Lowering calories to offset yesterday's binge?

No, it would more likely bring on another binge due to deprivation. Draw a line and move on at your MFP calorie goal.

No. I'd say don't go under about 1200 because you'll end up with all kinds of problems and possibly an eating disorder.

When I have big days like that, I make an effort to workout a little more over the coming days, but still give myself the nutrition my body requires - a few weeks ago, I had a massive night out, drank a few litres of beer, but it did not puncture my master plan, I have still lost weight, my target is just a little further out, but I can bring it back in with more gym time. I cannot see your diary, so it's a bit hard to see how you work out or how you usually eat but please accept that this happens from time to time and the overall picture is not that bad.

Rather than starve, I'd say try to work out why you have these huge cravings and just keep moving forward.

Good luck.

Nah I just usually go back to my normal pattern of eating and draw a line under it.

If your binge is PMS related it may just be easier to accept that one day a month you are going to be out of control and have that day as a maintenance day - or more - rather than beat yourself up over it. A lot of us get hormone spikes and crave sweet and fatty foods at that time and it's not the end of the world if it helps you through it.

Hi @clariemoo, I've slipped into the binging many times before and trust me if you start lowering your calories down to 500 or something you're going to further feed that binge monster that thrives on deprivation. (Trust me I found it so hard to get off a 4 week binge cycle bandwagon of crazy buffet binges WITH double/TRIPLE doses of dessert at the dessert cart and then dropping my cal to 500-600, including a fast during the week and double the exercise...then got so obsessed with food I ended back at the buffet once again which DECIMATED the torture I had put myself through during the week. Don't get me started on this one time I ended up with a $20 box of assorted baklava and another time it was a box of Indian sweets. Goodness. )

Finally realised what I was doing and stopped the madness, reset the clock and went back to a normal exercise/diet routine of well-portioned healthy choices, healthy dose of exercise and moving around more in the day to lose that weight more sustainably. Lesson learnt.

Just replace your next few meals of your choice (I usually choose dinner as you need energy for the day and you'll get tempted to binge if you starve yourself during the day and leave things open for dinner!)with a lighter option such as soup, salad, less or no carb. It has to be filling and dense!

I usually go for a big salad, a bowl of soup (I love minestrone, or Asian beef/chicken soup) and sometimes a 1/2 serve of rice/bread.

Don't worry about the numbers on the scale for the time being - always use it as a means to positively motivate, not to negatively dismantle. After a week or two, go back straight into your normal diet/fitness routine.