I just want to eat and NOT CARE

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.

^^ Good for you! Not very helpful though...

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:

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.

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).

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.

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!

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

:laugh:

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.