these are my confessions.....

dlrobbins46

I just restarted south beach eating. For some reason I drop off it after I lose 10 lbs. Confessions I need to stop thinking of the food I eat as a diet with an ending date. I have weight loss goals, but eating healthy has to be my every day goal.

LouLoulost

for cryin out loud why is it so hard just to say no!? :noway: :sad: ... i always feel like crap after i have too much sweets... why is it so hard just to say no

I have a quote I put on my fridge -sound goofy but It means a lot to me cuz I am facing it everytime I go to the fridge
" Wake up with Determination, Go to bed with satisfaction"

I use to feel great all day -then I would crap all over it at night- this has helped me. -Good Luck

Schlackity

I'm sorry to hear you're having a tough time. I'm sure what happened feels bad and clearly you feel guilt about it. The good news is, you're reaching out and asking for support. We have ALL faced similar challenges at one time or another so we get it. It sounds like you know what your hurdles are. Long days, under eating followed by binging, alcohol which turns off your willpower and sensible decision making abilities and lastly having the junk food and temptations in your home. All of these things are totally fixable. With some simple changes and planning ahead you can be successful. The only thing standing between you and your goal is you!

You probably already know these tips but If I may suggest,
1 Get the junk food out of the house. You don't need it and neither does your family. If it's unhealthy for you, it's unhealthy for them too. You'll be dong your family a huge favor. You do not want your daughter fighting this same battle later in life right? If they are supportive of your efforts, they'll understand.

2 Plan ahead. You must know that you absolutely cannot lose weight if you don't feed your body, all day long. Starving or being too busy to eat is going to work against you! Not only will your body NOT give up the weight you are garanteed to binge...feel guilt...give up...? Plan ahead, get some snacks ready. Plan what you'll eat, log it all in first thing in the morning and stick to it. Set an alarm on your phone to remind yourself to eat if you have to. Yes this might take some effort but you are totally worth it!

3 ditch the alcohol, for now or at least if you know you'll want a drink later, budget for it in the morning as above and stick to it. Reasoning goes out the window with too much alcohol.

Lastly, leave the past in the past. Don't let one bad day become two or three. Forgive yourself and move on. Today is a new day. The weekend was a setback and it wil take you longer to undo what's been done but you did not become overweight overnight. There will be bumps in the road but the point is to recommit everyday. Each day adds up and eventually you'll get there.

I read a great quote and it seems fitting here.

Losing weight is tough.
Maintaining weight is tough.
Being overweight is tough.
Choose your tough.

Hang in there and start making a plan now..the weekend is coming.

I love this quote.....I'm making a point to put this someplace I will see it every day. :-)

1princesswarrior

Oh, I feel your pain. I'm an emotional eater and last week my stress levels broke the scale. Somehow I stayed on track. I think because I didn't have junk at home and I struggled but made better choices at work (peanut butter crackers instead of pop tarts. I also exercised a lot. For every good choice I made and every extra minute of exercise I not only patted myself on the back but I told a friend who is incredibly supportive of my struggles.

However, I still needed a pizza fix Friday but instead of thick crust and meat I got thin crust and veggies, that really reduced the calories. I also put extra effort into my workout.

So I guess I'm just learning to negotiate with myself so I don't have to be perfect. I'm also setting small daily goals that are much easier to reach, they are really confidence builders.

Good luck

TheNewLorrain

two thin mints....yeah sure what planet are you from....LOL JUST KIDDING!...the old me would eat just two...two sleeves that is!......a tasty cookie is snackwell crème cookes four cookies totally satisfying

joystick1

2000 + calories every day this week
1 alcohol free night
0 trips to the gym

I've been using MFP for 8 weeks now and up until this week have been doing really well, lost 14 lbs (1 stone) but it is hard work and this week felt I needed a blow out, the kids were off school and I was off work. Apparently it takes 12 weeks to change a habit so I'm not there yet but I'm back on it tomorrow.

mommabenefield

hey everyone thank you for sharing your struggles with me its been helping me to realize one day is one thing its what i do the next day that counts....

and on that note i have to say yay me! even though ive been in a fairly foul mood this weekend i havent had any junk food and ive done some form of exercise saturday and sunday

evereves

Yes, good thing about the future is it comes at you one day at a time.

