Hippie, love your insight about what pattern of eating works best for you! I used to follow that blog Six Miles to Supper and she used to say think of the easiest diet that you can think of(for you) and follow that. Then just tweak it till it works. My problem right now is that I can't seem to follow any kind of pattern or rules period but of course with the WL meds, it's not as much of an issue. It's hard to eat if I'm not hungry but I'm not overthinking it either.
I definitely think it's great to not focus on losing weight (when possible). When ive focused on just the pattern and then kind of trust my body to get to where it needs to, is when I have felt best about my eating and body in general.
anyway I'm rambling! Hope things continue in the right direction for you.
Pinkhippies daily check in
Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.
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