Day after a big binge?

First you need to look at why you are feeling compelled to binge and fast... have you visited a nutritionist and a therapist? If not, I would highly suggest it. You need to learn what triggers it.

Now for what to eat: Don't go crazy under eating to try to off-set the binge. I think the best way to deal is to move on like it didn't happen and go back into the normal calorie allotment that MFP gave you. It takes a while to build up good habits. The longer you stick with your new healthy eating, the more normal and routine it will become and you won't feel like bingeing. Also, are you completely depriving yourself of the foods you enjoy? If you don't allow yourself these things in moderation it can lead to bingeing on them. I still eat fast food and sweets or whatever else I am craving. I just make sure to either make sure it fits in my calories, or exercise it off.

I've stopped caring the day after a binge or a cheat. Honestly, last weekend I had a 3000 calorie meal at a burger joint. It was worth every gained calorie. It was delicious. I loved it. I didn't feel guilty. One night isn't going to ruin my year and a half worth of progress. I just get back on track the next day. No use in beating myself up about it. I just implement a bit of extra workout onto each week day and I make up for it.

Right on. I totally am with you. I cheat on my 'diet' (I hate the word diet) or binge probably once per week. It happens to usually be Saturday's cause that is when I have friends over or I go out to the local pub/bar. I will indulge in some wine and maybe have some slices of pizza along with other unhealthy snacks. However, I do not let it get to me much. I am human and I enjoy the yummy foods out there. They may not be good for me all the time, but sometimes, I allow myself to indulge and enjoy myself. Don't beat yourself up about it. If you just work out an additional couple mins every day where you don't cheat and stay on target the majority of the time, you will be A OK.

VERY healthy replies, ladies! I love it.

I am still working on remembering this, but I just love this quote from Emerson:

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

The next day I focus on a lot of fresh vegetables, fruits, and some good protein (egg whites or fish especially), and stay within my calorie goals without going too low. I drink tons of water (almost a gallon). And I'll get a good workout in, usually low or moderate intensity for a longer period of time (cycle or elliptical for 40+ minutes). These are my every day goals and they help me get back on track no matter how much I've eaten the day before.

The day after a big binge is a day to recognize that binging is not a sustainable habit if one wants to get healthy. It's a day to say, "Harrumph, I still don't have a balanced relationship with food." It's a day to be honest with yourself and to recognize the difference between the immediate, short term satisfaction of the binge and the longer term satisfaction of feeling better.

You see, a "day" may be several and a binge can be a series of off-diary snacks but it all results in steps backward into feeling lousier than we feel when we are doing right. This is just such a week for me. A week of too much snacking, bloated body, and sore back. A week that the siren call of freshly baked bread and butter have had me in their spell. And I feel lousy, physically lousy.

Old habits die hard. The saying is true. There is a certain known comfort in sitting still, back aching, while inhaling bread and butter. But the results suck.

We only turn it around by turning it around. I want to feel all full of piss and vinegar like I have the last few weeks not like the stale bread pudding I had become.

So today, we eat right. Today, we exercise. Today, we do the ground work that will make us feel better tomorrow. And tomorrow, when we feel better, it will be easier to continue eschewing the downhill spiral.

Today, however, we just have to let our intellects overcome our emotions and do what's necessary to get back on the right path, sucky as that seems at the moment.

What great replies and suggestions! You all are awesome! The theme I notice here is forgiveness. I've beat myself up for years about my weight and I have decided that I just have to live. Forgive myself for my mistakes and it's a new day. What I'm learning is when I have a bad day or 2 like last week when company was in and I lost control and over ate...when I get back up and go back to what I was doing how quickly in a few days...that I'm on the right track again! I'm learning to just get back up and continue in a healthy way...not looking back. Looking back for me is not helpful! Also recognizing that this is a journey for a lifetime...and the tortoise always wins the race! I was under weight for 20 years over weight for 25 and am working to moving to a healthy weight for the rest of my life here on earth! Blessings!

I agree with ll the positive comments if you find yourself having a binge night wake up and get back on your fittness routine eat well and workout a little harder just move on new day as for why your doing it ?? If it's just a good night out with friends drinks and bad foods so what no worries enjoy keep strong