Found out what my problem is : Self control

That's exactly it!
I have problems controling myself with food.
Today I stayed home and started well, had my breakfeast, snack and lunch, and then I started to have cravings for all sorts of stuff, so I drank water to get over it, but I was still craving food, sweets ANYTHING. Afterward I decided to go for a walk to take my mind off things, but I couldnt, I kept thinking about food and how I wanted to eat like a pig. But i told myself NO dont do it! so instead I read for about 10 minutes but I couldnt concentrate, I still was having these cravings and felt like I was reading the word F.O.O.D on each page of my book. I wasnt that hungry, I was alright. So i got in the kitchen and told myself I was going to have an earlier snack so I took a peach. But obviously ended up binging on nuts, dried fruits, yogurt and sugar covered nuts, chocolate covered raisins, and also went to the restaurant at the last minute and had some scallops, rice, veggies octopus and 3 buns of bread (they were so fresh!) and finaly finished with a vanilla yogurt icecream with brownies. How bad am i? How am I going to do this for 2 weeks vacation for sure I am going to gain? Help, I feel like giving up

I definetly know what you're going through because Im going through the same thing. I know its really a struggle to overcome... but I think probably the best thing would be to throw out everything that has to do with sweets and empty calories... because eating those things and then brooding over how much you ate and how ashamed you feel will just fuel the binge/ guilt cycle. But if you have all of those things out of sight and out of mind, it'll just make things much easier.

here's what I do when I want to binge on sweets before mealtime and it's getting out of control: COOK. make something that'll take more than an hour to prepare. your hands will be occupied, and you can eat the meal when you're done without having snacked!

Pack your lunch and snacks like you do at work.   try to keep your routine like that.. k?  Also, clean out your fridge and cupboards and get that crap out of there!  Wow, don't torture yourself like that.

I know what your going thru...its seems like nothing you do gets your mind off of food.  Tomorrow is another day, do better tomorrow, make it a point to do better tomorrow.  Sometimes your body just calls for food.  Don't beat your self up about it.  Keep busy, do a real hard work out.  Chin up....

hi peaceloveandvolcom,

Everytime your are feeling you want FOOD &  SWEETS, think about this: " At the moment I will feel good but this feeling will satisfy me only for the moment..If I EAT these stuff I will feel bad for a longer time. The pounds these food will add up on me will stay in my body longer... I have enough fats to eliminate, why do I need to add more? If I dont control now, then I might not be able to control at all! "

I just think of this whenever I feel eating & eating. I hope this helps  :)

These will certainly all help!
I guess it was just one of those days.
But lets say I get to 3500 cals. and usually I burn 1900 cals a day thatll end up to 1600 cals right?

sounds just like me.  the more i do something else to get mind off of food, the more i become obsess with wanting to eat the forbidden food.  i try to think really hard and long and the consequences, but sometimes it doesn't reach me on time unfortunately. but i think you'll do fine.  good luck.

Hi there, I have the exact same problem! I've been fine on the diet so far, but my mind is telling me to eat, while my stomach is saying, hey we're not hungry. I have a real sweet tooth, and I've always loved chocolate. The thing is, now that I've had kids I can't eat whatever I want and not gain weight like I did as a teenager. And it sucks because there's always some type of junk for the kids in the house.  :(

Today I was on here looking for ideas for some type of snack that doesnt have a ton of calories, but I found something right in my house. MARSHMALLOWS! I buy them for my kids, the mini ones..so I was lookng at the bag just out of curiosity and I saw that 2/3 of a cup is only 100 calories...so I said to myself why not have 1/3 of a cup that would be about 50 calories?? I think I'll try that when I need a sweet kick. I'm sure they're not the healthiest thing, but at least marshmallows feel like something, rather than an apple. LOL. Am I making any sense??