I am 24f and my tdee is 1700 calories. I gained 12lbs in the last few months which I’ve lost around 3 years ago. I mostly maintained that weight +/-3-5 lbs all these years. But, I am messing up real bad. I started logging calories again hoping that it would motivate me, but I kind of feel desensitised to it.
As you can see, I find it extremely difficult to eat the same amount of calories everyday. I know I should be eating closer to 1500 than to 2000 to get anywhere near my goal but I am extremely frustrated with myself. If I lose the 12lbs, my tdee is gonna drop to 1600ish. I know that I need to change my eating patterns, not just to shed the pounds, but also structure my life around the idea that 1500-1700 is plenty in order to maintain that weight.
It’s bothering me a lot but one or two mistakes per week is costing me everything.
Also, constantly making choices every single meal, apart from my breakfast( which is the same stuff everyday) is so exhausting. One bad decision per week and I am in surplus which makes me go into a negative spiral. I can control it with a lot of conscious effort, it almost feels like a job. It’s frustatinggggggg. My family also tend to eat a lot of calorie-dense foods and constantly trying to say no is exhausting.
I hate the thought that I have to do this for my entire life.
I am sorry if this post is irrelevant to this sub, I feel this is one of the healthier subs, hence my post. I don’t even know why I am posting this, I just wanted to let it out ig.
by New-Complex-2134
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Learning the cooking skills now will help you for the rest of your life. A bag of frozen broccoli and frozen deveined/cooked shrimp can be made into a meal in about 8 minutes in a skillet. A Rice maker can be had for like $20 and can make enough rice for leftovers. Berries (rasp, black, straw, kiwi) are a quick snack and take no or very little preparation. Canned chicken breast chunks can be spiced up in a skillet in no time. Whey protein powder in almond milk is a quick healthy snack.
Politely saying a quick “no thanks :)” is a skill and gets less tiring over time. Or if you know you have a big uncontrolled meal coming, compensate earlier in the day or the next day.
Just trying to find low cal – satisfying foods that are easy to make that you love is the real trick.
21-24 is a lot of growing as a person and slowing of your younger you metabolism. Give yourself some grace and just worry about trying to build the healthy eating habits and finding food you love. If you aren’t yet, now is a great time to start trying to find a form of exercise that you are passionate about as well.
It’s all just practice. You got this
Happy to answer questions.