No willpower

I learned that cravings usually come when my body needs vitamins and minerals. Nutrition is so important. Cut sugar and your cravings will decrease. Feel free to add me.

Kathy, you have the same problem as most people so here's the uncomfortable solution. Throw the junk food out. Seriously, in the bin or give it to a homeless person or something. You obviously are aware in the morning and afternoons, eating well, exercising etc. It's the evening time where everybody's willpower dies. You're no different to me or the rest of us.
Also, do your grocery shopping after you eat a healthy meal. That way you won't buy crap on impulse.
If you're like me and keep cakes and cookies in the house just in case you have a visitor, then trust me when I say your visitors won't mind if you don't have treats for them.

This often happens to me if I've had a few green days in a row; I end up having a few red ones. This is why I don't lose weight!

I try to log in advance to see what I can eat, and even prepare the food if possible - that way I won't have any excuses. I also try to budget in some evening snacks (like dried mango, which is a favourite of mine at the moment) and quinoa rice cakes. That really helps.

Sometimes you just want to keep on eating! Especially if you've worked out.

It's easy also to say that you shouldn't keep cookies and ice cream in the house, but since I live with other adults who are in charge of their own food (and don't mind sharing) I know it's not always up to you. But if it is, don't keep that food in the house!

Did the same thing and feel awful today... But I logged every ugly bite a dam moving on today! Good. Luck!

there isn't anything wrong with eating those foods so long as they fit in your calorie allotment

to not eat those things, don't keep them in the house. and if possible and necessary, do not bring cash to work so you can't hit up those vending machines

I find the more I track, the more I am aware of what I am eating. do I want a small brownie or a big bowl of fruit-with a small amount of whip cream. i'll take the fruit. ice cream sandwich or ice cream drumstick? sandwich-half as many calories

There is nothing wrong in eating a cookie or having ice cream. They may not be as nutritionally valuable as another option you may have in the house, but in and of themselves they are not "evil".

As to why you binge eat in the evening, there are any number of possible reasons. Your cal deficit my be too extreme, you may not be getting sufficient nutrition, it my be pattern/ boredom eating.

I tend to snack while watching TV, even when I am not hungry. The easiest trick I found to combat this, or make it more obvious that I am doing it so I realize, is to not have convenient snack food available. Its much too easy to absentmindedly grab it from a packaged container.

I win that battle by not bringing it home from the grocery store in a quantity I'm not willing to consume for the week. So, I might bring home a box of 6 ice cream bars, and thats all I have in the house. If I eat them all on Sat and Sun, thats fine, so long as I dont go buy more before the week is out.

If you cant do that, then your best option is to just not have it in the house at all.

I'd do a good think about the circumstances surrounding your loss of control. Were you tired, hungry? Did you fall back on old habits? Having some insight on what your triggers were will point you to a strategy to try. It might mean you need to fuel up - under control - after exercise. Maybe pre-log a little more food on workout day, like a post-workout protein shake.

That's a question only you can answer and a problem you'll have to figure out how to solve.

How badly do you want this?