Motivation

You've got to find that niche of foods that fill you up nicely without a lot of calories. No one wants to feel hungry. I eat snacks all day, here are some of my favorites:
Fat free yogurt (plain or sugar free) with fresh fruit
Carrots/cucumbers/celery/red peppers with ranch dip (make w/ dry mix and fat free sour cream)
Low fat cottage cheese and fresh fruit
hard boiled eggs (whites only)
sugar free hot chocolate

These are all very filling because of the protein - just eating plain fruit or veggies never did it for me.

As for hangovers, well, try not to drink that much I know your body craves fat and carbs when you're hung over. Go for turkey bacon, egg whites, and low fat cream cheese on a whole wheat english muffin. They sell one at most starbucks (350 calories), so you dont even have to make it yourself.

Changing the way you eat is very hard at first - I found out when I was 20 that I had high cholesterol (genetic) I wasn't overweight and I worked out often, so I was pissed. But to prevent having to take medication for the rest of my life I had to seriously change my diet. I grew up in the south and it was tough - I had to quit all fried foods, mayonnaise, biscuits, butter, icecream anything with saturated fat. It took a few months, but I eventually stopped even craving those things. Now I never eat mayo or icecream cuz it grosses me out.

You'll get there - dont beat yourself up when you slip, just give yourself a fresh start the next day.
Have a great weekend!

Hi snay! I blew it big time yesterday too, and today I almost went back to my old way of dealing with it - well, then I'll just have to drink water all day and not eat to make up for it. That would of been the worst thing to do because then my metabolism would have slowed.
I remembered what Banks said in one of his posts, (at least I think it was Banks) and that was that eating a lot of food and even overdoing it on one day will actually rev your metabolism so a one day screw-up is not a big deal. Just get back on the wagon the next day and try again! That comment stuck with me, so I'm back on track and not worrying about it.
That's your motivation! Not a biggie

Thanks for remembering me Redalee! I DID say that, but others have as well, so I can't really take any credit for it. Yes, it is not going to ruin your diet. Pshawww! 3000 calories one time is nothing, say your 15 hundred over your normal, bahhh, thats not even half a pound! thats 3 or 4 workouts, it's nothing. Don't worry about it. Remember, the idea is to change your whole eating profile, not one day. everyone had bad days, what you need to do is just get used to eating good, then the bad days are actually harder to have then the good ones.

Diann is right, you should be very careful not to eat too few calories, it can do as much damage asbgh eating too many. :drinker:

Hi Snaylor, the same happened to me today . For 4 days i successfully stayed within my limit of 1200 cals but today i felt hungry at lunch and had a 3 entree meal @ Panda Express. Only when i logged it in my food diary i realised how many calories i ate :sad:
But you know what - we always have a tomorrow to correct it. :happy:
So dont worry - it happens to all around you.