I just want to eat and NOT CARE

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

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SO true. Add liquor to that list and that sums me up pretty efficiently.

I find that counting calories can get me to a point of not wanting to care any longer. not that i want to eat bad fattening things. I'm just tired of having to think about food all day long. So, what i do now is i eat healthy all day..and log if i feel like it. Often i just log it at the end of the day. It makes it easier to make the lifestyle change to just eating right.

The fact that you asked for advice tells me that you do care...I think what you want is to not have the feeling of wanting to eat everything in sight. I have those days too, and it's usually because I'm bored or stressed. I tend to want to eat for entertainment, or when I'm having a stressful time, chewing food seems to release stress. Here's what I would do...if you start having the feeling of wanting to eat everything in sight, find an activity that you like to do, and do that instead. Sometime, I will just go shopping, take the dog for a walk...anything to get out of the kitchen. Next, don't let yourself get too hungry. Those are the times when I eat the most...I havent' managed my hunger well, and I overeat because I am so hungry and I eat really fast. So, don't get too hungry and eat your meals slow. I had to establish a rule that I had to be sitting to eat...no more standing in front of the refrigerator, in the pantry etc...I have to be sitting and the food has to be in/on a dish. Finally, don't beat yourself up if you have a setback. Know that you arn't going to be perfect and allow yourself a "free" day now and then. Don't be ridiculous, but allow yourself to have a day 2x a month where you indulge in a few things that you don't normally have...it will give you something to earn and look forward to! Good luck!!!

I just did that yesterday! And as a result, I suffered on my run today! Food is fuel. Try to remember that. That's what I'll be remembering next time I try to do this.

Yep. Everyone gets like that sometimes (some people just don't like to admit it! ) Calorie counting, macros, BMR, TDEE, deficits, calorie burn, meal planning..... the science of weightloss is exhausting!! And that's before you even think about doing a workout!!

And some days, yes, I think OMG enough!!! I want cake and cheese and wine and chocolate and I don't want to care about the SCIENCE part today!!!!

And there are days like this where I can be disciplined and say 'No, I've got this, I can drag myself through this' and other days I just cant. so, I don't. I switch off the science part, and trust my mind and body to have learned enough over the last couple of years to not completely overdo it and still subconsciously make healthy choices because that's now what I'm used to. I think I'm now in a place where I can take the odd day of from it and not worry. I don't think you're in that place yet. So one day could easily turn into 2 days, 3 days, a week, a month....you know where I'm going with this.

As other people have said, you DO care. why else would you even give it a second thought let alone come on here for advice? It's not easy, sometimes it feels overwhelming and it would be so easy to give up, but you've got to try and remember why you're doing it in the first place. Think about where you want to be in a years time. 10 years time. If you've had a bad couple of days, put it behind you and think about how better you'll feel tomorrow if you got back on it today, right now.