The amount of food that I would stuff before deciding to normalize my portion absolutely astonishes me. I mean, looking back it was just absolutely unacceptable. There would be times where I would ingest 1500+ calories in one sitting. It was tough reducing my portion sizes and also decreasing the times I eat in the beginning of August but ten days into it I'm feeling more in control. I'm also thinking about fast food A LOT less now so that is a good start. I thought it would be good idea to share what I eat; sort of like a food journal. Breakfast 1 cup of coffee with no sugar 2 tablespoons of coffee mate creamer 1 peanut butter & jelly sandwich Lunch 1 cucumber Bowl of chicken biryani (standard cereal bowl filled 75%) Dinner 1 pita bread with hummus (no olive oil drizzle) 1 cucumber
I remember watching The Founder, a film about how McDonald's became the fast food conglomerate it is today. When folks wanted a craving of a McDonald's burger, they would get: one hamburger (or cheeseburger), small fries, and small Coca-Cola. This seems like a kids meal in today's standards but this is a perfectly reasonable portion size for a human adult. When trying to lose weight in the past, I would start with extreme measures like not eating only once a day or maybe even choosing a day of the week where I would not eat at all. It definitely worked in the short term but long-term it bit me, and it bit me bad . With my recent weight-loss (which was in 2018-2019) I went from 280 pounds down to 222 pounds; I was looking great and my clothes fit great but deep down I knew that I couldn't maintain this level of extreme dieting much longer. Soon after, the wall crumbled. I ballooned back up with my highest weight being up to 292 pounds in January of 2021. I actually fel