Originally Posted by
heavyp
All of this activity makes me insanely hungry at times and i have trouble controlling my food intake. To lose weight, i try to eat at a 1000 calorie deficit a day...but this usually makes me feel ill, especially after hard lifting days. I then end up food binging
If your calorie deficit is 1000 on a normal day, then on a heavy lifting day it's way more than that! It seems like that would be hard for the body to take and would drive you to binge. I agree with the people above that the calorie deficit is too ambitious.
Other people have suggested reducing weight training- that might be ok, but I know for me, I really like lifting, so I'm a lot more motivated to do it than running or cardio. So it's also good to consider what you'll be able to keep up in the long run.
I also lift in a way that is for overall fitness and strengh, not for body building. So I do supersets and lots of compound movements, sweat a lot and get out of breath.