Can't stop eating these granola bars!!! HELP!!!

Hi! I'm having a SUPER HARD time trying to stop eating these granolar!!! UGH!!!!!
I just had 2 granola bars in a row!!! (1 of 180 cals Nature Valley and 1 of 100 South Beach Diet!!) And these bars are in m snack menu!!!! I just want to drop 5 more poundsand I have been trying to eat at the calories meter told me (around 1250 calories per day) but it seems like when I eat that much calories I FEEL fatter (I havn't gone up on the scale yet)....and I think these granola bars just make my eating/diet worse!!!
Is this binge?How can I stop it?
Please...I really DO ned help about this!! 

Are you still under 1200 calories a day?

perhaps you cannot stop eating them because you are HUNGRY.  I have seen your other posts where you claim you are so full you cannot eat another bite, to get to your 1200 MINIMUM.    And you are a swimmer and do treadmill?  that means anything you work off, you should be eating back.  so, say you have a 1200 minimum, swim a bit and burn 200 calories.  you should eat 1400 that day.

 And you have asked if 2 granola bars is a binge.  no!  eating 1000+ calories at a sitting is a binge.  eating a normal sized snack is not a binge.

 Others have said it, and you have kind of agreed, you have a bit of a problem.  You should be seeking help before this gets out of hand.  Others have talked about not counting calories, I don't know if I agree with that.  I would be concerned that you would be estimating in your head and would over-estimate everything, and therefore under-eat even more than you are already doing.

Please, get some help, take care of yourself.

Noooo it's not a binge!

And you're probably still hungry.

Just eat more fiber.

I can feel that everyone is worrying abt me and I may sound like I don't listen to you guys. But actually I do and I'm trying to find some help (as much as I can since as you guys know I'm in a boarding school and my parents are not around....well, my parents think i'm kinda chubby so that's not really helping me.). Today I don't stress over myself that  much anymore. I still count calories but I moved them up to 1300 calories (I'm a swimmer but since I feel like the practice kinda build muscles...not for tired or losing weight). I tried to drink more water. The only thing that still make me worry abt myself is the feeling that counting calories is everything!! Which obviously....it's not for people who os not losing weight!! And when I extended my limit calories, I started to feel fat....I know this is wrong but I'm really looking for help right now. The only thing that keep me from starving and/or make myself throw up is I know that starving myself will not make me LOSE weight...I SERIOUSLY want to get the word "LOSE WEIGHT" out of my head....
Thanks anyway...
Oh!...I did have another 2 granola bar in a row....after having turkey sandwich for lunch. And a bowl of cereal+milk, 1 pancake, 1 white egg and 1 apple for breakfast. For dinner, I just have 1/2 cup of rice wirh tempura chicken stir fry so....I guess I'm eating enough today....
Oh! And i saved 1 apple to eat around 6.15 pm as the last snack...
Thanks for worrying abt me. I'm looking for help right now. 

I'm really glad you're looking for help; I'm sure everyone else here is too. You realize that everything you just described in the above post points to an ED? We can be here for you and we can support you, but we can't give you the IN PERSON treatment and help that you need, so it's great that you're getting that. Tell us how it goes!

Hmm, I don't think you're chubby!

And I feel the same way as you, but I'm not in a boarding school though.

I'm always home alone so I binge alot.

You're lucky to be a swimmer!

I want to do dance but the classes already started.

Don't feel fat when you eat more calories!

And don't think that I'm a perfect and healthy person, because I'm struggling alot

with calories and food.

If you need anyone to talk to, just message me! :)

By the way, I'm only 15 :D

Charming-

 We are here to support you and help you if we can!  But it sounds like there may be more issues than a posting board and help you with.  Please, please, before something happens . . . talk to a counselor or trusted teacher at your school if you can't talk to your parents!!!!  You need to eat healthy and it sounds like you are for the most part, but you also are obsessing about other aspects ("lose weight" and "count calories").  The staff at school can help you, or at least put you in touch with the people that can.  Please, please, please, talk to someone!!

 We all worry about you!

I understand how you feel about eating the right amount of cals.  I struggled for a long time with being over weight and my mom didn't help.  She poked fun at me when I was younger and didn't offer any advice.  Just recently I came to learn that the food I put into my body is fuel.  That's all it is.  That information helped me to make good food choices and allowed me to take in about 1500 calories and not feel fat.  I want to live a long time and see my kids have kids of their own and the only way I can do that is to fuel my body with good food.  If I don't eat enough, then I don't have enough energy to play and enjoy time with my kids.  This might not sound to helpful but when I changed my way of thinking, the extra weight is just melting off and I don't have to obsess as much as I use to.  Change your way of thinking and it will help.

Hi Charming,

 I know exactly what you're going through.  I can relate because growing up in an Asian family where weight is a concern is not an easy thing to do.  I was very heavy when i was younger and was alway teased by my family.  This had continued into my high school years and into university as well.  I went on various diets, suffered from an eating disorder, binges, pills, you name it.   It took me a long time to really accept me for who I was and to get healthy on my own terms.

It's really important that you accept you for who you are and do what you feel is right for you.  Don't lose weight because you feel pressured by your parents or anyone else to look a certain way.  When it comes down to it, even if you reach that goal, you might feel tired, hungry and irritable all the time.  In the end, it's your body and you have to live with it, so why should you be trying to listen to everyone else's diet suggestions?  You and only you know what's best for your body and that should be your guideline.

If you are working out a lot, then yes, your body will crave more food.  It's normal because your body needs the nutrients to rebuild itself.  Eating 2 granola bars is not going to kill your diet and it's not going to make you fat.

When you are building muscle, you might notice that you are GAINING weight instead of LOSING, because naturally, your muscle weighs more than fat.  So, even if you are maintaining the same weight, chances are, your body might be replacing your fat deposits with muscle.  This is good news for you since that encourages your metabolism to work harder and guess what?  You'll eat more.  Don't worry about being toned.  It will make you stronger and is actually good for you since you will be creating a good support system for your growing bones.

Also, please remember that you are growing into a more mature female body.  Fat will naturally want to settle in your hips, stomach and chest to prepare yourself for child bearing.  This is also another reason why you might be gaining some weight.  This is completely normal and you trying to stop this process is very unhealthy for you.

In the end, what I'm trying to say is:  Stop obsessing over your calorie count.  Keep an eye on it so you don't go overboard, but don't beat yourself up over everything you put into your mouth.  This website is designed to give you a guideline of how many calories you should be consuming in a day.  For example, my calorie limit is 1500/day.  Sometimes I'll eat 1800, sometimes 2000, but then I'll exercise and burn off maybe 300-700.  But I don't get upset if i eat 2000, or more.  Because now i can look at my list and see what I can do better and tomorrow will be a new day.

Charming, i know your parents love you and they're looking out for you.  But do what you feel is right for you and then educate them.  Maybe they'll realize that what they have been saying hurts your feelings, and maybe they will see that you are growing and that it's perfectly normal that you gain a little weight.

Right now, your mentality should not be "I want to lose weight".  Instead, try saying to yourself "I want to be healthy"  You'll feel a lot better and be on your way to a more happy you.

Good luck!