You have got to let this go and stop beating yourself up over it!!!!
Now the workout is pretty similar to what I have done in workouts, just that I eat a LOT more. My calorie intake is between 1800 to 2500 calories. By doing that, I lost 48 lbs since June.
I am not sure what a typical day of eating looks like for you but from what you mentioned, I am assuming that not only is your calorie intake too low but also your protein intake and your "good fat" consumption . If I go all low fat, I go on terrible binges which caused dramatic weight gains for me over the past years, until a light bulb went on for me.
Please, don't punish yourself now by restricting your calories in response to your binging. Just move on from here, go on a sensible and sustainable food intake and over the time you WILL lose weight!!! I promise!
It may take a little bit of experimenting, Cathe's nutrition program is really great to track not only your calorie/protein/carb/fat intake but also vitamins, etc. If you do it for a few months you will get a pretty good handle on what works for you. Not every person is the same and there really is no one size fits all recommendation.
Thanks for the positive post. Being 5'3 and 120lbs, i know for my activity level i'm not eating enough. I should try to up it to 1800cals per day and see what happens. My protein and fats are high and i tend to eat more low carbs. My typical diet looks like this:
breakfast (7a.m): 2 kashi blueberry waffles, 1 whole egg, 1/2 cup egg whites, 1 slice of soy cheese, coffee with 2Tbsp of half and half with splenda. I make the waffles and eggs into an egg sandwich. This is about 360cals. I think to clean it up i need to remove the coffee creamer, soy cheese, and splenda
snack (10a.m.): 12 raw almonds. About 90cals
lunch: 3 or 4 cups romaine lettuce, 3 cherry tomatoes, 1/4 yellow pepper, 3 raw brocholii florets, .5 cup alfalfa sprouts, 3 carrot sticks, 4 slices cucumber, 4 rings of onion chopped, 4 oz of turkey lunch meat (boars head brand), .5 cup fat free shredded cheese, 2 Tbsp reduced fat 3 cheese ranch dressing, 1 medium apple. This is about 400cals or so. I think i should eliminate the fat free cheese, use real chicken instead of lunch meat, and use real oil and vinegar instead of the ranch dressing. I also usually have a diet soda so i need to get rid of that
snack: 12 raw almonds about 90cals
dinner: same as the lunch salad instead i have grilled chicken on top; diet soda again i need to rid this from my diet
dessert: 1 medium apple with 1Tbsp of natural peanut butter.
I notice that processed foods are making it back into my diet as well as artificial sweeteners. I think that i have steared clear of the clean eating diet in fear that it will make me feel so restricted but at this rate, i think that my body is craving due to not eating enough and fake sugar. I normall get around 60grams of fat per day and about 140 grams of protein and the rest from carbs which come from lots of greens and apples. the only bread i get is in the morning with my waffles. I workout first thing in the morning on an empty stomach so mabe i should eat an apple or something before hand. After all the years i have been doing this, i feel more lost than ever! Your right though, i can't cry over spilled milk but i think its time to reanalyze everything in my diet b/c its not working. all this undereating makes me crave junk and then i want a cheat meal each week. i have been doing really well doing this until today. could it be too much cardio?
