just went double my daily goal :-(

Well 2 pounds may be too many. Set it to one and getbused tob it, then later you can update to 2 pounds.

kiddiebqueen17 wrote: »

vivmom2014 wrote: »

Maybe you're not allowing yourself enough calories on a regular basis.

How much weight do you want to lose?

To avoid the "binge eating" you are going to have to look at what drives it. Not the food - the behavior. You mention that "everything tasted so good"... there's a clue. Are you forcing yourself to eat 'diet' foods that don't appeal to you? Have you arbitrarily removed foods that you enjoy? Are you eating in a way that you can sustain for the long haul?

I have the program set up to lose 2 lbs a week. It allows me to have 1200 calories a day. I love (and am used to eating lots of) grains and cheese. I have been making my calorie count by little substitutions.... making fajitas minus the wrap or vegetable sandwich instead of grilled cheese, pasta sauce with garlic bread minus the noodles.

Height/weight/age?

How much do you have to lose?

How active are you?

1,200 is too low for many, many people.

kiddiebqueen17 wrote: »

I have the program set up to lose 2 lbs a week. It allows me to have 1200 calories a day. I love (and am used to eating lots of) grains and cheese. I have been making my calorie count by little substitutions.... making fajitas minus the wrap or vegetable sandwich instead of grilled cheese, pasta sauce with garlic bread minus the noodles.

How much weight do you want to lose total? 2 pounds a week is a lot unless you are obese. And 1200 calories a day is not much. I'm at the end of my weight loss but I actually switched mine from 1 pound a week to .5 pound a week because 1 pound a week left me at 1200 calories a day and I couldn't manage it. I'd rather lose slower but not be hungry all the time. You could try changing your settings to 1.5 lbs a week or even 1 if you have less than fifty pounds to lose.

I would try and not worry about it, having guilt about food is not going to help in the long run and eating at 1200 and then having a higher day is probably not going to have a big effect (apart from water weight if you have eaten more salty foods). Depending on your age and activity level you are probably still in a deficit over the week. I like to think of it as it's more important what you eat over the week/month than just one day. I tend to have higher and lower days, so a less hungry day I might have 1200, but then another I'll have 1800 or whatever and then on the app you can look at your average over the week. (It might not work for you, but thought I would mention.)

Also as others have said 1200 could be a little low. Different things work for different people but if you are under eating that can lead to the binges for some people.

rabbitjb wrote: »

cthakkar1985 wrote: »

Eat less calories or work out more the next couple days to get to the same goal for the week. In the future, don't go as overboard, but allow yourself 1 meal/week where you get to "cheat". You need to have rewards and tasty meals to look forward to and keep you going. Good luck!

Disagree ...tasty foods should be the bedrock of your diet...if it's not tasty why waste the calories

Also ...if you have to cheat there's no point...you can save up calories to splurge...that's not cheating,that's sticking to your weekly calorie goal...that's not cheating

I put a few hundred calories in the bank every week so I can have a nice Sunday dinner or a candy bar without worrying about going over my goal

kiddiebqueen17 wrote: »

vivmom2014 wrote: »

Maybe you're not allowing yourself enough calories on a regular basis.

How much weight do you want to lose?

To avoid the "binge eating" you are going to have to look at what drives it. Not the food - the behavior. You mention that "everything tasted so good"... there's a clue. Are you forcing yourself to eat 'diet' foods that don't appeal to you? Have you arbitrarily removed foods that you enjoy? Are you eating in a way that you can sustain for the long haul?

I have the program set up to lose 2 lbs a week. It allows me to have 1200 calories a day. I love (and am used to eating lots of) grains and cheese. I have been making my calorie count by little substitutions.... making fajitas minus the wrap or vegetable sandwich instead of grilled cheese, pasta sauce with garlic bread minus the noodles.

OP, 1200 is the bare minimum and I would be starving if I was eating 1200 cals. Unless you have more than 50 lbs to lose, 2 lbs may be too aggressive a goal. Set yourself to 1 lb per week for awhile and see how you do with that. Also, you should be eating some of your exercise calories back, are doing that?

I found the best way to avoid flying off the rails is to make sure I am eating small portions of the foods I love every day. Cutting out stuff entirely makes me miserable and sets myself up for failure. Some people can do it, but not me. It's also important to remember that one undisciplined meal is not the end of the world. Don't psychologically throw in the towel for the day just because you gave in and had a donut for breakfast or something like that. One meal didn't get you to your current weight, it was day after day of poor choices. So if you do go "off plan", accept that you are human and it will happen and get right back on plan. No big deal! :drinker: