26F struggling with consistency
ETA: I use a food scale and weigh all my food + count condiments as well.
26F, 5’5”, and recently gained some relationship weight the last few years. 160 was my heaviest and I lost 5lbs pretty quick about a year ago - I’ve been at 155/156 for a while now, eating 1200-1400 calories on and off. I’ve increased it to 1500 as I’m moving more throughout the day, feel very fatigued during my lifts, and just generally think that’s a safer number.
I’m extremely consistent with exercising and always make sure I get a minimum of 6k steps a day, along with 3 days of lifting a week. I average 8k steps a day and spend a lot of time after work walking.
I go in phases with this stuff and become ultra consistent for 2 weeks, then have one meal out and let myself eat whatever I want for the next 4 days and ruin any progress. It is so hard with a bajillion weddings and parties to attend and I’m really struggling to just stay consistent. During the week I’m always 100% consistent, then Friday night comes and it’s done. I’m sick of feeling bad for myself and just want to lose the god damn weight so I can eat what I want on weekends and not feel bad about it. My long-term goal is 145, but 150 is my current baseline. I’d be happy with 150 if I had more muscle, but someone on here said I can’t gain muscle on 1500 calories or without being in a surplus. That’s wrong, right?
Does anyone have any tips on staying consistent? Or any women who have similar stats that can offer calories eaten/rate of loss? I’m a huge snacker and trying to find better ways to manage that.
I’m vegetarian and my days are generally yogurt/protein bagel for breakfast, tofu with rice or an egg white burrito for lunch, and something similar for dinner most nights. Any tips appreciated :)