Can't stop eating!!!!

Agh!!! Help!

Ok, so I was doing great today. I had my whole day's meals planned out (besides dinner).

Breakfast: 3/4 cup Special K Red Berries (114), 1/2 cup 2% milk (65)

Snack: 1 cups of strawberry halves (49), 1 cup of chopped banana (105)

Lunch: Sandwich (420)

Snack: Veggie Chips (120)

Dinner: Chicken Egg Roll (140), Two Hot Dogs!? (220)

Snack: Trail Mix Bar (140), Fat Free Devil's Food Cake (60), Special K Bites (90), 1/2 cup 2% milk (65), 1 Swiss Cake (135), Potato Salad (90)

I mean. Whoa? Wtf is that!? Why can't I stop? I am not even hungry but I want to eat. I had 1,800 calories and I am only supposed to have 1,440.

My deficit (if I am lucky) might be 300. I am usually never like this, but today and yesterday I have been. Friday I couldn't even get water down my throat and now I'm eating like there's no tomorrow!

I can't go for a walk to get my mind off of food (I tried) because I'm too paranoid to go outside and walk. I wasn't even motivated today to work out.

I'm very disappointed. Does anyone have any advice? Please? I mean, most of what I ate was low-cal but hello! That doesn't mean I need to eat 40 things. And the worst part is I am not like, "Awe, man why did I do that?" I am more like, "Hm, what can I eat now?"

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i know what you mean i have been hungrey for days glad to know iam not the only one

I went through a phase like this when i was recovering from anorexia and long after i got to a healthy weight. The best thing you can do is forgive yourself, and get back on your feet right now, right here. 1800 calories is not going to make you gain weight. never in a million years. For distractions.......make tea, read magazines, sleep. Go outside and tan since the weather's getting nice! (: Just dont worry about it! How long have you been doing this? Maybe your body's just hungry. Just listen to yourself. And NEVER be paranoid to walk. I always used to be paranoid of being seen by anyone i knew or didnt know but its not worth it! People dont care about what you do, they'd just be like "hey i saw you walking yesterday". Your response could be something along the lines of.."do you want a medal?"(0:

But seriously, dont worry about it love.
In the words of Diana Krall [i think]
pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again (:

I had a huge binge today. and it wasnt healthy. i had two chicken tortilla wraps, stupid me didnt realise that the one i picked up didnt even have nutritional info on it so no idea how many calories I had, and I also had some oven chips (fries) 500 calories max is my thinking. and I also had some toast with margarine 150 cals max, im supposed to have 2200 a day, i wonder if i went over or just about on it.

 

anyway i feel guilty in a way cause it feels like im not trying and i have to weigh tomorrow and i feel huge. and im whining, lol

i get days like that too. I find munching on baby carrots is the best solution for me. You can eat a lot w/out a lot of calories and they're healthy. And for some reason after a few handfuls they seem to curb my desire to eat constantly. I'm not really sure why but they work for me :)

jeren: Yeah, I'm glad to know I'm not alone either.

alkcollowen: Thanks so much! I know, I always tell everyone on here who says they mess up that the past is past and you cannot change it. I still feel rather guilty though. I took an hour walk to try to put it past me, even though an hour isn't much. And I know I won't gain weight on just 1,800 calories but it still sucks because I usually have a 1,000 deficit so I feel like I failed for a day if I have less than that. I have only done this today and yesterday. Yesterday I probably had 1,800 as well. Thanks a lot for your advice, it really helped. (: And haha, that's funny. I know that most people won't think "Ha, look at that fatty." but when I walk I feel like people are looking at me and I don't know. I don't look at people like that, but some people are different. Y'know? And it's really weird because I may never see those people ever again, but it still irritates me. All the people I do live by are mostly my friends, but it's still feels weird. Usually when I see a heavy person walking or trying to be fit I applaud them for trying instead of just sitting on the couch eating chips. Mhm. xD

im_a_cc: I feel huge as well. I feel a little better after the walk I took, but y'know, I guess as we really can do is just forget about it and try to make up for it. And whatever we do, we just can't let it ruin our diet. Last year when I binged I felt like it was the end of the world and it threw me off completely. Ha.

narfblast: Thanks for the advice. =] That's a really good idea! I am not too fond of carrots but it's a lot better than eating chips or something, I'll try it.

Thanks everyone! =D

Don't worry about one day. Think of it this way, you still had a deficit. Even if you didn't have a deficit, and ate maintenance today, it wouldn't mess you up or slow your progress...not when you look at the big picture.

There are days when I do some crazy eating too, but everything evens out in the end. You don't even have to worry about making up for it, just eat like you normally would tomorrow and you will be back on track. Its that easy :)

 

Here are my simple secrets of weight loss

"Nobody is perfect, Do not beat yourself up."

"Anxiety -> binging -> weight gain -> Anxiety Break the cycle"

"One pound = 3500 Calories. 400 Calories ~= 1/9 of a pound.

If I ate what you ate for breakfast - and your lunch for that matter I would be on a feeding frenzy all afternoon and all evening.  In the days I was eating cereal in the morning I began to think I had an eating disorder but then quite by accident I tried eggs (for the first time in yonks).  We are all individual but what works for me might be worth trying - if I eat 2 scrambled eggs with some  tomato and courgette or onions etc fried in a little olive oil then I don't think of food til late lunch, then have some sort of protein - like a chicken salad - will easily take me through to dinner.  Your body wants and needs good fats - like the olive oil and the good cholesterol in eggs.  It especially needs the good fats to mobilize the carbs and quite possibly that is what it was longing for causing you to eat and eat.  Good fats cost more calories but result in you eating less anyway as they help the hunger switch which carbs don't do too well by themselves.  Carbs by themselves convert to glucose very quickly, proteins slow that down.

Are you home all day?  Are you at work?  Maybe you need more to keep you busy and keep your mind off of food.  Something you can get lost in for a while if you don't want to take a walk.  Learn an instrument or take up knitting.  Something that takes some concentration.  Crossword puzzles? 

We all have days where we just want to suck food down so don't worry about it.  If it's only one day you'll be fine.  Just get back on the horse and don't look back. 

i know exactly how u feel. some days i have low cal days and am not hungry at all. i could exercise all day and still be good. and then the next day i could eat a horse. actually that day is today for me and luckily there are no horses around ;) i just discovered that there are only 224 calories in a whole bag of orville red. smart pop so i am munching on that right now hoping that it will help. so far so good. and i will forgive myself for going over my calorie limit a bit. if u'r truly hungry like i am, it's probably bc you burned more calories than usual so it is ok to eat a couple hundred more calories than you limit every now and then.

omnicrom: I'm at home. Thanks for your tips. I do have a guitar in my closet, maybe I should start learning that. xD

sodachix: Yeah, maybe. I did play basketball that day, so maybe. I don't play basketball every day. xD Haha. I hate days like that! Frustrating, much? Ha.

Thanks guys. =D

You should read this

http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/100 576.html

and you shouldnt have a 1000 calorie deficit :[

Thanks. (: That made me feel better. And I know but 1,000 deficit is 2 pounds a week and -sigh- I don't know. I guess you're right. I just know for sure that I don't want a 300 deficit. Haha.