I'm a guy in my 30s. Have always yo-yo dieted. Either just off the rails, or very restrictive. Perpetually living in that binge/restrict cycle. I was at one point 300 lbs, many years ago. Got into boxing and martial arts, got down to a lean 215 (there was some extreme dieting in there)
Here I am again, all these years later, dieting pretty damn hard. Doing a hardcore PSMF protocol for well over a month. For context, I'm 6'1 and about 240. I've been in the gym and lifting weights for a couple months now, and thankfully have some decent muscle mass and my goal is to drop another 15 lbs, and then I'd be set. 225 I'm still reasonably lean (what I consider lean anyways) have some decent muscle mass and don't quite hate myself.
However, I'm ending this crazy diet next week since I'll be doing long hospital shifts overnight, and I'm just terrified to eat a normal calorie amount. I know a lot of people shed weight at 2000 cals or so, and here I am at 900-1300 daily, and afraid to be at 1800 daily.
Before, I'd do well, then go wild on weekends. No more of that. I'm actually looking forward to eating the "boring" foods everyone shits on, chicken/rice/broccoli, oats, fruit, etc. It's welcome after constantly being on-off keto, and doing this psmf where I'm basically eating egg whites, tuna, greek yogurt and chicken.
I do feel like I'm getting healthier, and not having such an emotional attachment to food, no binges lately, no 'cheat days' where I go HAM, and I've tracked calories and macros meticulously for 132 days straight now. I know intake can't be this low while lifting weights AND throwing the martial arts and cardio back in there, but damn it's terrifying to intentionally increase calories, not be a carbophobe, etc.
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