OverEat :( I ruined everything

Draw a line under all of that and start afresh TODAY. You've done it once before and you can do it again. Have you got a buddy to motivate you? Workout together?

Anyway, giving you a big hug (((hug))) :flowerforyou:

calm down, it's not the end of the world. You're just a little heavier than you want to be. You can change your behaviours. Start with eating low calorie food and filling up on that and water. You're still eating, but it won't have the same effect. Round it out with a few good meals a day, within your calorie limit, and go for a walk every second day, and you'll be well on the way to winning x

Can I :Start over again how do you avoid overeat

Do you exercise at all at the moment?

Are you tracking your eating right now? I find tracking my eating helps me not overeat. Also try to keep low-calorie snacks around. If you feel yourself get hungry and need a snack, try drinking a glass of water first. Most people (myself included) actually can't tell the difference between hunger and thirst until they get dehydrated.

Hi, there are a lot worse things that could happen to you than being overweight, although I do understand at your age being a little overweight is a huge thing. According to how tall you are, I don't think 143 is very overweight, in fact that's what I'm aiming for (5' 4"). Take if from someone who has tried every diet going, the only way is to train yourself to eat less of what you like. If you binge one day you could try eating a lot less the next day, say 500 calories - it won't hurt for ONE day. In fact there is a now scientific evidence that eating just 500 calories for 2 days a week can be beneficial to your health. Anyhow good luck with getting back on track, but enjoy life as well.

Sorry something wrong happened here...

I too have had two not good days but I tracked my food both days and that encourages me to be good today to try and make up for it, I think however 'bad' you are, be honest with yourself and note it down, it encourages you to do better, and we all have days that its a struggle :flowerforyou:

Hi guys my name is T Last September I reach from 143 to 115 pounds And I started Cross Country ! I tried to push myself to 110 But I started to overeat It start 2 days a week I thought I can control it But I was wrong I can't control it any more Please Help me I gained to 135 ! I cried every single night Now all I can see in the mirror that I'm such a fat , ugly girl who don't know how to control herself I can't do this I ruined everything I overeat today 2 days in a row Why Why I feel so bad about myself I just want to kill myself right now Please Please Help me Please I cant find my motivation anymore

why did you want to be 110 rather than 115lb? If 110 is not a healthy weight for you to be, then pushing yourself to get there is probably what triggered the overeating, i.e. it's your body's survival response kicking in because you were losing too much weight. If you ate too little for a prolonged period of time, then the rebound fat gain is to be expected, again, it's a survival response.

I would really strongly recommend focusing on body fat percentage rather than BMI/weight. Seriously, what's the difference between 115 and 110 lbs? In the case of some people, it could mean stronger muscles or denser bones. Both of those are healthy. Someone who's 115lb doesn't suddenly become healthy because they lost 5lb to get to 110. In a lot of cases, they can become less healthy, due to losing lean body mass rather than fat. (The leaner you are already the more likely this is to happen if you cut your calories too low, and this can lead to rebound overeating and rebound fat gain).

People tend to think that any weight in the healthy BMI (weight/height chart) range is healthy for anyone, and you can just pick whatever weight you fancy in that range. However that's not true, and BMI charts are very misleading. If you have a small frame, the lower end of the BMI range is healthiest, medium frame the middle part of the range is healthiest and if you have a large frame then the high end of the BMI healthy range is healthiest, and some people who are both large framed and very athletic may actually have a BMI in the overweight range, while they have a healthy body fat percentage.

How tall are you? (sorry if I missed it). 135lb is not heavy, even if you're only 5 feet tall it's only just above the healthy range. If you are only 5 feet tall and have a tiny frame then at this weight you would be carrying too much fat. But it's really hard to know your frame size, so it's a very good idea to get your body fat percentage measured, and base your weight goal on that. If you are petite and have a tiny frame, 110 is a good goal. Even if you're short, if you have a medium or large frame, 110 is possibly below what would be a healthy weight for you, and you would be better off changing your goal. If you're quite a bit taller than 5 feet, then 110 is not a healthy weight regardless of your frame size. When you know your body fat percentage, you can do simple maths to see what weight you'll be at your ideal body fat percentage.

Another important thing, as you're already at a healthy weight (or almost in the healthy range if you're very petite) is to take the fat loss very, very slowly. The leaner you are already, the higher the risk of losing lean body mass along with the fat, and as I said before this can lead to your body's survival responses kicking in, like increased hunger. Take it really slowly like 0.5lb a week, and make sure all the food you're eating is healthy, including enough protein. It's a lot easier to stick to when you go slowly, because you are still eating plenty, and also it's much more likely that what you're losing is pure fat, so you stay healthy while losing fat and it's easier to maintain when you get there and there's less risk of rebound fat gain - which is what you experienced last time. To find out how many calories you need to eat to lose 0.5lb/week, see a thread titled "in place of a road map"