for many, many, years. However, while my OMAD wasn’t always huge in volume of food, it was in calories. A burger and some fries, for example isn’t a huge meal but the calories in it are. THAT and those kind of crap meals, and lack of exercise is how I got here/this size.
All I know is, no matter what time of day, if I had my crappy meal at noon, then I still wasn’t hungry come dinner. If I had it at breakfast, then I sometimes would still not be hungry come dinner. Just depended on the type of meal and day. But I never purposely restricted and it sucks cause I guess from eating like that for so long, it’s messed me up. I think it all stemmed from when I was a teen (didn’t have it easy then). I never found out why but for a very long time I used to get sick when I would eat. Didn’t matter how much or little I used to feel like, and often did, puke immediately afterwards. So I kinda used to avoid eating as much as I could. I also had issues with stomach ulcers as a teen and that may have been a contributing factor for those sick feelings/eating habits back then. I don’t know. Just guessing. Either way it sucks cause I think it’s a HUGE contributing factor of how I naturally eat now.
So anyway, twice this week I decided I would try eating at least two meals in a day instead of one. BUT, neither time went well. Monday I ate like I normally do around noon-2. Thinking I’d eat more at dinner. That didn’t happen. Because I wasn’t hungry. Then yesterday I ate in the morning thinking I’d just try eating again at dinner. But come dinner, yup, wasn’t hungry! So what the heck does that mean? Seems all I’ve been reading is…once you’re fat adapted you won’t be hungry…don’t force yourself to eat if you’re full…etc. So I’m over here thinking, maybe I’m already fat adapted. But then others make it sound like I’m not and that I’m just not eating enough and should be trying to eat more! So which is it? Confusing!
This is where is becomes discouraging. You hear…
Eat more…no don’t eat more if you’re not hungry
You’re fat adapted when you aren’t hungry throughout the day and have no cravings…Oh, you’re just not eating enough, you’re starving yourself!
Do intermittent/extended fasts…NO, don’t fast cause you’re starving yourself!
These kinds of things are what’s very confusing to someone like me. I feel like I don’t know what’s right and what’s wrong. Am I fat adapted? Am I just wishful thinking? So many people do OMAD and others make it sound like it’s the best thing, something to strive for. I’ve already naturally been doing that for decades but I’m wrong? I’m starving myself? I don’t know. I don’t mean to come off as mean or anything but which is it?
Anyway, that’s some great progress you’ve made! Hope to be there one day myself and I thank you for your words of wisdom!
@CandyLindTX Yeah, I guess I did say “only” when referring to my issues but yes, even having just one of them is more than enough. LOL Your post brought a tear to my eye. Not sure why. I guess just the part where you said you’d all be here to help me brainstorm and whatnot. That means a lot to me. It truly does.
Sorry if at any time I come off wrong, mean, etc. I just got my period in the middle of the night and I guess I may just be a little more emotional than usual. Sorry if TMI. LOL
On a side note, I took my measurements yesterday and it appears I’ve lost 3 inches off my waist, 1 off my chest and I think it was 2 off my arms! So, I guess SOMETHING is happening and I’ll take it! Thanks again everyone!