@chinchin,
I think the main thing for me at this point is that I don't want to limit what I can eat to where I feel deprived. Yes, it is nice to lose weight, but the deprivation eventually undoes us.
Years ago I followed a very restrictive diet for health reasons. Then I was diagnosed with melanoma. My immediate reaction was to think that if I was going to die, I was going to eat every single thing I had denied myself over the previous three years. Which I pretty much did. My melanoma was caught early enough that it turned out not to have spread. But I was back up to 172 lbs at the end of that year. The experience taught me that when I do get to my deathbed, I do not want to be mourning all the pastry and other delicious food I denied myself.
So the day that I can't lose weight in a a way that feels like I am NOT dieting is the day that I'm staying where I am and eating the way I have been for most of the last 6 months.
BTW, I was up again 2 lbs this morning, mostly from a salty lunch I ate yesterday, which I expected, but still on trend for a continued very slow loss.
The bouncing around on 5:2 is the other thing that takes some getting used to, since in other diets you tend to see a much steadier pattern. I'm getting used to it, and only get upset now when I see a 4 lb bounce, which was what was happening for a while during the last couple weeks.
I think the main thing for me at this point is that I don't want to limit what I can eat to where I feel deprived. Yes, it is nice to lose weight, but the deprivation eventually undoes us.
Years ago I followed a very restrictive diet for health reasons. Then I was diagnosed with melanoma. My immediate reaction was to think that if I was going to die, I was going to eat every single thing I had denied myself over the previous three years. Which I pretty much did. My melanoma was caught early enough that it turned out not to have spread. But I was back up to 172 lbs at the end of that year. The experience taught me that when I do get to my deathbed, I do not want to be mourning all the pastry and other delicious food I denied myself.
So the day that I can't lose weight in a a way that feels like I am NOT dieting is the day that I'm staying where I am and eating the way I have been for most of the last 6 months.
BTW, I was up again 2 lbs this morning, mostly from a salty lunch I ate yesterday, which I expected, but still on trend for a continued very slow loss.
The bouncing around on 5:2 is the other thing that takes some getting used to, since in other diets you tend to see a much steadier pattern. I'm getting used to it, and only get upset now when I see a 4 lb bounce, which was what was happening for a while during the last couple weeks.
