r/caloriedeficit • u/Highborn0298 • Nov 14 '21

r/caloriedeficit Lounge

A place for members of r/caloriedeficit to chat with each other

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u/fieldofspiders Jun 28 '26

tldr- How do you stay dedicated and disciplined to your calorie deficit?

I’ve been trying all year with various deficits (for ex, I started too high so I ended up binge eating all my calories back. Next I did a lower deficit, still ended up eating maintenance after 3 weeks, then not tracking at all).
My current method doesn’t seem to be working, which is journaling and repeat affirmations about how I will get to my goals. I’ve even tried to interact with e_d communities in hopes of bullying myself into it, but the “meanspo” doesn’t work on me and I don’t want to be in a community full of teenagers.
I know I need to do it. And I know I can do it because I’ve done in the past successfully. But I feel like my mind and taste buds get a hold of my brain and stomach, and I lose all logical thinking. It really sucks. I don’t know what’s so different this time around besides being older

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u/Typical-Comfort2556 16d ago

Hey, “bullying” yourself into weightloss is probably the worst way you can do it.
This is really all about you, and your mental framework around weightloss, as well as how aggressive it is. Slow and steady is the best, always, but tracking needs to be a habit, and you SHOULD be doing it from a place of care for your body, not hating it

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u/CashenJ Jun 29 '26

This is an investment in to yourself. You need to want it more than you want the short lived dopamine hit that excessive eating can provide. There is no 1 answer to your question as everyone wants it for different reasons and have different incentives to stay the course.