Great reflections on habit building!

Just wanted to commend you on the progress you've worked on and recognizing things you can improve on for the future. I've been working on gaining back weight I lost, and then some, since I was diagnosed with Graves disease a few months ago. Using a nutrition app to ensure I meet and slightly exceed my daily caloric intake has been so beneficial, especially in keeping my cholesterol and sodium intake at reasonable levels. And I've been guilty of missing a meal sometimes in the past too - today I made a meal with two servings to make up for not eating lunch due to poor planning and scheduling. And eventually I'll start working out again when my condition is managed. So yeah, failures happen to all of us, but the best learn from them and I know you can too.

@heyblushi7922

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I appreciate you sharing! Tracking calories is a great idea. I find that's a little tricky to do when it's food you cook, but it does make me more aware of how many I am consuming and gives you a goal to reach. I really should start doing that again, even if the calorie counts are an estimate... but hang in there. It sounds like you are on the right path too 🙏💞

@slimskink88

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Thanks, same to you! And yeah in the case of cooked meals I’ve inputted almost each ingredient individually (spices aren’t very caloric). But in some apps you can save a meal you eat often in recipes so its caloric value, carbs, protein, vitamins, etc. are all available to input instantly with a button press. It can be a rough estimate process, though better than calculating for a restaurant meal (which is one reason I don’t get takeout, the other being cost).

I think you are a wonderful person, you are smart & intelligent. I feel as though I should be honest with you, I hope you take what I’m going to say, with the love that ❤️it was intended. You cannot survive on a shake a day , or even a small meal. You also can’t survive on tiny meals, men burn more calories than women. Men require a higher calorie intake to be healthy. When body builders want to increase their weight, they double up on the amount of food they eat. They generally eat 6 times a day, with larger portions. Then they are able to gain weight. Generally, people can skip a meal , here and there but , they can easily replace another meal, without losing weight. You are operating with a weight deficit, you burn more calories, than you take in. During the month you gained 2 pounds, you will easily loose the 2 pounds, when you skip meals , and maybe loose an additional 3 or more pounds. Your body requires a certain amount of body weight to be healthy, it’s operating wit a deficit at the moment. It’s difficult to maintain & gain weight without eating a significant amount of calories each day. I imagine you are aware of this but , maybe, you need a gentle reminder, that you are worth eating for , and worthy of self care. A form of loving yourself, is to feed yourself a significant amount of food, to keep yourself healthy. If I lived near you, I would have over to eat 3 or more times a day, sadly, I don’t. I know you struggle with preparing food for yourself. Have you looked into a food delivery service 🚚 that provides ready to cook meals ?This might help you with your motivation. I’m pulling for you , and I want you to succeed. ❤🌈

@heyblushi7922

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Thank you for writing and giving me some tough love. I understand what has to change, but it’s something in my brain that doesn’t want to eat. I had meals delivered years ago but they would just stack up in the fridge so it’s a waste of money. But I’m going to keep trying :)

I think your a nice person regardless of your weiste line is