Off days

Yep, I do off days. Not necessarily for splurging purpose more so for health complications and day off from logging and thinking so much about every bite I take.

I have to sometimes take a crohn's day - and I just put in 2000 calories logged for the whole day. When my crohns is acting up I tend to eat more carbs to combat nausea and easy prep foods. I know I try to normally only eat a net calorie of 1200-1500 when I feel good. I know when I am down because of my crohns I have to let myself eat more and exercise less. Might be why I am losing so slow, but if I take the time my body needs to rest than I bounce back quicker. I do not actually eat 2000 calories but its an easy way for me to log once in the morning and go on with the day.

And then once a month or so, I give myself a "not logging day" for 2000 calories. Its not that I will sit down and eat a double cheese pepperoni pizza, its more to just not have to think so much about what I am eating. I do not weigh everything I eat those days (on normal days I do), and try to enjoy a day without so much. I bet some of my "not logging days" are still good counts, but counting all the time gets old fast.

I know lots of MFP member who run very tight ship when it comes to logging and eating healthy all the time. Even without my crohns as a complication I know I would not be able to so disciplined 100%. And I will never log the gum I chew, or extra calories on my walk if I chewed gum along the way.

Nope. I manage cravings by not giving anything up--I fit the things I like into my calorie goals. Since I never feel deprived, I rarely have cravings at all, and never feel the need to binge.

Same thing here. Eat what I want, never feel deprived, never go over my calorie goal. I pride myself on always being under.