Recently I have been really struggling on my reverse diet and just emotionally. I was in a fat loss phase for about 5 months dropping 50 pounds and getting as low as 1600 calories on my rest day at 6”3 215lbs. I feel as if I can not live a normal life (I don’t wanna binge all day) I just wanna be able to go out to eat with my friends from time to time and not stress my self out about it for weeks on end is the reverse diet just something I have to really suffer through until I get into a surplus and am able to eat more fun food or can I still go out to eat and have a meal off plan and not worry about putting. On 5 pounds of fat because of it during a reverse diet ?
Having one off plan meal a week is fine. Even two nights is not really gonna matter. Just keep your reg days on point and then when you have an off plan meal don’t go crazy. Eat a burger and a few fries or go for sushi.
The main thing to remember is keep it to one meal one or two times week and keep it under control.
How many cals at a jump are you adding in? How are you determining when to add?
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Grammar is hard sometimes.
You can do whatever you want. The problem is you’re asking the same questions over and over again because you want someone to greenlight your emotional need to eat.
TL;DR: OP didnt internalize his diet as a lifestyle change and thinks he can go back to eating the same way that made him fat in the first place.
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Congrats on the fat loss. 50 lbs is no small feat.
I’d like to echo what s.gentz said. Pick healthy but enjoyable options, renormalize but don’t binge.
Reverse dieting is smart a gradual flow upwards, not a strict “if you don’t do this all your progress is for nothing” thing.
Edit: @Andrewgen_Receptors Good advice. I hadn’t seen those threads before.
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Have you ever considered speaking to a professional about your relationship with food?
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There’s a saying in therapy that goes something like “if you spot it, you got it”
I can spot what OP is doing because I’ve done it before.
I’d almost ripped apart OPs whole post but decided against it. He’s avoiding accountability in this whole thread which means he still thinks his outcomes are independent from his actions. He’s still in a victim mindset.
Bro needs to make a lifestyle change, not a diet change.
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1600? Whats your average and what was your daily when you first started?
He must be too foodie and can’t have huge control. 