Discouragement through small failures

DohnutHead

I have been noticing a pattern where if I start out the day doing well and then make a small slip up I will think like 'oh you've slipped up now, may aswel eat what you like for the rest of the day because it's ruined now'

This is something that really set me back for some time. Howerver I stopped doing it recently. If I slip up or fall outside of the right diet choices I will just try to remain on track for the day or average it out over the week.

The difference is noticable for me

Anyone else have a similar experience I'm wondering?

livingleanlivingclean

If you get rid of the good/bad or right/wrong food associations, you won't slip up. Food is just food...

kommodevaran

There is a name for it - the what-the-hell-effect - all dieters have experienced it, and noone can manage their weight permanently without overcoming it.

As long as you feel there are right choices, everything else are wrong choices. You'll go on and off tracks, horses and wagons - I talk from personal experience. There is no wagon. There is just life and life is a continuous row of challenges. I struggled with my weight for over twenty years; I don't anymore, after I started thinking in terms of better and good enough.

StevefromMichigan

Yes, this has been a big problem for me as well. I like kommodevaran's approach to this.

I try to take it meal by meal, rather than day by day. If I slip up and have something rich at the restaurant, I now try to accept it as my choice for that meal, and make better choices for the remaining meals I will have.