I've lost more than 20lbs using CICO, and upon hitting my goal weight, I switched to what I call "rough CICO" which is pretty much restricting the max calories I can eat per meal, but without being too strict with it (i.e. my maintaining is around 1800 so I eat 500/meal + 200-300 snack maximum. If I eat less than that, it creates the deficit alongside my exercise calories.) I still lost weight using this method, so I've been going with it for the past 6 months or so.

During lockdown, my SO came to live with me. He eats a lot (but is very active and is at a healthy weight!), and whenever I see him eat, I cannot fight the temptation to eat either. So I ate more than my usual calories, but somehow, I maintained.

After a month of that, getting back on the bandwagon is so difficult! I've gotten used to living a "normal" life - not having to plan all my meals to the dot, not having to measure out the rice to the gram... it was so easy! But I know that if I continue that lifestyle for longer, I might lose all the progress that I've made. But it is just so difficult. I don't know how I can survive today without ending up binging on something :(

I'm... just... tired.

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