Relapsed

If it is only one day, then just move on. Tomorrow is another opportunity to follow your clean diet. Hopefully you have not been eating less than you should. I don't see your diary. Fat is important, give your body enough to feel satiated.

This happens to me too, especially because I'm at the end and the weight loss is soooo slow. If you're really struggling, try eating at maintenance for a week instead. Still log everything so you don't sabotage yourself, just loosen the reigns a little and then go back to eating at your deficit after the week.

You can also just adjust your weight loss to be less strict. Weight loss isn't a race. If you're set to 2 lbs or 1 lbs a week, try setting it to .5 lbs instead and give yourself a little more leeway.

Hang in there!

Log it and get back on.

It happens, but the most important thing is to take it one meal at a time. Each meal is your chance to get back on track. Don't look at it as a blown day if you have one bad meal, get back inn track with the next one. You can do this.

Here is what I posted on another thread:

• Educate yourself on BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate and find out what is your number. BMR is the bare minimum your body needs to function. BMR is the energy needed for your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, digestion, breathing, sweating, hair growth, nail growth, etc. etc. If you were to lie down without any movement for 24 hours – your body will burn BMR.

• Select your daily calories plan that is ABOVE your BMR and DO NOT eat less than your BMR (at least not by a lot and not consistently)!!!!

• Starvation mode. I’m not sure if the starvation mode is a myth or not but I do know (it happened to me) what happens when you under eat (constantly eat less than your BMR). Our bodies are masters of adaptation. When you supply less than BMR calories to your body, at first, it will tap into the energy reserves – the stored fat. That’s why when you start dieting the pounds fly off in numbers and easy. But, if the shortage of calories is prolonged (more than a couple of weeks), your body will realize that and say “oops, looks like my supply of energy has changed, I must adapt!” and it will ADAPT. Your body will adapt to get by on what it has and it will cut energy to whatever it can – it will slow down hormone production, slow down your liver functions, slow down your kidney functions, etc., AND it WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR METABOLISM! Eventually, any weight loss will become almost impossible. For example, if you only give your body 800 calories per day – your body will bend backwards BUT it will make it work – it will reconfigure itself to run on only 800 calories per day! So, the minute you eat just a tad more – your body will say “hey, some more energy, I better store it”! That is why all who severely restrict themselves to unhealthy (below BMR) calorie allotment immediately gain weight as soon as they try to increase daily calories to their maintenance level. How to avoid this? DO NOT EAT LESS THAN YOUR BMR!

Eating above your BMR will have less significant impact on the crucial functions but larger impact on all others, such as fat storage.

LINK TO THE POST HERE

How big has your deficit been prior to this week or two of overeating? Maybe you need to adjust your goal so that your deficit is a bit smaller. This has happened to me and I found that a week or two of a higher calorie intake (or even maintaining) did the trick. If you're having intense cravings then maybe you have some deficiencies so try to ensure you're eating a broad range of healthy foods (assuming that that isn't what you're doing already) or try a multivitamin. Is it maybe "that time of the month" or something hormonal? Don't get down on yourself about it, it happens to the best of us and that kind of negativity is self-defeating. Drink lots of water to help shift the bloating, get lots of rest, and don't try to eat significantly less to "compensate" (never seems to work). Even if you've eaten 3500 calories more than maintenance this week, that's only a pound so don't feel like you've ruined anything. Chin up, wishing you luck

FullofTrixie wrote: »

its happened I can't believe it for 3 months I have been logging and walking and working out. I have had success. I am still 30 lbs from goal weight and this week all I can do is eat! I spent months obsessing over not eating and right now all I want to do is shovel everything fatty and sweet into my mouth. Anyone else have this happen? Any suggestions why this has happened and how do I make myself stop!!!!!

Hoping this was an accidental choice of bad word combination...but we're not talking caloric restriction to the point of not eating, right?

FullofTrixie wrote: »

And that is why I am here. If I ate properly all my life I would not need to lose weight. I get tips here and there from people I am taking some advise from above and making sure I eat more I do see people on here eat at 1200 but I guess everyone is different. I do not want to gain back all I lost so I would rather lose a little each week than binge and gain. I need to figure my BMR is that what I should be eating? Or do I eat under that? I will have to look that up I always mix up all those terms.

Quoting from above: Basal Metabolic Rate and find out what is your number. BMR is the bare minimum your body needs to function. BMR is the energy needed for your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, digestion, breathing, sweating, hair growth, nail growth, etc. etc. If you were to lie down without any movement for 24 hours – your body will burn BMR.

You need to eat More than your BMR number. Put your numbers in here (height/ weight) and you will get a more accurate figure for what your should be eating based on your activity level.
http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Read the first post of this thread.
If you follow MFP's method for figuring out calories, set your goal to lose 0.25kg/0.5lbs a week and eat back about 75% of your exercise calories. Stick to this for a month and adjust based on results.