Reached a slump/plateau in my eating habits HELP!!

cynfy16
cynfy16 Posts: 35
in Health and Weight Loss
So I have been on MFP for a while now and I know that it takes time and a lot of determination and motivation to lose weight and meet your goals, etc. Lately I have been doing well on the exercise side of things, running about 3 or 4 times a week along with doing calisthenics after.

However, with eating it seems for me I take one step forward and five steps back!! >:( I'll stay within my calorie limit, while eating healthy yummy meals all day then I get home from work and after dinner I turn into this snack binge-eating monster. Lol as funny as that sounds it sucks as soon as I realize that I feel like a WHALE, and I wasn't really that hungry to begin with. SIGH.

I know no one can really do this for me, and I am the one choosing to eat more and snack when I shouldn't and all of that, I am just lacking in the motivation department lately and it's frustrating!!

Sorry if this is more of rant than an actual question/answer type post but I had to get this **** out!!
Thanks for reading/listening :)

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  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Why don't you take a break for a week or two, eat at maintenance. It's like a diet vacation. Just make sure you have a predetermined end date where you go back to work. In the long run, what's one or two weeks?
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Perhaps it's time to raise your calories. You seem to burn a lot when you work out and 1200 calories is pretty low.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Perhaps it's time to raise your calories. You seem to burn a lot when you work out and 1200 calories is pretty low.

    Ohhh, I didn't even catch that OP's goal was 1200 when I looked at her diary, I missed the exercise calories and thought her goal was 1900!

    So yeah.....this too. The slump you're in is the STANDARD results for 1200 calorie dieting.
  • HappyStack
    HappyStack Posts: 802 Member
    In on the "eat a bit more" bandwagon.
  • cynfy16
    cynfy16 Posts: 35
    Yeah that is one thing I have noticed too, it's more so on the days I don't work out that is the main problem lol but I've gone back and forth with my calorie amount a couple times. I just need to find a round about number that works for me.

    Luckily I exercise enough where I am not really gaining weight back just staying the same, which is never bad just a tad annoying when you want to lose more. ha thanks though! :)
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,831 Member
    For some of us, that ravenously hungry feeling can be caused by sugar or by artificial sweeteners. A single Diet Coke makes me want to eat my arm off. Look at what you are doing right before your hunger goes mad. Are you consuming something that is setting you up to binge?

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