260 My 1700 calorie experiment (and what it can tell you about the all or nothing diet cycle)
From No Weigh: Honest Takes on Food, Your Body & Life After Diet Culture · 14:30
Show by Alix Hubble
What happens when someone who gave up dieting six years ago drops her calories by just 300 a day?Apparently, a full-blown flashback. Within days the food noise was back. So was the bargaining (“if I skip this at lunch, I can still have that dinner”), along with the 5pm “sod it, I’ll eat anything that isn’t nailed down” moment I’d honestly forgotten used to be my normal.I lasted less than a week. And it turned out to be one of the most useful weeks I’ve had in ages.In this episode I share:Why I decided to try building muscle and losing fat this year, without scales or photosThe surprisingly big difference between 2,000 and 1,700 calories (spoiler: it wasn’t the hunger that got me)How the same “failure” that used to send me spiralling became simple informationWhat it means to put peace at the centre of your decisions, and why that doesn’t mean giving up on resultsThe third option between rigid dieting and total chaos, which nobody tells you existsIf you’ve ever promised yourself “this time will be the one,” this episode is for you. That includes the version of you who’s already planning next Monday’s fresh start.Come and say hi on Instagram @lifeeditwithalix, and if this one landed, send it to a friend who’s still on the Monday-reset merry-go-round.
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