Successfully Failing at Maintaining Discipline

MaddieBeBe26

Every time I reach my first 5lbs drop, I get this notion I'm my head that I can cheat. Yet, that cheat "snack" turns into a cheat day and apparently, it only takes one meal of uncontrollable eating to gain 2-3lbs. Crazy! And I'm back to my starting weight. This reoccurring battle has cycled it self for about a year now. I know what you're thinking, "Get it together. This is way too long to continue to make the same mistake over and over again." I say the same thing to myself. For a week. After that I drop the weight again, "snack", and lose my motivation somewhere in my head and cuddle up to coffee, hoping it'll help me poop out everything I just ate. - that's my conundrum (rant of successful failure finished)

rheddmobile

Oh dear.

How about planning a reward for your first 5 lbs which has a set number of calories? It takes 3500 calories to make a pound of fat, so you aren't really gaining 3 lbs with one meal, even though it may seem that way. More likely you are regaining water weight due to carb replenishment, and if you went right back to your diet the water weight would come off.

MaddieBeBe26

I like that idea! I'll try it.

wefts

sabotage your failure cycle by loading the house with things that are hard to gain weight on and a few low cal treats ( I am munching on a 40 cal Popsicle brand fudge pop My treat for 60 minutes on the stationary bike! ) I keep just barely cooked green beans in the fridge because they make a tasy snack that I like the taste of, and fill up on fiber , I love crystal light so I make a fiber smoothie and put some in each crystal light each days smoothie varies but I always have chia seed and flax ,oat bran and wheat germ and some type of veg and fruit it is not no cal but every bit use it with orange crystal light to keep full between meals

Susieq_1994

Another poster who had a similar habit of self-sabotage when reaching a certain amount of weight loss or a certain number on the scale (this was a long time ago, so I can't quite remember who it was) had some success with not weighing themselves as they approached the "number of doom".

Example: If you're like four pounds down and approaching the five-pound mark, stop weighing yourself for about a month and just continue eating at a deficit. Maybe once you get over that five pound hump (and get a full month of better habits under your belt) it'll be easier to avoid that sabotage.