[MeganTheMushroom]

I've been trying to maintain for almost a month now, and have lost 2 extra pounds... I can never get to my goal of 2200 calories a day, and when I do, I feel like I ate too much and restrict calories the next day >.<

But lately I've been having a hard time holding back on eating...
I love baking so i do it a lot, and wind up eating most of what I make..
Like I made these oat-spice scones, each had about 75 calories in them, and I ate about 5-6 a day for 3 days. Then I made a zucchini bread,my cousin had about an eight of it, and my dad had a little, but I ate the rest in 2 days
I just had a small piece this morning with my cereal, but just couldnt help but finish what was left- it was so good!
Yet I still manage to eat under my calorie allowance, but feel like Ive eaten so much carbs and sugar (even though my recipes are low in sugar) that I dont want to eat anything else, except for maybe steamed vegetables...

I've done so well holding back on eating things for the past few months, and I dont want to start gaining weight again...How can I control these binges?
I can't just stop baking, but I do try to only bake when reason (parties, celebrations, etc.).

[girlonfire]

I'm sorry to hear you are struggling with overeating, but you've come to the right place. Have you tried the binge-free challenge threads? They are very helpful and you can get lots of support for what you are going through.

And yes, limiting the baking sounds good but also limit what you eat? Cold turkey doesn't always work, so maybe just reduce what you eat when baking until you don't need to eat at all or only eat just one. That's just a little suggestion. Beyond that, I suggest browsing this section of the forum, it is very helpful.

Lots of for you!

[Breannaj1215]

2200 calories a day is a lot for your weight. you may want to check on it.

[LotusMama]

Of course you can stop baking. It sounds like you are setting yourself up. If you know that baking is going to cause you to eat more than you should, you have to stop. It is that simple.

The weight loss journey is not easy, and it requires us to make hard choices sometimes. But, you have to decide which is more important to you--losing weight or baking.

J

[JennyGirl27]

Also taking things in a different direction:
If you have reached your goal weight, and are looking at baked goods as the forbidden, "bad foods", then it may be making you crave them even more. I think setting some sort of target for yourself would help you: Ex: you are allowed one muffin a day, or one muffin and a piece of banana bread, etc... Or something along those lines, where you can still eat the food and not feel bad about it. When I read your post, my take on it was that you may have deprived yourself of the "yummy baked goods" for so long that now that they are back you are overindulging a little. But, it doesn't sound that horrible. If you had the 6 muffins that are 75 calories each, that would be 450 calories. You said that you are staying within your calorie limit, so that is good. Overall, though you do want to make sure that your calories are balanced out over the food groups so that you get the nutrients that your body needs. Which I am sure you know.

[MeganTheMushroom]

breanna- 2200 is my maitenance level, not my losing level

I don't want to stop baking completely, I enjoyit too much, I love just whipping things together and making my own recipes, it's so much fun!
But limits sound good...it'll be hard, but I managed to shed off 30 pounds so easy, I can do this too, right?

and the whole balanced diet is what Im worried about, i also eat a lot of fruit,and I feel like Im getting way to much sugar,
plus Im a vegetarian, and when I fill up on all these baked goods that are mostly carbs, I cut out a lot of protein from my diet....

But how can I stop over-indulging? Is there any ways that work better than just saying no to a tongue that just won't listen?