I just want to eat and NOT CARE
FitBlackChick
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Today I didn't work out, and instead all I wanted was food. I ate my meals in like 2 hour intervals, and threw in some junk in between... Ever have those days where you just want to eat anything and everything in sight and not care? 
And when you do, how do you deal with it?
And when you do, how do you deal with it? 0
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You try to avoid it.. but when it happens, it just happens.
You should get back on track immediately tomorrow and try not to overdo it tooooooooooooooooooo much.
Also, review the past couple of days in your diary. What went wrong? Did you eat low calories the past 2 days? Are you confusing hunger with dehydration. You will get hunger pains when you are thirsty. Often, people confuse the two.
Good Luck
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Normally i would give up on my whole plan but lately when i do i come on here. I look through the success story.sectiom and the motivaton one and i get through. All if u have a facebook i would suggest joing fit 4lifesisters its a great motivational group like this strong and i know its hard but we can tell its worth it0
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I snack on healthy stuff and go to the gym, remembering to focus on my end goal because eating for right now won't get me where I want to be. It's hard to do and more times than not I have to drag myself to the gym, but at the end of my workout I can feel that I made the right choice. Not trying to get down on you, but you asked, and that's what works for me.
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All the time, Its been really hard for me, I snack on stuff all the time, the last week of the month is always painful for me, cause i don't have much in the house to eat I look and look for stuff to eat, I come up with all sort of things to eat. I eat when I am Made, upset. or just depressed lately i have been at least 2 of those. so its really hard, I decided when i got the treadmill that anytime i got hungry or bored i was going to go get on the treadmill but i haven't really done that
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I get that sometimes and I have been known to cry to my boyfriend about not being able to eat what I want then scoff a marsbar. When I get like that now I remember my weight loss so far, how long it took and then allow myself to have whatever treat I desire the most and avoid all other treats. I try to minimise the damage if that's not enough, usually it's not because I don't have superhero will power.
If you get your binge on try to talk yourself out of it, give yourself a treat or minimise the damage. Always try get back on your feet the next day though 0 -
eating and not caring led to me being bigger than i wanted to be, unhappy and unhealthy.
its action/reaction. if i'm that hungry it's either geniune hunger or boredom. so i go for a walk. if i'm still hungry when i get back, i eat what i walked.
i almost never end up eating. i'm not often hungry. i graze on healthy too much to be hungry0 -
Yup....but I realized that I can't not care...the reason I got fat is that I spent too many years not caring..so I just don't have it in me to not care anymore...if that makes sense? It took some time for to get there...hang in there!0
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Yep, it happens, I try to fight it to a point, and sometimes I can, when I can't I just say **** it and give in, usually for me I'll eat healthy meals and then a lot of junk inbetween, but at least I get nutrition0
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My philosophy is that you CAN eat what you want as long as you get in the correct daily macro/micro nutrients and stay within your calorie limit. 80/20 is a good rule to follow for those who DON'T want to abstain from having daily "treats". I've done this with clients for years and the success rate for no weight regain is very very good compared to when I put them on a "no junk food", "no sugar" diets of the past.
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I think that it is ok to have a splurge every now and then. Just don't make it a habit. Have a bad day and brush your shoulders off and move on. This is a lifestyle not a plan.0
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PMS will do that to a woman.
