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Originally Posted by luckymommy
I was wondering if you feel that once you go over your alloted calories or foods, do you feel like, "ok, I've blown it, so I might as well eat the house?" That's how it has been for me. However, there were a couple of days recently where I ate a few hundred calories more than I should have and I actually did not turn it into a full on binge....although I really wanted to. I don't know what stopped me, but I basically left the kitchen and the next morning, I felt a lot better.
luckymommy - this is the way it used to be for me as well. But I'm proud to say that this time it's been different, and I credit one of the secrets of my success is to not let eating more than my daily alloted number of calories derail me from my long term goals.
I use myfooddiary.com which calculates how many calories I can eat per day to lose weight (taking into consideration exercise, etc) as well as how many I can have to
maintain weight. I can truthfully say that since I started on my plan in early September I have not gone over the "maintain weight" range, although I have certainly topped my "lose weight" range several times.
I call what I do a "controlled binge," meaning that if I make a decision to eat more calories that day than I should in order to lose weight, I make sure not to go over the number of calories I need to
maintain. This has worked well for me, particularly during my vacation in October. I was able to maintain my current weight that week, something I'd never been able to do in the past.
The important thing, I think, is to just understand that this is all part of the process and to take it as it comes. We just have to jump right back on plan the next day. And no, I do not feel bad when I do overeat any particular day, because I know I now have the willpower to not do it
every day.