Bad week - hormonal, stressed and hungry........

Soon2BeMrsThomson

I've fallen off the wagon this week big time.......feeling v. gulity about it now though :-(

It's that time of year, yummy foods all over the place and I don't buy them so they are not in my home - BUT what happens when suppliers bring wine and chocolates in to say 'THANKS' and all I can think about is eating the whole tray because it's there?!!

So I over indulged in chocolates on more than 1 occasion this week and LAZY LAZY LAZY because I had the oppertunity on more than one occasion to do extra gym sessions/swimming/classes and I didn't.

PLUS have the works Christmas do tonight so food and wine will be flowing - don't know what I want from this post, more of a rant from me to me I think........

slashkiss

LOL - I know your pain! It is "shark week" for me and since Friday night I have been fighting with myself all day long trying not to eat everything in sight! I started MFP at the end of October and have been doing so well with eating around 1200 everyday but for some reason this cycle has me STARVING! I am trying desperately not to undo all the hard work and fall off the wagon completely but it is sooooo hard with it being Xmas and all. I even went to the store to buy all the ingredients to make my holiday cookies but thankfully the baby was fussy all night so I didn't get the chance to actually bake! I hide the ingredients away because I know if I bake during this week I will probably eat half the dough before it makes it to the oven!!!!

I know some people can't give in to the cravings without completely binging but I found that giving in when it was controlled has helped me this week not devour the entire pantry. On Saturday my husband took me out to eat to the Cheesecake Factory and of course my hormones were sooo excited about all the horribly tasty food I was about to eat but I didn't even open the "real" menu and just looked at their new "skinny" menu so no matter what I ate it wouldn't be more than 600 calories! Then I asked my husband and sister-in-law that was with us to split a piece of cheesecake instead of us all ordering our own. It worked out great and I got to satisfy that fatty craving I was having without blowing things too much. Then last night I just couldn't take it anymore so my husband made jumbalaya for dinner which helped satisfy my salty fatty meat cravings and I ate a portion that was only 700 calories and then when I wanted to break into the icecream I had at home he took me to get a mini DQ blizzard which was only 350 calories instead. This saved me from piling a huge bowl of strawberry icecream at the house that would have easily been 600+ calories.

All I can say is keep fighting with yourself! Well your old self I should say! You need to let the "new you" have a voice and stand up for the lifestyle you want to have not the one you were used to!

/goodluck

Lizajane42

I think one of the most important things is not allowing yourself to feel bad about a bad day or few days. Last week was my birthday and so I knew that I would have a couple of birthday dinners out, etc. I also think that you have to try to plan to allow yourself those indulgences here and there. I have one consistent day per week (Thursdays) that I know I will eat more than my allowance. I get together with my friends and we go out to eat or make a dinner together. It is sure to be a "bad" day, but I refuse to be guilt-ridden over it. I also have managed to convince myself that the 1/2 cup serving of ice cream is adequate and that if I have the calories for it, then I am going to eat it when the mood strikes! Of course, I am not wonderful at taking fat content, etc into consideration, but I really think that all things in Moderation are okay once in awhile. So plan for one glass of wine and one or two chocolates and let yourself enjoy the holiday season instead of being stressed over what it is doing to your waist line!