17 day diet - Crash and failing

Jessvaliquette
Jessvaliquette Posts: 111 Member
edited September 30 in Food and Nutrition
Hi everyone

Well I HAD been on the plan since beginning of April with very nice success, lost 28 lbs, but then I plateau and decided to take a cheat day, it didn't work so I went off plan for a week, that did work and I lost (in total) 33, I was very happy but I openned a door I just wasn't ready to handle yet, and yes now I crashed. I cheated on weekends for two weeks but got back on during the week and was seeing the numbers go down so of course this weekend did the same but this time I got hit with guilt and depression. I felt horrible and disgusted with myself because I failed and now I feel so crappy that I can't even seam to get back on track. I just feel like this is my routine, see some success and then bang stop it all. I love this program, I know it works but I just can't seam to stop myself from eating that junk food and crap. I feel sad inside a lot this week and I hate that, I am a very happy person by nature but I just feel I let myself down again when it comes to weight loss, why can't I do this for myself?

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  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    You know, I like the 17 Day Diet, but I don't think it's very realistic at all times. Sure, it's easy to have the weekends off and just get back on a cycle during the week, but it's a little hard. Just find something you can handle and give yourself some wiggle room. Instead of telling yourself you can't eat certain stuff, be lenient and just take a small portion of it. If you cut yourself off from EVERY thing that is not 'healthy,' you will binge and go crazy. I learned that the hard way. Just do it all in moderation.
  • BGabbart
    BGabbart Posts: 173 Member
    Okay, stop take a deep breath and relax. DON'T think of this as a diet, I feel that is what is wrong with the 17 day diet and all the others out there. This is NOT a diet this is a life change. And we will make wrong choices but we need to know that all we have to do is stop and think about it and the next time make the right choice. You are doing great you have loss, you are 33 pounds healthier than you were (how is that not success). Each moment we choose what we will eat, how much we will move and what we will think. You are a beautiful person who needs to believe in herself. May God bless you on this journey.
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