Consistently Overeating and Missing Target Caloric Goals

What type of foods are you eating? Sometimes the macro breakdown of the foods can affect satiety. Some people feel fuller if they have more protein. Others if they have more fats or carbs. There is not a one size fits all solution, but playing around with them can help you figure out which is most filling for you personally.

Agree with mike, I feel fuller eating things like steak, if I have bacon or steak for breakfast I feel so much better throughout the day.
I also look how I’m spending my calories, I could have a whole bowl of broccoli for the same amount of calories as a tablespoon of mayo, I know which one is healthier and will keep me fuller longer with lower calories. You just have to really look at your choices and try and get the most out of your calories.
Also plan ahead, I failed at MFP a few times, now I pre log all my food a week before so I don’t get caught out.
Having a big glass of water before every meal or when you feel hungry.
I find I get hungrier at night, I’m use to a big meal before bed so I save most calories for my dinner and have a hot chocolate before bed to top me up. Find where your falling and try and save your calories for that time so you can eat a larger meal without going over and bulk out meals with as much veges as possible.
I hope this all helps, this has worked for me but everyone’s different. I have issues where I gorge myself silly and I seem to finally have it semi under control so I totally understand the wanting to eat until you pop and then going over the calories.

One approach that might work for you since you’ve identified that it’s a mental hurdle is reduce your calories slowly rather than suddenly cutting down to your 1500 goal. This might give you time for both your body and brain/mindset to adjust.

Let’s take the implied 2000 maintenance calories from your post. (Your 1500 plus the 500 surplus from today and the bit saying you maintain rather than lose - the actual numbers may be different but you can see where I’m going with it).

Start by sticking firmly to the 2000, then once that’s comfortable (at least a week), chop another 50 cals off, get comfortable at that level, rinse and repeat until you arrive at the 1500.

I know that sounds like it’ll just take you forever but there’s a couple of advantages along the way- as soon as you’ve dropped below the 2000 you’re in a deficit, tiny, but it’s there - by doing it this way hopefully you’ll give your mental process time to settle into a different place.

It’s worth a shot!

Would you be able to stay within your calories 5 days a week, then up it to 2000 over the weekends? That might help you towards training yourself and losing a little bit, which might give you more motivation. I've been going above my allotment lately too, have tried many of the suggestions here and haven't been successful yet. I do chew a lot of gum. It comes down to just not eating anymore after a certain point. I eat healthy, up my protein, drink lots of water, brush my teeth. Nope, if I want something, I want something. Good luck with finding the answer for you!!!

Put simply, 1500 is not working for you. In the end, if you're think about food all day, feeling unsatisfied after meals, and missing your target by 500 calories per day, no matter what other things you do or don't do, you need more food. The sooner you adjust that target upward to a number you can live with, the better. You can always adjust it downward once you really get into the swing of things and decide you're ready for a bigger challenge. A calorie target is not a forever target; it's just a target for this week or month. You are not married to it. It's more like a Tinder date. You can throw it out of your house a day after deciding it was a poor match, and pick up a new one.

I suggest you bump that up 100 calories immediately and see how that goes. If it doesn't solve the problem, add another hundred in a week. And so on. Meanwhile, really try hard to hit and not exceed the number, so you get a true picture of how the different numbers work for you.

You're definitely not alone. I started at 1600 and eventually got to 1850, in increments of 50. I think I am finally ready to start clawing my way back down to 1750 but it took a while. It's been a long (and informative) process to pinpoint that caloric level where it's like "I am now at the highest deficit I can maintain without dreaming about beef brisket and corn muffins and cole slaw and feeling little queasy hunger pangs even right after I finished a meal". Those feels are the feelings of never being satisfied - because you're not getting enough food! So ... more food.

Right now you are in a circle of despair, and what has to happen is that you get into a virtuous circle. The circle of despair comes from accumulated failure. You miss your goal by 500, so you feel like you aren't succeeding, so the next day it's like "why bother; I'm hungry!" and ... another miss and you question whether you're capable of doing it at all. A virtuous circle is one in which every day you're achieving your goal, so you feel powerful and in control, and you know "you've got this". The circles of despair and virtue are psychological constructs, of course - winners win because they feel like winners; losers lose because it becomes ingrained that they fail - and therefore perfect for dieters, which is mostly psychological. You need to get yourself out of the spiral of despair and into a virtuous circle a.s.a.p and that is done by increasing calories until you get to a point where most days are a success.

I agree with other users that you may want to reduce your defecit and play around with your macros.
I can overeat massively if I eat a lot of carbs and sugary foods consistently as they just are not satiating for me. Eating more protein and fat was what kept me going through my defecit days - and I still focus on those two macros in maintenance. Good luck, hope you figure it out soon.