over eating triggers...

That time of the month... If I don't eat a "full" meal I will snack all day until the next meal... I wasn't thinking and brought home made chicken noodle soup to work for lunch, I was full after I ate it but then an hour later I peed it all out and was starving again! I can get away with soup any other time but I guess I learned my lession, I ended up eating 3 special-K bars..... Needless to say I trucked my butt around 4 miles last night..

Being stressed! Also just seeing sweets - makes me start craving them and makes it hard to resist. It's best for me when I don't have any at my house- out of sight out of mind (sort of). I really hate when the secretaries here have candy sitting out in bowls that I have to walk by. I just try not to look so I won't get tempted Sometimes it's also hard not to mindlessly snack if I'm bored and hanging out on the couch catching up on my DVR... I try to keep busy, even just reading a magazine and then it's a win win - I'm active AND eating less!

Some foods are triggers...sugary things, peanuts, breads.

Or not eating enough in general. If you have set too large a calorie deficit, after a few days you are going to over eat by a lot. Your body has a rock in its glove. It's going to fight you and usually win when you try to under eat for too long.

So I looked at your food for the last five days. You were only over your goal on one of those days. And really I think your calories are set a little low.

At age 24, with an active job and only 22 ish pounds to lose, I think you should be eating more than 1600 calories.

To figure you needs, go here:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/186814-some-mfp-basics

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

The other thing I noticed is in the last five days you've had three servings of vegetables. Lots of sugary foods - which are allowed, but they are pretty useless for nutrition. Eat some more vegetables and more lean protein. Eat less cookies and stuff like that. When you are eating to lose weight, you need to pay close attention to your nutrition. Your body needs all the stuff it gets from vegetables. Make it a plan to add them to two meals a day for a week.

Especially peanut butter. Which makes NO sense, since it would not help at all with bringing my sugar back up...

This is me too!! Peanut butter gets me every time, which is a shame since it is so delicious.

Sugar does this to me as well. It's hard for me to have just one candy or dessert portion.

3-letter acronyms seem trigger me to overeat. Primarily PMS and TOM.

Grain makes me binge. That's why I try to avoid it.

Emotions triggered at certain times of the year that mark significant events - such as the loss of a sibling/parent/loved one. I have been eating like a crazy Pac-Man the last two days and I feel pretty certain it's because this time last year I didn't know that I was spending the last two weeks with my mom before she passed away - just two months after I had lost my only sibling. So I find my thoughts and emotions are centered on the events of last year and I think I'm seeking "comfort" in food(s).

I guess what I'd like to know is if others have this same problem what it is that they do instead of turning to food?

Not enough sleep .... when I am tired I just want to eat a bunch of bread


Thinking about a food too much -> ie really wanting something thats a little fat filled/ sugar filled than I would like -I should just eat a tiny piece and enjoy it.

Some foods used to set me off - potatoes with butter on the top. Now that I am eating a ton less crap its more manageable (I ate a slice of cake last night and didn't want more) but I haven't been brave enough to try potatoes with butter yet!

I always crave stodgy or buttery stuff after 8pm, which is really annoying. I could have a fantastic day, then go over by eating toast. ..