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So I think I'll use this week's exercise calories to "pay for" Friday's binge but in the future have a binge meal instead of a binge day. Sound good?

I think I will reduce my binge day to maintenance level or at least to no more than 300 calories over my deficit. Thanks everyone. Your advice will keep me from talking myself out of this improvement :-)

I have a binge day because I get sick of always being careful of what I eat and I want to have a little while where I can just not worry about it and eat whatever I feel like.

Extra as in above my deficit. Calorie goal is is 1440, who is about a 250 calorie deficit. Used to eat 1200 calories a day but got advice to increase.

The weight gain seems to stick. Like, I can lose a couple pounds but then I put it back on with my next binge so it never really goes away and I never really lose weight.

I eat 1200-1440 extra calories. I weigh in every day, so I know that the weight gain it causes is consistent.

If that is the case and I should stop the binge days, should I spend my exercise calories this week on compensating for Friday's binge or just forget about it and start fresh but just not have another binge day?

I've been a vegan for over a year now, and every time I accidentally get some animal product in my food I get really sick. For example, last week I was at a conference and it turned out that the "vegan" chicken salad they had provided had mayonnaise and the cookies had eggs and milk (I was able to avoid these, since they…

Wow, Sarah. That is profound. Isn't Buddha awesome? Now to ignore the media and internalize that message...

Yeah I've been getting that impression...

So if I change the settings to get me to lose 1/2 a pound a week I won't become obese?! Sweet! Thank you everyone. You are all so wonderfully supportive! Excuse me for a minute while I proceed to eat a bowl of vegetables with olive oil.

Oh yes. So yes. Two years ago, before I started losing weight I was 174 lbs and MISERABLE. I hated my body and my life. I only started being really committed to dieting after a suicide attempt. I just could not handle life when I was perceived as fat and ugly.

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Thanks everyone for the much needed advice. OK I will try to let go of the salt. Does it prevent weight loss or is it just terrible for my health? I'll cut back on the carbs and try to get more protein. Does white rice count as an evil carb? Just asking because my skinny Chinese friends eat it all the time and somehow…

Thanks Kayla. I'm trying some of the fabulous low calorie vegan recipes on this site, so that added variety should help my metabolism and my mood :)

I'm Michelle. I weigh 130. I'd like to weigh 124 by Christmas.

Tough question I guess.

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Thank you so much! I'll definitely check that one out. And I've been trying to cut back on the simple carbs, so that's an added benefit :)

I'll have to check those out... Do Appetite for Reduction and Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen include calorie counts?

Arctic Zero has whey, which comes from milk :(