how not to go over calorie limit, how to be strong

brenn24179
brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
edited January 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Last night I had eaten all my calories and wanted pizza. I knew I had some in the freezer. I some way talked myself out of it and ate a Greek Yogurt and when to bed but it was hard. I kept thinking about the person on here that wrote in saying I chose to be fat.

I told myself you can have pizza tomorrow and I have and I am glad I waited. Just wondering what ya tell yourself when you want to overeat, how to stay strong. Afraid next time may be harder.

May remind myself I want to wear my shorts.

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  • Onaughmae
    Onaughmae Posts: 873 Member
    Good job talking yourself down! Its hard...I wont lie. Sometimes I have to just busy myself doing something else so I wont cave in. It also helps that I get rid of my clothes as soon as they are too big for me and I refuse to buy bigger ones! I made the mistake of buying a box of baked pita chips recently...once I realized that I couldnt control the impulse to eat them all I took the box and tossed them all outside for the birds to eat. I just know now not to buy them again. I keep trigger foods out of my reach.
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    The first thing that strikes me when looking at your diary is that your profile says you only want to lose 10 pounds, but you've got your daily goal at 1200 calories. For the small amount you have to lose, that seems pretty drastic. I started within 20 pounds of goal weight, and set MFP to lose half a pound a week. That gives me a daily goal of 1760 plus exercise calories, and I've still lost 10 pounds since January.

    I also wonder if you might benefit from rearranging the calories you are eating. Looks like you often have a large breakfast and small dinner--like yesterday, you had 640 calories for breakfast and only 280 for dinner. That would have me staring at pizza later that night, too. Perhaps if you cut a few hundred calories from breakfast and added them onto dinner, you'd feel fuller at night?

    I'm all for willpower, but I think you might not need so much of it with a few changes--eat a little more in general, or at least shift some calories to the evening.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    I do exactly what you did, tell myself that I can have it tomorrow...or the next day...or next week. I lived too long feeling powerless against food. I'm stronger than pizza, and obviously, so you are. :) If it fits, eat it. If it doesn't, plan for it. That's my motto.
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    I have been doing maintenance for a month or so, over 1600 calories I seem to gain weight. I can eat 1500-1600 calories to maintain but no more. I actually cheat, lazy I guess. I eat breakfast food for supper a lot of times but log it for breakfast so I can just check and go on. Saves time.

    I think I will leave more calories for night though. Good idea.

    Throwing food away, oh you are strong. Got to work on that one!
  • FluffyMcNutter
    FluffyMcNutter Posts: 68
    I just try to remind myself that I can eat whatever I want if I'm willing to fit it into my macros and calorie goals. If it's going to make me go over calories, I earn it through exercise first. If it's going to jack up my macros, I plan the rest of my food around it to get it to fit as well as possible. If I'm not willing to do that effort for it, then I apparently don't really want it.
  • littlebudgie
    littlebudgie Posts: 279 Member
    If you're already logging those breakfast foods a lot, when you log your dinner click the little dropdown arrow next to "log your favourites for dinner". The option "all meals" will come up, and if you click it you'll see a lot of those breakfast foods there. :)
  • MissFitee
    MissFitee Posts: 106 Member
    I usually fail... but I think a good way of thinking in a situation like that. If you're at your kcal limit and you have cravings - allow yourself to go a little over limit, but by eating something healthy(like how you ate the yoghurt) instead of giving in to your craving.

    Another trick is to occupy myself - exercise is especially useful here. I lose my apetite a little if I exercise and as a bonus you cant eat while you exercise. :p It helps pass time and prevent you from giving in.
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    If you're already logging those breakfast foods a lot, when you log your dinner click the little dropdown arrow next to "log your favourites for dinner". The option "all meals" will come up, and if you click it you'll see a lot of those breakfast foods there. :)

    Thanks, didnt realize I could do this!
  • JillMoto
    JillMoto Posts: 8
    For me, nighttime snacking (like your wanting pizza) is the hardest time of the day. I also eat a very early dinner 4:30-5:00, so by 9-10, I'm really wanting to eat something! Sometimes I give in, sometimes I do ok.

    Last night, I really wanted a glass of wine, but kept teling myself I already reached my calories. It was 9:00 pm and I'd be asleep in a couple hours anyway. I made it that far, I made it all day without going over, so why ruin it at the very end? Maybe thinking along these lines might help you?
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