Cheating Daily, almost binge eating in a way

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  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Not sure if anyone else mentioned this but I went back in your diary for a few weeks and close to half the time you aren't logging. You won't know how many calories you are getting if you don't log.
  • Chuck_Finley
    Chuck_Finley Posts: 29
    Everything moderation!

    I plan on having a little fried chicken tonight because my diet is almost starvation mode (180 pound male with ~800 calories a day). I plan on eating around ~1,200 today. Is it unhealthy? Yes. I told myself I can have a little chicken if I eat a lot of vegetables with it.

    However for me, it's sustainable. I know I can't just eat vegetables all day every day. I'll go crazy. I love vegetables to death, but whoever can quit all junk food and bad vices and switch to something like broccoli 24/7.. my hats off to you. You have the willpower of a monk.

    For people like me, I just do my best to realize a vice, indulge a little and modify my plans.
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    One strategy I've used to stop post-work overeating (because like you I seem to have much better control at work) is to eat a big healthy afternoon snack (It's 4:15pm here and I just ate half a serving of protein, a whole tomato, a handfull of snow peas and two carrots). I now feel stuffed for very little calories and find that I am much less likely to want to nibble if I am fairly full when I get home

    ETA: Not under-eating during the day (or more generally) will also help. I have found a personal correlation between a more restrictive diet and the desire to binge. Try a less agressive calorie deficit and see whether your desire to binge diminishes

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