Cheat meals

I just get really mad at myself and wonder why I sabotaged myself. I'm starving the next day usually n crave sugar n comfort foods all over again!not good. Jump back on wagon!! Mind over matter! Don't let self cave to cravings!

I feel horribly after I have too many greasy or sugary foods. I still eat them in moderation, but that almost hungover feeling after a binge has luckily prevented one. Just work those foods into your normal diet. Then there would be no need for a cheat day/binge.

I just go to the gym the following day and get back to eating correctly. I don't let it bother me. I feel like if I deviated from my normal routine on a second day, I'm more likely to make not-so-great-food choices again.

I think as long as it's done because you really aren't hungry and not as a way of punishing yourself... there is nothing wrong with your approach (to the OP). I often will feel bloated and full in the morning after a really overdone dinner. And I will skip breakfast. It's not done to punish myself or to try to "make up" for the deficit I totally wiped out the night before… it's simply because I don't feel great and don't want to eat. And then I just get back on track for lunch and dinner.

I had the same problem Sunday on date night with my husband. We can't go to Chili's without the chips and salsa, love them. Then after the meal my neighbor is the manager and gave us a free desert to share. Well, after I got home and logged everything in feeling quite miserable, I realized it's ok to say no thank you to a free desert. Most of the time I think, only eat it if it's really worth it, if it's just an ok cookie, forget it. If it's really worth the extra calories, maybe. Not having so many temptations around is better for me though. The next day I wasn't hungry until the afternoon, so I had tea at breakfast and a small salad for lunch and a normal dinner. Logging it in weather it's a good choice or not, helps me make a better choice the next time also. Also don't totally deprive or you will go crazy binging one day.

Once I eat something I shouldn't, I crave sugar and carbs, I must open my fridge at least 5 times and close it only to eventually give in. Then I have no energy the next day and takes at least 2 days to get back on teack

I just log it (mostly) and then move on. I just weigh myself as usual the next day, go back to my normal calories, normal activity and carry on. I don't compensate by missing meals (it would make me hungrier later in the day and set me up for more overeating) or exercising more or cutting back on calories unless I'm really not hungry. My weight settles down after a few days of my normal routine. It's mostly water any way.

Oh, and I work really hard not to feel the guilt. I'm getting there but it takes practice. I'm human, and sometimes I just really want a (large) handful of chocolate-covered almonds followed by a chocolate Santa chaser. I tell myself that guilt is an unhelpful emotion. Better to channel that energy into something more useful.