Pretty much reiterating what everyone else has said, avoid buying those snack foods and having them in the house. Bring some high protein snacks with you to work (like raw almonds etc) and have that instead of the chocolates. Well done on avoiding junk food and doing exercise. How about rewarding yourself with a massage or facial or something?

nuemmedigg

Good to know that I'm not the only one struggling hard.
I don't buy junk, my teens do, so it's all over the home.
My life is pretty much on track, but my kid's isn't , which makes me want to eat my pain away.
My husband and I attend a lot of meeting with (you guessed it) meals served, some good and healthy, some tempting like molten chocolate lava cake (who ever came up with that wicked temptation???)
So for the last 2 months, I've been adding 3 lbs, losing 3lbs, staying the same weight, despite meeting my walking and exercising goals.

:ohwell:

SabrinaJL

Friday I had Jack in the Box for breakfast, Five Guys for lunch, jalapeno cheetos for a snack, bbq wings, mac and cheese and copious amounts of alcohol for dinner. Yesterday we went to a baseball game and I had hot dogs, peanuts, coke and cotton candy. Today, I'm back to it. No guilt. I figure as long as I keep trying, it's a damn sight better than 70 lbs ago when I ate whatever I wanted all the time and never worked out.

skeeter2584

You're not alone. I used to eat 20 chicken nuggets AND a large order of fries from McDonald's in the past (but I've since gone to 6 and a small fry). In my last semester of college, I had 3 chicken strips and fries from Checker's EVERY Thursday night. On top of THAT, I used to eat an ENTIRE 9 ounce bag of white cheddar Smartfood popcorn in one sitting! That's 90 grams of fat and 1,440 calories to boot!!! *whistle* :noway: I even sometimes had a container of cheese-drenched nachos PLUS 12 pieces of chicken AND a large order of fries from Chick-fil-A in one sitting!!! So yeah, my college eating habits were very.....uh.....well, I don't want the MFP mod guys to wash my mouth out with soap! :laugh:

CatStiles

I think maybe the best way forward is the approach to your daily calorie allowance as 'once they're gone, they're gone'.

It's hard, but t's a way of being tough with yourself. So if you stock up on biscuits etc at work, when you get home you don't have enough left for a proper dinner and go to bed hungry. That way you learn the lesson the hard way - if you want to have a decent meal, you can't eat those cookies - so you don't do it again.

Take an apple to work instead so you have something to munch on as an alternative!

I know it's going to be tough, but you can do it, and you'll teach yourself how to say 'no' - which is a good habit for life.

CatStiles

Also, don't beat yourself up if you fall down once in a while - it happens to us all.

When it happens to me (and it does - I love cheese and that's what gets me), I make a promise with myself that I'll stick with the plan tomorrow.

mommabenefield

hey man i need to leave all this breaded stuff alone! - i was doing so good today and i started eating out of boredom and now im over my calories hope i can exercise enough to bounce back for today
i started JM Ripped in 30 yesterday SO im hoping i can kick it in gear.. .thinking of adding extra cardio anything from walking the pooch to 20 min turbo

dyneishasatcher

Its ok just try a little harder. I don't exercise on the weekends but I sorta count calories. Its hard to avoid parties & eating out on the weekends but I try.

mommabenefield

So although i didnt even really want the junk i ate yesterday i really only ate out of boredom which is sad on my part i messed up and had a bagel and cream cheese yesterday and some cookies and chips which even though i tracked them i went over my cal goal i still worked out im on wk 1 day 2 of JM Ripped in 30 ....

TODAY there's food every where at work ... 600 calorie muffins , breakfast tacos, cakes, donuts on and on ...

I bargained with myself ok... dont get your favorite muffin (banana nut or chocolate) but get the blueberry muffin and eat half that way your only blowing 265 calories on junk and still feel like you got to taste it... probably not good reasoning but im trying super hard to avoid the other stuff ... good news is i havent touched the muffin yet its just sitting on my desk for now.

PLEASE lets hope i dont loose self control :frown: :embarassed:

emibrus1

Have you ever looked at your protein intake? I found that as soon as I bumped up my protein I stopped craving sweets...it's been 5 weeks since my last cookie or piece of candy! And I was an addict xD It's not that I don't plan on having it ever again I just don't want any at the moment - I even have a tub of M&Ms in plain sight on my counter (we're potty training the Kiddo and it's her reward).

I can only figure it was using the protein that shook my sweet tooth. But it's always different from one person to another...I'm just grateful I finally found something that worked for me!

Note: I have NOT cut sugar from my diet. I just don't crave the junk I used to get it from!

mommabenefield

hmmm thats a good idea... i always thought i was getting enough protein... maybe i should up it...i used to be a heavy lifter so ive always tried to keep my protein intake high.... Have i sabotaged myself !!! :noway: