I am so sick of caring about how much I eat

Well, not keeping track of I ate led me to be 50 pounds overweight. So, sometimes I don't feel like keeping track. But then I make myself care and I feel much better. This quote that I read somewhere online (or was it MFP) really helps me: being overweight is a challenge; losing weight is a challenge; maintaining weight is a challenge. Pick your challenge.

You can do it. You already went to MFP before eating. You are on the right road my friend.

Very nice lulu :flowerforyou:

I dropped to 1200 for a little and was fine, but not last week. I had my period and when I went over 1200 I felt guilty. Now I have it at 1440 and it feels like a breeze, I'll probably end up eating closer to 1200 anyway. Mind games!

Probably because you're making your deficit too high. I estimated your BMR (with a height of 5'5") to be 1650. Add in exercise and regular daily physical activity (walking, etc.) you're probably right around 2000 or a little more. 500 calories less than that (for a pound a week) is 1500. Try eating that.

In other words...

Eat that pulled pork and savor every delicious bite!

Probably because you're making your deficit too high. I estimated your BMR (with a height of 5'5") to be 1650. Add in exercise and regular daily physical activity (walking, etc.) you're probably right around 2000 or a little more. 500 calories less than that (for a pound a week) is 1500. Try eating that.

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This.

It doesn't mean I don't get those days too, and sometimes I'll just take a day off, but I've never eaten less than 1600 calories (I'm 35 and 5'5").

Double this^

I don't feel this way any more, but back when I did I had really focus on my priorities. I would put not eating the pulled pork sandwich as number one. If it meant that I had to go to bed, get in the hot tub, go for a walk, have a shower, or anything else that was not condusive with eating the pulled pork sandwich, that's what I did. I even threw away chocolate! Can you even imagine?

Over time, I was less inclined to feel like I needed to eat the pulled pork sandwich until it got to a point where 80% of the time I couldn't care less if it was on the counter or if my husband had already eaten it. Now, if I care only 20% of the time, I know it's ok to eat an extra pulled pork sandwich sometimes. It's what you do most of the time that counts.

This is a good explanation of the progression from being a binger to being a person in control of what they put in their body. You just made a choice to post here on MFP - rather than eat too much. That's on the path to being successful in talking yourself through these times. I agree you may need to adjust your daily calories up a little.

Keep working on being as healthy as possible. It's not all about deprivation - it's about doing your best and working towards your goals. Approximations. We aren't perfect creatures.

I canno't eat more than 1200-1300 if I want to lose weight. I do not lose over 1300. And I exercise a lot every single day, and eat super clean. I am never hungry, although I do have some sugar cravings when I'm in my MPS. Sometimes eating more isn't a solution for everyone.

What I know is, by reading your meals I would also be hungry, and would never be able to fit this in my calorie goal for one day and be full. I never eat bread for two meals in a day, they take so much calories and don't keep me full for a very long time.

Plan ahead. I plan my meals the day before, or in the morning when I wake up. I set all 3 major meals (breakfast-lunch-dinner), and then add the snacks, always keeping in mind to have correct macros. If I plan to eat a burger, pulled-pork sandwich, naan bread, panini, tortilla, etc. then I make sure the other 2 meals have none.

Most breads are over 100cal for one serving (minimum, although a few are under that). Some reach the 200+cal (naan bread 300cal). Add a decent serving of proteins, you've already met (or boosted) your calorie goal for this meal. I try to eat around 300cal for the 3 major meals each, then 2x 150cal snacks or 3x 100cal snacks, but I always eat a huge load of veggies and a decent amount of proteins.

I can sure relate to this, I have been using MFP for 497 days as of today, I lost 49 pounds the first year. But, in the past 100 days or so, I am so sick and tired of weighing and measuring my food. I feel like I'm in prison. I put 10 pounds back on. I still record my food everyday, but the choices and amounts are not as good as they should be. I wish I could find some friends that will jolt me back into the right direction again.
I have my calorie limit set at 1,580 per day.

I don't always like keeping track of every single thing I eat myself but not doing that to begin with is what got me in the mess I am now. That's where that "you play you pay" motto comes in. I may not like weighing and measuring everything and pushing back things I really want at times but I don't like being out of shape and overweight even more.