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Franchesca_S. wrote:But now I'm sort-of in the zone and finding it easy to eat the potatoes, the cooked greens, the salads, and I'm not over eating.
plant_eater wrote:
Couple things I wanted to clarify, I also do not take any supplements any more other then a good daily vitamin, and once every 2 weeks a supplemental iron pill and this is only during peak training periods.
tmoody wrote:I didn't add anything like salsa or nutritional yeast; just some salt and pepper. I wasn't hungry very much, except sometimes in the evening, but I resisted the urge to eat more. I have no idea what my calorie intake was. This morning I did weigh myself and found that I gained 1.6 lbs, so not exactly a ringing success.
roundcoconut wrote:And to someone who is used to eating MORE, or eating richer foods, just the switch to whole natural foods feels like LESS and feels like a humongous downshift, so it can be surprising to us that our body is not shedding excess weight. Still, that is what happens with ad libitum eating, for many of us.
tmoody wrote:I feel like I'm quite ascetic in comparison to my previous way of eating, so I expect to see the scale reading drop, but it doesn't happen. I'm still very much addicted to food, any food.
tmoody wrote:"Measuring" in this context means deciding in advance how much food is going to be enough, putting that amount on my plate/bowl and not going back for any more. With this mindset I make sure I take what I think will be "enough". That's all. I'm not tracking calories at this point, but doing this has already resulted in a loss of a couple of pounds.... I don't know if this is sustainable but at the moment it's working.
tmoody wrote:I guess "portion control" is the currently fashionable term for what I'm doing. In any event, the key is determining in advance how much I'm going to eat, rather than having "seconds" or thirds until I feel like stopping. I don't make any effort to skimp on my serving; quite the opposite. I make a conscious effort to take enough food so that I'm satisfied that one serving = one meal. This is in contrast to not taking enough food the first time and then needing to go back for more and ending up eating too much.
I don't know if this is sustainable but at the moment it's working.
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