Spinning Wheels Dieting

[CoreyW347]

As what the title says, the last 6 or so months I have been viciously spinning my wheels, suffering from a severe case a fu*karounditis.
I've been hovering around the 12-13% bf point for the last 6 months and cant seem to break past my bs. My problem is late night eating/ binging. By night time it feels like psychologically my brain craves food and sugar. This isn't a problem on the days where I only lift, do some cardio, and go to work. Sticking to 2200 cals is a breeze and I can see the fat slowly melt off. My problem is matching my intake w my activity on my days where I do not stop moving. Lately, the amount of physical activity I do has been a blessing and a curse. What I mean is 4-8 hours of vigorous surfing, a hr lifting sesh, 1-2 hours of rock climbing. Other days it could be a long hike 7-10 miles, lifting, surfing, work (barback, wait tables). You get the point, and on these days I can't come to a solid tdee for my activity but I know for a fact it has to be at least 5000 calories (proof is that for 3 weeks straight I ate about 4500-5000 calories everyday doing these activities and I lost weight). I track all my food/ weigh it out/ use MFP ect.

My problem is late night after I throw my legs up on the couch and while still in a cal deficit I seem to blow it every fkn night. I get a little hungry so I eat but it seems like my stomach is a bottomless pit. At this point I know that I've burned so much energy, and having only reached 2200 cals for the day that realistically im running at least 2k-2.5k deficit on these days and I can give a little and eat some snacks. Well some snacks turn into entire bags of chocolate chips, cake, sweets, the whole 9.

Now obviously, this behavior has to do with broken will power but at this point I'm asking for some outside help. What have you who have suffered from f*ckarounditis done to get past this. Frankly I know the calorie defecit is easily achieved, it's just keeping my mouth shut and the sweets away.

[ComeOnFFS]

If you can't stop yourself eating when you shouldn't I highly doubt anything you read here will change that. You've just got to want it more. And nobody can do that for you.

[Griddlelol]

Stopped buying junk food. If it's in the house, I'm going to eat it, guaranteed. Make it difficult to have bad food, because most of the time, bad food is the easiest option (open a packet and stuff your face).

[ironwill2008]

As what the title says, the last 6 or so months I have been viciously spinning my wheels, suffering from a severe case a fu*karounditis.
I've been hovering around the 12-13% bf point for the last 6 months and cant seem to break past my bs. My problem is late night eating/ binging. By night time it feels like psychologically my brain craves food and sugar. This isn't a problem on the days where I only lift, do some cardio, and go to work. Sticking to 2200 cals is a breeze and I can see the fat slowly melt off. My problem is matching my intake w my activity on my days where I do not stop moving. Lately, the amount of physical activity I do has been a blessing and a curse. What I mean is 4-8 hours of vigorous surfing, a hr lifting sesh, 1-2 hours of rock climbing. Other days it could be a long hike 7-10 miles, lifting, surfing, work (barback, wait tables). You get the point, and on these days I can't come to a solid tdee for my activity but I know for a fact it has to be at least 5000 calories (proof is that for 3 weeks straight I ate about 4500-5000 calories everyday doing these activities and I lost weight). I track all my food/ weigh it out/ use MFP ect.

My problem is late night after I throw my legs up on the couch and while still in a cal deficit I seem to blow it every fkn night. I get a little hungry so I eat but it seems like my stomach is a bottomless pit. At this point I know that I've burned so much energy, and having only reached 2200 cals for the day that realistically im running at least 2k-2.5k deficit on these days and I can give a little and eat some snacks. Well some snacks turn into entire bags of chocolate chips, cake, sweets, the whole 9.

Now obviously, this behavior has to do with broken will power but at this point I'm asking for some outside help. What have you who have suffered from f*ckarounditis done to get past this. Frankly I know the calorie defecit is easily achieved, it's just keeping my mouth shut and the sweets away.

You've answered your own question with your last sentence.

[Tommy W.]

Don't have that stuff in the house. Simple as that. When you get serious about a deficit you'll stop binging and not before.

[okayest]

Do I understand correctly? You are trying to eat about half of your maintenance calories?

[dipatel13]

Do I understand correctly? You are trying to eat about half of your maintenance calories?

^This is the main problem. You're eating far too little for the amount of activity you're doing.

[Jonbo55]

^This is the main problem. You're eating far too little for the amount of activity you're doing.

Nail on the head.

[CoreyW347]

Do I understand correctly? You are trying to eat about half of your maintenance calories?

I should have been more clear. On those high activity days I usually eat about 100 more carbs so 400 cals = total consumption 2600 cals. Even at 2600 could this then be the reason for my brain wanting to go kooko for food? At this deficit its not that Im physically hungry, its more of a physiological craving

[okayest]

I should have been more clear. On those high activity days I usually eat about 100 more carbs so 400 cals = total consumption 2600 cals. Even at 2600 could this then be the reason for my brain wanting to go kooko for food? At this deficit its not that Im physically hungry, its more of a physiological craving

That's still over a 40% deficit. Your brain is sending signals to binge on food ASAP because it knows you are not eating close to enough. It is a survival instinct and you won't win against it. Take your time, preserve your muscle, stay sane, go for a 20% deficit.

[Luclin999]

As what the title says, the last 6 or so months I have been viciously spinning my wheels, suffering from a severe case a fu*karounditis.
I've been hovering around the 12-13% bf point for the last 6 months and cant seem to break past my bs. My problem is late night eating/ binging. By night time it feels like psychologically my brain craves food and sugar. This isn't a problem on the days where I only lift, do some cardio, and go to work. Sticking to 2200 cals is a breeze and I can see the fat slowly melt off. My problem is matching my intake w my activity on my days where I do not stop moving. Lately, the amount of physical activity I do has been a blessing and a curse. What I mean is 4-8 hours of vigorous surfing, a hr lifting sesh, 1-2 hours of rock climbing. Other days it could be a long hike 7-10 miles, lifting, surfing, work (barback, wait tables). You get the point, and on these days I can't come to a solid tdee for my activity but I know for a fact it has to be at least 5000 calories (proof is that for 3 weeks straight I ate about 4500-5000 calories everyday doing these activities and I lost weight). I track all my food/ weigh it out/ use MFP ect.

My problem is late night after I throw my legs up on the couch and while still in a cal deficit I seem to blow it every fkn night. I get a little hungry so I eat but it seems like my stomach is a bottomless pit. At this point I know that I've burned so much energy, and having only reached 2200 cals for the day that realistically im running at least 2k-2.5k deficit on these days and I can give a little and eat some snacks. Well some snacks turn into entire bags of chocolate chips, cake, sweets, the whole 9.

Now obviously, this behavior has to do with broken will power but at this point I'm asking for some outside help. What have you who have suffered from f*ckarounditis done to get past this. Frankly I know the calorie defecit is easily achieved, it's just keeping my mouth shut and the sweets away.

Do you want to be lean or...bag of cookies?

Choose one or the other, simple as that.

With that said, if you don't get your binge eating under control now, then you are just setting yourself up for becoming obese later in life when you start to have less time for exercise and become less active overall.