I've picked the 5:2 diet because it does seem very gentle. Unfortunately I have a sensory disorder that means I taste far too well, among a host of other issues with my other senses. It's something that's associated with my PDD-NOS, and the two team up to make my diet.. Extremely plain and a lot of the same food, and unfortunately it's not always healthy. I don't eat a whole lot of junk, but I do eat pasta and all of those not so awesome foods. I have planned my first fast-day to be tomorrow, and have shopped in for two meals that come to 500 calories there-abouts, so I can have breakfast and dinner. I am hoping that because the calorie limit forces me to think creatively with my food, I will be able to convince myself to let more things into my food-pattern if you would, which is no small task. And honestly, if the diet is good I may stay on it for as long as I can, once I have made a habit out of things I am extremely bad at breaking the habits (which can be a real pain in the butt).Â
I have already forced myself to eat less, here in Denmark or at least in my family, it's the social norm to eat two portions at dinner and such, so it has been a struggle to convince my stomach that it is actually full now. Through that + swimming + calorie-counting in general (I've been trying to keep myself to the 1700 mark. I should note I am a woman so, its not too much below the recommended daily intake afaik) I managed to lose about 8kg, but after those it just stalled - and as a result I stopped counting, because it felt like there was no point. I'd also gotten very conscious about what was in my meals and such.Â
I think my main problem with motivation is that I don't have much support IRL - When I talk about losing weight with my family, they sorta just roll their eyes because they think it's just not going to happen. It (and some light social awkwardness) prevents me from signing up to gyms and such, one thing is that it's good to do something for myself, but it really kills me a bit when no one else has any sort of belief that I'll be able to stick to attending it. Heck they had the same reaction with the diet thing, but that is the smaller mountain to climb right now so to speak.
I have already forced myself to eat less, here in Denmark or at least in my family, it's the social norm to eat two portions at dinner and such, so it has been a struggle to convince my stomach that it is actually full now. Through that + swimming + calorie-counting in general (I've been trying to keep myself to the 1700 mark. I should note I am a woman so, its not too much below the recommended daily intake afaik) I managed to lose about 8kg, but after those it just stalled - and as a result I stopped counting, because it felt like there was no point. I'd also gotten very conscious about what was in my meals and such.Â
I think my main problem with motivation is that I don't have much support IRL - When I talk about losing weight with my family, they sorta just roll their eyes because they think it's just not going to happen. It (and some light social awkwardness) prevents me from signing up to gyms and such, one thing is that it's good to do something for myself, but it really kills me a bit when no one else has any sort of belief that I'll be able to stick to attending it. Heck they had the same reaction with the diet thing, but that is the smaller mountain to climb right now so to speak.
