What in the world is wrong with me???

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  • kspexet
    kspexet Posts: 27 Member
    I am in the same situation!!!! I don't know what to do about it either. I need help!
  • griffith5150
    griffith5150 Posts: 123
    I have noticed an unhealthy and unsettling pattern in my progress. Everytime I start doing well and experience victories, I sabotage myself by letting go, being undisciplined, and end up taking 10 steps back. Why do I do this? Is it my unhealthy association with food? In my family we traditionally celebrate anything and everything, highs and lows, joys and sorrows with food. Sometimes I consider a large slice of carrot cake with extra cream cheese icing as a "reward" for doing well on my health quest or as a treat when I'm feeling down. How ridiculous is that? Yesterday I had a scale victory and reached a milestone that I'd been striving for. You would think this would motivate me to keep doing the right things..... but no, I rewarded myself with a sugar/starch/carb overload. I need help. How do you reward/console yourself and what have you incorporated in your lifestyle to substitute poor eating habits?

    I been there done that, and still have a habit of doing it. I know I do it and try to catch myself from doing it. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't...
  • kspexet
    kspexet Posts: 27 Member
    I love this idea!
  • piersons
    piersons Posts: 51 Member
    You sound like you could be my twin! When i'm tempted or when others don't undersatnd why I'm so strict sometimes, I describe my relationship with food as a drug addiction or alcoholism. I have a very unhealthy relationship with food. It's my crutch. But we will both get through this and reach our goals.... even if we choose to have a slice of carrot cake along the way. :smile:

    Ugh, that sounds JUST like me (especially the carrot cake part...that is by far my biggest weakness)! You would think we would want to reward ourselves with a new, smaller item of clothing or a pedicure or something, but no...it's food... For me, food is my drug and I am addicted...when I am sad, or stressed or bored or happy or want to celebrate something, I turn to food. I am trying to get out of that habit, especially the mindless eating out of boredom. I don't think we should completely deprive ourselves of the things we like to eat because then we will just over do it, it just needs to be in moderation... It's a challenge every day, but in the end I think reaching that goal weight and the way it will make you feel will be far more rewarding than all the carrot cake in the world... :smile:

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