Fell off the healthy train

cgjerde1

I'm eating sweets and wanting more. I too have been successful with healthy eating and life style changes. Recently. I struggle with turning things around. I am looking for some support.

spygirl2014

Start with what you can do today, even if it's just one less sweet and a 10 min walk. You know this works, and when you fall off, the good thing is there is another Train waiting for you at the Station!

Be_theBest_Me

PMS derailed my train!! A week of bad decision and I'm feeling puffy. It's all ok. Today I am choosing to take each moment as they come and focus on feeling better. Started my day with exercise and 3 glasses of water. I haven't eaten. I am not even hungry. Just gonna listen to my body today. Eat when I am hungry stop when I am satisfied. Only eat because I am hungry. Drink water because I am thirsty!! Make the choice to give my body what it needs not what my mind wants. Gonna keep my mind busy today. Gardening. Paperwork. Sorting movies. Laundry. Then cook. Yep my plan. Hopefully you can find the plan that works for you today!!!

serindipte

Are you possibly restricting too much? Have you turned sweets into a "never" food? If so, maybe they approach isn't working for you so it'd be better to have a little every day or two and just fit it into youy calorie goals.

angelexperiment

Why not incorporate a little sweet into your calories. Like a square of dark chocolate or two Oreos or whatever. They even now have reeses dark chocolate thins. Less calories. I put it in for my snack. Sometimes. But anyway I think this happened to me a few times and you know you don’t have to let it derail rest of the day. Just make it work. That’s what you do and stick to the rest of your plans for the day. ( that kept me on from going into days or weeks off track before)

hesaves66

Going on 9 months on mfp and doing well. But over the holidays I decided I would not be so restrictive and eat at maintenance calories. I did end up gaining about 5 lbs because I gave myself “permission” to use those extra calories to eat all sorts of sweets for several weeks and of course was over many times. Will NOT be following that strategy again! It has taken awhile to get back on track. Within the past 2 weeks I am finally back where I need to be. It really took me by surprise at how easily I fell into old habits of choosing candy or cake instead of a healthy alternative. The more sweets I ate the more I wanted. I kind of had to wean down on the chocolate. I got some hard candies and when I felt I had to have a sweet, I would eat one or two (and log it). I still allow myself treats but have better control now. You can get past these cravings - you sure are not alone!

ReenieHJ

hesaves66 wrote: »

Going on 9 months on mfp and doing well. But over the holidays I decided I would not be so restrictive and eat at maintenance calories. I did end up gaining about 5 lbs because I gave myself “permission” to use those extra calories to eat all sorts of sweets for several weeks and of course was over many times. Will NOT be following that strategy again! It has taken awhile to get back on track. Within the past 2 weeks I am finally back where I need to be. It really took me by surprise at how easily I fell into old habits of choosing candy or cake instead of a healthy alternative. The more sweets I ate the more I wanted. I kind of had to wean down on the chocolate. I got some hard candies and when I felt I had to have a sweet, I would eat one or two (and log it). I still allow myself treats but have better control now. You can get past these cravings - you sure are not alone!

Yes to all of this. I also over ate all the things during the holidays, that I shouldn't have been eating and it took me a week or so to get my mind back into the game of things. It was scary and I felt panicked because I did NOT want to go back there again. Now I'll have an occasional day where I can't stop munching, I gain a lb. then I get right back to it the following day and lose it again. 90% of the time I eat very healthy and enter everything as accurately as I can. The other 10%.............well, I've come to realize it won't break me.

Maybe what you can do is treat it like you're starting fresh, re-enter your numbers/goals, etc. and create new meal plans, new activities you might enjoy? And always tell yourself you CAN do it. That little bit of niggling doubt creates havoc with our confidence and motivation; don't give it any space to fester and grow.

vampirequeen1959

Don't beat yourself up it. You're only human. It's hard to eat healthily all the time because we're bombarded with adverts, sounds, sights and smells aimed at trying to make us eat things we don't want. You've reached the point when you know you need to do something to stop the unhealthy eating. That's the first step. I'm in a fortunate position because my husband is changing too so I don't feel the need to have snacks in the house. I only have to stay firm when shopping. I tell myself that healthy eating doesn't mean I can never eat rubbish food again but atm I choose not to eat it. If I ban any food I know that I'll start to crave it so nothing is banned.