Other things that make me want to lose my face in the fridge:
Boredom
Restlessness
Frustration
Stress
Seasonal Affected Disorder
Anger
Celebration
Sadness
Being with people
Being alone
Waking up early
Staying up late
Illness
Recovering from illness
Sitting on the sofa
Exercising
Mondays
Christmas (all of December, really)
Rainy days
Breathing0 -
Thank you for the support everyone I appreciate it very much 0
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If you are mostly staying on track and losing weight, even if very slowly, then it doesn't matter one jot if you have the occasional day like that. In fact, celebrate it! Otherwise you will fall into the dark pit of feeling guilty, and then you will eat your way out of that pit and find it almost impossible to do so as the more you eat the guiltier you will feel and the further down you will go. So. A day eating without care is simply that. Nothing more. Relax. The next day is always there for you to make a different choice.0
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One bad day will not undo months of progress. It's just that: one bad day. Think of the months of good days you have had and will continue to have in the future. A little bit of what you fancy does you good :drinker:0
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I did that last night - had been resisting beer and crisps for a while, and realised I hadn't had a cheat day in a few weeks. So last night was my cheat day, to day is weigh day and this weekend I will be taking the dog for lots of walks!!0
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Since no one asked, how many calories are you eating per day?0
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Other things that make me want to lose my face in the fridge:
Boredom
Restlessness
Frustration
Stress
Seasonal Affected Disorder
Anger
Celebration
Sadness
Being with people
Being alone
Waking up early
Staying up late
Illness
Recovering from illness
Sitting on the sofa
Exercising
Mondays
Christmas (all of December, really)
Rainy days
Breathing
OMG! This is so me. I am a grazer by nature. When I want to graze I try to find something do to that will take my mind off it, or I need both hands to accomplish. Mind you I have learnt to do many things one handed just so I could eat. I have found for me to put gum in my mouth. When the flavor is gone if I still want something I will snack on something low cal and small. Like baby carrots, dry cereal, any thing that you have to pick up to eat. Allow yourself only to pick up one at a time. It takes longer to eat and your body has a chance to register that you have fed it and are no longer feeling the need to eat.0 -
Nope, I guess it's called willpower. Not once in over a year have I ever not worked out or ever pigged out. I know what I wanted to look & feel like an I know that I'm the only one who gives a damn & will do the job.
There is never a reason for giving up.0 -
We are all human and have bad days. You just have get back on track the next day. I put together a list of things to do if I am having a bad diet day. Call a good friend, watch a favorite movie, work on a project...whatever it takes to keep your mind off food.0
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I understand episodes like this, where my body is trying to tell me something : EAT MORE. But the right stuff, that is....
Sometimes, when university work is overwhelming etc, I do manage to cook my healthy meals. But In times of mental and physical stress I sometimes forget to fuel my body efficiently, especially since I work out days a week, lifting. -> my deficit is too high.
The key is to 'give in' to the urge to eat more, but at the same time, be prepared when these day come. Stuff yourself with colourful salads, fruits, raw vege, stuff like low fat cottage cheese. I believe even if u go over on ur daily cals by eating loads of helathy, fresh foods once in a while, it won't do too much harm but rather do good, whereas with junk and sweets...
just carry on the following day, and maybe eat a little more to avoid these slipups ;-)0 -
Often, especially as the honeymoon phase of all this has long since worn off. I try to practice damage control during those days. Good meals amongst the junk food, extra water, that sort of thing. Keeps me from falling off entirely.0
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^^ Good for you! Not very helpful though...Nope, I guess it's called willpower. Not once in over a year have I ever not worked out or ever pigged out. I know what I wanted to look & feel like an I know that I'm the only one who gives a damn & will do the job.
There is never a reason for giving up.
You may find that occasionally you do get The Hunger, it happens to 99.9% of us (the post above is the 0.01%), I think that you will find they become less frequent if you stay on MFP, I certainly have. When I DO succumb I log everything, EVERYTHING, and at least then you can refer back to the less than perfect days and learn from them. Try to not have many high calorie or unhealthy stuff in easy reach if possible, if you have trigger foods that you can't help yourself with (mine are dry roasted peanuts) buy only a small packet, and if you do feel the urge to eat make yourself as busy as possible preferable away from food or doing something that prevents you from eating like cleaning the loo :laugh:
Above all, log it, acknowledge it, learn from it, move on. As Alexander Pope wrote, to err is human; to forgive, divine. :flowerforyou:0 -
Its bloody hard! I'm two days in on here and yesterday was a complete write off. I'm thinking of having a designated day of food splurging, otherwise I'll end up whipping my back and putting a cream cake in my mouth in despair and I'll get no where!
http://agirlsheddingtheload.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/foodie-friday-struggling-saturday/0 -
Sometimes I feel that way, so sometimes I eat that way.
