ate WAY too many calories today, need some advice!

I usually eat very well. I usually only consume whole grains, fruits, veggies, lean protein, and skim milk and I love love love the way these things taste and how they make me feel. They fill me up without weighing me down! The issue is, though, that I often I feel weak because I don't think I usually consume more than 1200 calories a day, which is really bad, I know! But I'm usually full all day so stuffing food in just to reach 1200 calories a day feels gross. The issue is, on some days I'm randomly FAMISHED and I have to eat clsoe to 2,000 calories just to feel satisfied. For instance, my usual day consists of the following:

Breakfast (very early in the day, not hungry enough to eat, I actually feel sick if I think of food): Coffee with skim milk

Early Lunch: Melon, orange and salad or bowl of total or cheerios

Snack: Apple.

Early dinner: Salad with lots of veggies and chickpeas or chicken or eggs with balsamic vinegar or turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with spinich, tomato, pickles and mustard.

Snack: Some sort of fruit.

I drink tons of water throughout the day.

But then, days like today roll around, and I ate so so much!

TODAY I ate:

Breakfast: 2 cups of melon, a cup of grapes, a banana, coffee with skim milk.

Lunch: Peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread (probably had like 4 tablepsoons of peanut butter).

Dinner: Zucchini cooked in a little bit of olive oil. Salad of mixed field greens with feta, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, a little bit of three bean salad, baby carrots, cucumbers and some balsamic vinegar.

Dessert: Wafer cone with about 3 tablespoons with peanut butter, about 1/2 cup fat free chocolate frozen yogurt with some chocolate sprinkles.

Snack: 2 cups of total cereal with skim milk.

that a little less than 2,000 calories and I'm still craving food! I just feel like I must eat some soft serve or I'm gonna die! Do you think it's horrible if I just eat some more? It'll contribute like 300 calories but I can't stop thinking about it!

A little zig zagging calories can actually be helpful. I try and eat healthy foods, but I don't cheat myself and NEVER have anything a little naughty. I belive if you don't deprive yourself, you'll have better luck sticking with it. This is a lifestyle change, not a diet. Just eat, laugh, love, and be happy.

BG

I'd say you are hungry because you aren't getting enough protein, especially early in the day.  That large breakfast was all carbs, and most of those carbs were sugar from fruit.  With that in your body you end up with a spike in insulin production, then a sharp drop - that's why you feel famished

Tomorrow try to balance each meal and snack.  Have protein, fat and carbs in a nice balance for each one.  If you eat 3 small meals and 2 or three small snacks, you should get all your nutrients and enough calories.

Have a look at this list The World's Healthiest Foods

Uhh what's wrong with more than 1200 calories? It may be that you aren't eating enough which is why some days you feel famished and you have to binge a little bit. 1200 calories is the MINIMUM you should be eating so you should try for more calories and add exercise. Maybe try upping your calories to 1500-1600 and then exercising 20-30 minutes a day? This way you get more food and you're still going to burn just as many :)

Also- breakfast is the most important meal since you haven't eaten from your night snack...that's probably another reason that you're so hungry later on. You can train yourself to be more hungry by starting slowly...for a week eat a piece of fruit or eat a luna bar or something even if you aren't hungry. After that you should start waking up hungry...try to get 3-400 cal meals in. In fact, it's better to eat more breakfast than dinner b/c you'll burn the whole thing throughout the day. There was a study linking obesity to a lack of eating breakfast...in fact not eating it can cause your body to want to binge later on.

Another thing- I find (and I read about it in a nutrition mag too) that eating a small handful of peanuts and water makes me feel full. Since you like peanuts obviously :) you can try that too...peanuts are good for you, they are just high cals but they still have good fats at least.