[quote]bdchaotic wrote:
Ate like shit, buttomorrows another day, still at a calorie deficit at the end of the day, but gotta find some willpower to eat better. Any thoughts?[/quote]
I have a diet problem too, and my wife like to get me the little things that I enjoy eating (mostly ice cream and chocolate). Anyway, it is important to remember that it is the total calories as well as the quality. If you eat something that you probably shouldn’t, it really doesn’t matter, what matters if if you stuff yourself full of something that you shouldn’t eat.
Maybe you can handle some restraint or you have to go cold turkey and make a life change. I am able to get by with just restraint. I refuse to eat Ice Milk, I would rather not have anything than eat fake Ice Cream. I have a small bowl with a scoop or two instead of a cereal bowl FULL of ice cream. I figure that I eat 66% less than I did before, and I just eat it slower in smaller bites (same with chocolate). It wound stupid, but seriously, after I eat my evening meal, I am just as satisfied nibbling my ice cream watching my old fart shows than if I am stuffing my face full of it.
Some stuff I don’t miss, like soda. Choose somethings that you like and eat them in moderation, rather than trying to eat a clean diet, then getting stuck somewhere with someone and taking a calorie barrage just because my diet is blown for the day so I might as well indulge. I wasn’t aware of the amount of soda I just “sipped” all day, but I was well aware that I drink 5 gallons of milk a week. I have exchanged all soda and some milk for water. Drinking alot of water is also important for your body to do what it needs to do by transporting things. It also helps with appetite, particularly if you drink some right before you eat.
I think the “best” way is to make a gradual change that you will stick with rather than go full throttle into something that a lot of people fail at (either by their own hand or a saboteur). Also remember that you are strength training as well as doing some cardio, I had to ignore the scale, and only get on it weekly because I wasn’t loosing weight, I was “rearranging it”. My pants are loose and my shirts are getting tighter in weird places, and the scale only says I lost 3 pounds in 3 months. If you are eating what you should (OR mostly how you should) and exercising, then you will be on the right path and not need a scale to act like your compass. If you are starting weight training after quite a while with out any, you will probably be growing muscle pretty quickly and may not show alot of weight loss either, taking measurements will probably be a better indicator of success than the scale.