I'm so hungry today

tracy81881

I am just hungry. I wanted to splurge and I did. I was honest with myself and logged in all the crap I had not been eating the last 26 days. I will end the day with some calories left over after dinner but wow...I was like a monster. A Cookie Monster.

sllm1

No big deal. Log it and move on. No one is perfect!

JeromeBarry1

If you began this journey 26 days ago, it's not unusual to experience this.
Use this as an opportunity to learn WHY this happened. It could be several things unique to your life. It could also be something you have the power to overcome or avoid so that this doesn't become a destructive habit.

kshama2001

What was your calorie deficit for the last 26 days? Many people try to lose two pounds per week which is only appropriate for people who have at least 75-100 pounds to lose. An overly aggressive calorie deficit often leads to binging.

Also, where are you in your menstrual cycle? My appetite goes up at ovulation and premenstrually. I eat at maintenance at those times.

mysteps2beauty

I'm at 28 days, and I had a taste of some goodies, not much though, and I got right back to deficit eating.

I think this is a good way to learn how to stay on maintenance. When I lost 40 lbs 10 years ago on WW, the day after weighing in and reaching goal...I ate some really good Popeye's chicken, something I had been denying myself during my deficit period. I never stopped. It tasted so good that I just could not stop at that one meal. I gained the 40 plus 50 over these 10 years. So, my advice to you, and will be for me, splurge every once in a while in between diligent and faithful eating and logging at deficit. Life will be filled with wonderful events often where food is served. Think of it as a flu shot, a dose of the thing that you want to build a resistance too.