Binging after being very disciplined

Sure! Who doesn't? The victories come in managing it, and finding ways to splurge without blowing out. I manage that through portion control of the bad and offsetting the splurge with good choices throughout the rest of the day.

If you're binging, perhaps clean eating is not the right approach for you.

Weight loss is all about calories in < calories out. There are many approaches to creating that deficit. Perhaps you should look into flexible dieting/eating.

From experience, I tend to binge when I'm doing too much at once and/or my calories are far below what I should be eating. If I completely took out all the things I used to enjoy eating, I would binge. Unfortunately, it took me years to realize it's not the food causing the weight gain, it's how much of it I eat.

Nope, I don't crave because I don't eliminate.

Denying yourself you are physically and/or psychologically used to will make you crave them. That is why many people here encourage others to fit whatever they want to eat into their calorie deficite and eat them in moderation. That tends to curb the worst of the cravings.

I love, love the song idea... too cute

Yes, it is all about calories in verses calories out and creating a deficit leads to weight loss. One thing (trick) I use is that if I eat something calorie dense (junk food) I will eat a really light dinner. Maybe just a piece of lean meat and veggies. I also have a habit of eating small portions which you may find is the key to being able to enjoy different foods without complete deprivation and less likely to binge.

I know it is hard to eat this food in small portions, if you only eat it once a week you wanna eat not some of that cake you want all of it lol. I cut corners to be able to enjoy a little junk food, hope this helps

Be sure you're eating enough calories (and fat) during your clean eating stretches and that you're eating whole foods that you really love -- not food you tolerate because you think it's good for you. Those two things (enough calories and nutritious foods you love) are really important for compliance sticking to any diet, IME.

Eating indulgent foods or foods you just don't want to eat everyday should always be a choice; never something you do because you can't help yourself. Best wishes finding a satisfying diet that allows that.

Mr. Brain doesn't like losing weight. He starts screaming because he thinks youre starving him to death. Give Mr. Brain some fat and a little treat every now and then, and he might not scream as much.

Hmm at first, but it kinda goes away..I just try to make it better, like no french fries,but homemade potatoes with lil oil, spinachs, paprika,green beans and yeah stuff like that

plaffo786 wrote: »

Great advice everyone thanks! Even the starting of a song lol
Stuck to a 1200 cal limit with 500 cal worked off in running, really trying to get my weight down
I'm using the macros and nutritional guide that is set here..... Should I change it?
I don't eat over 1200 with the exercise is this a bad idea?
Sorry if I seem a bit stupid new to this

Oh, I posted before I saw this.

MFP sets goals based on what you told it. For most women, unless you are quite heavy or quite tall, you will get 1200 if you say you want to lose 2 lb/week, but if you don't have a lot to lose that might be too aggressive. (On the other hand, depending on how tall you are and how close to goal you might get 1200 even with 1 lb/week if you say you are sedentary. I do. I don't if I say lightly active, though, which is more accurate for most people.)

More significant yet, MFP does not include exercise calories--the 1200 goal assumes NO exercise and therefore you are supposed to log exercise and eat it back (many people eat only some of it because many exercise counts are overstated). If you are eating 1200 and running about 5 miles/day, OF COURSE you are having issues, that's way too restrictive.

I'd eat back a good chunk of those calories. IME (I also run), the running estimates are pretty good. Back when I was actively losing weight and used to eat back exercise calories I ate back all of them from a 5-6 mile run or less. I'd eat back up to 75% of longer runs, although to some extent that depended on how hungry I was. I lost really well doing that and never felt like I was being restrictive or struggled with binging or cravings.

I just eat everything that I want in smaller portions. Has helped a lot