How often did you fall off track by binging or overeating before you reached your weight loss goal?
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newstart1988
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As far as binging and overeating.
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Not at all.2
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Never. I sometimes went a little over my calories, but I never binged. I also didn't let one bad day put me off track. I just went back to my usual calorie budget the next day. If you're frequently overeating by a large amount, it may be a sign that your calorie goals are too low, or a symptom of an eating disorder.4
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All the time. I started logging every day since august 1st, and the last 3 days my calories intake exceed 1000 cal. My calories goal is 1800, it's not low at all.
Overeating is my biggest problem, I don't know what to do with it. Thank you for starting this topic.2 -
I don't binge. There were days I went over - mostly due to family events, vacations etc (refuse to ruin holiday I've paid for!!) but still continued logging so I knew exactly what I'd eaten. I also tried to go under the daily allowance through the week to save those calories for days when I needed extra.
I still do that in maintenance, although sometimes I do get a little too relaxed and have to put the daily calorie level down a bit for a few weeks!3 -
A few times. It's a comfort/stress thing for me. I'm trying now to keep track of my cumulative calorie deficit, and aim each day for slightly more each day than I should. Then I'll have a buffer so I can overeat (within reason!) without feeling like I've scrapped all my progress to date (because I'll still be on track according to what my deficit should have been). That should hopefully mean I don't fall off the wagon completely because I won't feel so guilty about it. Not sure if it'll work!0
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Define "binge."
Some people think a second piece of pie is a binge. Some think it means an entire bag of potato chips or a whole package of cookies or a pint container of ice cream. Some mean it to be 10,000 calories (or something high,) or eating everything in sight. Binge can be an eating disorder or a birthday BBQ - and lots of things in between.5 -
A few times for certain.0
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Well, I'm meeting with a friend for Brunch every few weeks. It's an all-you-can-eat buffet and I certainly do. That is actually pretty bad because we usually do it prior to a 5 hours choir practise and I'm in a food-coma each time for at least half of the time. But since I'm restricting myself for the rest of the time (< 1200, because I'm a gnome and can't have more) I so enjoy this yummy buffet so much that I can't stop eating. But I'm working on it.
Plus I've had an all-you-can-eat sushi date and a street food date with my BF, so yeah, it happens approx. once a month. But I love food and even when I'm frustrated about the +3 pounds, it's worth it and I won't stop. Each of these brunches cost me roughly another week, but I'm very willing to spend those extra weeks in the end. I'm in this for at least a year, so why fuss about a few weeks more or less.5 -
I never binged, but I went over my calories a few times at a restaurant.0
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For me, the problem has been "taking a break" while on vacation, which happens more often in the summer. Once school starts back up (teacher), it's easier for me to stay on track. I went from 193 to 137 (July 2016 - April 2017). I did fine until December when we went away, then a Vegas weekend in March, a week in April, then a handful of trips in June and July. I don't like feeling "deprived" when traveling, but when I am in my regular routine, it does not seem to be as difficult. This is something I have been trying to figure out how to overcome.4
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I've gone over my calorie allotment during vacations and when I eat some restaurant meals, but I don't "binge". By keeping on track for the rest of the week, I'm usually still on the (slower) path to weight loss. It's much easier to eat moderately, incorporate treat foods within the daily calorie limit, and enjoy life.3
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A lot, and never.
There were lots of days when I was over and even a few weeks when I was over. But that was okay with me as I was purposely losing slowly.1 -
Occassionally in the beginning, very rarely now.0
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(with my face full of break-room snacks) (muffled) I don't know what you mean.11
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Actually.... never. Not so far, at least, and I'm 30+ pounds down. I do allow myself to eat TO maintenance once a week, though, because I want something OTHER than the daily salads I eat. I think once you find what works, it's not such a big deal to just kind of putter along and lose the weight. It's a BIGGER deal when you're struggling with the mental block of starting and are either depriving yourself too much or haven't found what works yet.1
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To help with overeating: prepare your food before you eat it! Also, I like to log in what im going to have for dinner as soon as I know, which is usually in the morning. Then for the rest of the day i can easily see how much food i can still have without feeling guilty about my dinner plate.1
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I eat at or over maintenance some days. It's part of my eating plan, not an uncontrolled binge or a "cheat."
65 lbs down. 15 to go.3 -
About once a month, roughly.1
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i go over my calories pretty often, life happens and i'm happy to lose slowly and sustainably. i don't really binge very often, if ever, depending on the definition we're using. i may plan to go over maintenance occasionally but more often i'm just decreasing my deficit or at maintenance (sometimes for a few weeks on diet breaks). as as pp noted above, this is built into my woe. the scale moves down, i don't feel deprived, it's a balance that works for me and these things will be individual, but for the most part, i think people find success more easily if they don't look at losing weight as an all or nothing proposition.1
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