After I lost 20 pounds, I decided to give myself one weekend day a week to not log my food. Not even so much to eat a lot or eat junk, but just to be able to eat "normally." Like just grab a handful of chips or pretzels without measuring an exact portion, or go out to dinner without googling their nutritional information, or having a glass or two of wine. Logging everything, every day, makes me feel too obsessive.
When I reached my goal weight, I took both weekend days off from logging, as well as holidays, birthdays, vacation. Since I've been maintaining for a year and 8 months, I'd say that's been a plan that's worked very well for me.
I've learned that as long as I stay a little below my TDEE during the week, I can't eat enough on the other days - even Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and my brother's pig roast - to undo all the good I've done.
I had two cupcakes for breakfast today. They were delicious.
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Since no one asked, how many calories are you eating per day?
This^^ If your goal is too low it can lead to this type of day.
Also hormones play a big role. I've been in maintenance for awhile but I still have those days. Yesterday was one of them. One thing that helps me is to eat a lot of little stuff throughout the course of the day. 90 calories of cottage cheese here, a container of Greek yogurt there. It works better for me than having a huge meal because it makes me feel like I'm eating a lot more.
If you do mess up and have a bad day then you just pick up and move on. One day is just one day. So I blew my macros yesterday and didn't eat a lot of vegetables. Today will be better. I'm convinced that one thing that separates those who are successful from those who are not is the ability to pick up and move on without looking back. Don't let it derail your progress.0 -
PMS will do that to a woman.
Other things that make me want to lose my face in the fridge:
Boredom
Restlessness
Frustration
Stress
Seasonal Affected Disorder
Anger
Celebration
Sadness
Being with people
Being alone
Waking up early
Staying up late
Illness
Recovering from illness
Sitting on the sofa
Exercising
Mondays
Christmas (all of December, really)
Rainy days
Breathing
"Breathing"
LMAO :laugh:
OP, I think we all have days like that. I think the key is just to recognize that you did it, log it so you're accountable for it, then move on to the next day as if you had a clean slate, and do better. It's really a matter of how you decide to look at it: as a crushing, guilt-worthy defeat (which is more likely to send you into a spiral of more bad eating and self-deprecation), or as a small (probably enjoyable) slip-up that will have no effect on your progress in the long term (which is more likely to allow you to move past it quickly with a positive attitude).0 -
I know exactly how you feel!! But you do care.....unfortunately it's always after the fact.....at least for me anyway. OMG why did I just do that is what comes out of my mouth each and every time. I'm just sick and tired of saying it. You can do it!! Stay strong!
And when I do make that mistake, I tell someone immediately and own up to it. Usually it's my hubby or my best friend. They are super supportive and they don't judge and they help me get through it and get right back on track.0 -
I wanted to do that yesterday but instead of buying candy, I bought Shape magazine. Reading through it and looking at the healthy people who have met their goals helped me to not binge. As soon as I got home I hit the gym and pushed myself! I felt better than I ever would have after a binge episode. I usually give in, but yesterday I didn't. I know you can do it! BE STRONG! Talk to yourself.0
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Nice to see you find commitment boring..... carry on.
It's not the commitment I find boring.....0 -
I think everyone will have those days its only human nature and those that say they don't well fair play to them, important thing is not to beat yourself up about it. Yesterday I happened to be out with some friends and ended up snacking on crisps and the likes that night and I actually really enjoyed it because I've got to that stage now where I've learned what is good for me and what I need to do to stay on track so in the essence of an "off" day I take it as that...back on the wagon the next day, enjoy these foods in moderation and have a positive mindset and you will get there! Don't let one bad day knock you, its when it turns into a series of bad binging you need to reconsider what you really want, moderation is key....best of luck with you weight loss journey!...And believe me i know exactly what it feels to be like i just want to eat what i want today without worrying about calories, nutritional, macro needs...the lot, sometimes we need days like that!..After all it is a lifestyle change, can't restrict ourselves all our lives! 0
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