I could just scream!

bekkaL85

I get like that too. Alot. And the next thing you know...you're off the wagon for two months and have gained 15 pounds in the process. Personally I try to avoid triggers. Some you can't, like the car breaking down or something. Then I take a bubble bath and read a good book while in there. Or, video games, or kill an hour or so on the internet.

I also plan out what I will be eating for dinner and snacks and stuff down to the letter. And that's all I buy when getting groceries.

It's not always 100% effective. But, it does help most of the time.

christinajohnson

I have trigger foods too and I also have days where I start to eat and it just opens this odd sort binge floodgate. I get really frustrated and just try to stop myself while in action, assess why I'm eating and if I really need to continue, find another action to complete other than eating and promise to start fresh the next day.

samantha64118

I have really noticed a difference in my eating habits depending on *what* I eat. If I eat fast food or junk food or soda, I usually want to overeat and binge eat all day long. But if I stick with eating healthy stuff, my body feels satisfied and it's easier to not eat the junk or only have one cookie. I have a friend who lost 95 pounds last year, and she has what she calls "trigger foods." If she eats them, she goes all out and can't stop herself and then feels guilty after. For now, she just completely avoids her trigger foods. The cookies may be one for you, so I'd recommend not buying them for awhile. Also...it helps me when MFP tells me at the end of day "If every day were like this you'd be ____ lbs in 5 weeks." If I ate well that day, I get excited about that number...if I ate poorly, that snaps me back into reality and keeps me on track. Good luck, don't stress too much we all get off track sometimes, the important thing is get right back and on and keep going strong! Maybe take an extra walk tomorrow to make up for it

jessiesheik

Just think about how many calories all those cookies add up too and then think of other treats you could have that would be more satisfying but half the calories ie a big brownie

Afaida

I sometimes have a hard time making it over very important weight marks like the one on your scale that says 300.lbs., could be our self destructive ways trying to win. Do not eat those cookies. Throw them away if you must but you are doing so well. don't give yourself the old, "I blew it already might as well keep going." excuse to ruin everything. Be strong, I can tell you it will be so worth it.

danaharrison22

throw them in the garbage...and spray cleaning products on them so you won't be tempted. drink some tea instead and do some sit ups...it'll take your mind off them...hopefully.

villos50

Give yourself time to be a "big whiny baby". You've earned it. You're right - you shouldn't have brought those cookies into the house. It may seem terrible wasteful but if I just have to have something I buy it, eat some while in the store and throw the rest out before I can take it home and empty the container. I have found that getting really close to a milestone (like your 299 lb mark) raises all kinds of crazy emotions including fear. it sounds odd but it happens to me. Maybe you need to just take some "me time" away from food. Get a massage, meditate, journal, anything that is calming to you. Then just decide to "start again". Good luck. we've all been there

alittlebird

One of the differences between us and thin people is that when a healthy thin person eats treats it's not the beginning of the end. It's just a treat. Leave it at that. You are a healthy thin person in the making. Get right back on track. Don't look back. Don't feel bad. You are almost at that amazing place...under 3...I am so proud of you.

lisaisso

Congrats on your weight loss success so far, that is awesome!

I'm going to ask this because it has been something I have been guilty of many, many times although I don't really know why. Do you think you may be a little scared of this milestone? I have been on the road to success with weight loss, yet I'll catch myself almost trying to sabotage my own success. It's completely crazy sounding, but if I look at it objectively, that's what it is.

I'm not saying that this is what you are doing at all, but it is a big milestone and you are very close!

Sometimes, we just have bad days, shake it off and remember tomorrow is a new day!

i haven't gotten all crazy with eating, but i just passed a *mind* milestone myself, 226.4 today, in 2009 i got to 227 and stopped. i think i am afraid of too much success, and actually reaching my goal weight. as long as i constantly keep this in the forefront of my brain, i can and will get past it. because just after christmas last week i was 228. the thing that i've noticed most about this experience, is how much power the mind really has. say i can do it and i will. simple, but not easy. but once i reached that point, i'm a force to be reckoned with.
best of luck

parys1

Congratulations on your weight loss so far!

There are many wonderful comments, suggestions and offers of support on here - I love MFP.
My small suggestion would be to log the entire box of cookies - I find that when I am tempted to get out of control, if I log what I am tempted to eat, it shocks me into reality. Makes it more concrete. I've taken a sleeve of cookies to the couch to eat and before I did, I logged them. Ouch. It made me ask myself if I truly wanted to do that to myself.

Anyway, good luck, you'll make it!

JennieAL

Congratulations on your weight loss so far!

There are many wonderful comments, suggestions and offers of support on here - I love MFP.
My small suggestion would be to log the entire box of cookies - I find that when I am tempted to get out of control, if I log what I am tempted to eat, it shocks me into reality. Makes it more concrete. I've taken a sleeve of cookies to the couch to eat and before I did, I logged them. Ouch. It made me ask myself if I truly wanted to do that to myself.

Anyway, good luck, you'll make it!

I think this is a great suggestion and way to deter yourself!

Kamalka

What I do is refusing unplanned "junk"...I have a planned "out of diet" moment in the week. Because this is my favorite food, any other junk is not worth missing that one (which I would do if I had junk today for example). Two conditions to get my gift: to eat healthy all week long and having lost weight. So far it has been a success. I also get a day sometimes where I can eat whatever I want, which was the case for Christmas, but these are definitely not worth it. I am not looking forward the next one

becca1968

I am the same way when I eat any kind of really starchy food, especially potatoes. They bring out the absolute worst in me and within 1/2 hour of eating cheese fries, I will feel the need to sleep, followed by the craving for more starch/sugar.

Let yourself have this bad moment...then get right back up and move forward. Mistakes make us human...it's what we do about those mistakes that allow us to suceed.

Have an awesome rest of the week!!!!!

:flowerforyou:

fiberartist219

Have you worked out today? Sometime exercise distracts me from ridiculous food cravings, and burns off some of the ridiculous food I already ate.

Find something to do that keeps your mind off the cookies. You are right that a couple cookies are ok, but the whole bag is nonsense. If they aren't even that good, you probably shouldn't bother wasting your calories on them anyway. I try to save mine for food that I really enjoy.

sleepytexan

I'm glad you got to enjoy some cookies that you like. We should all do that now and again.

Now brush your teeth with strong minty toothpaste, take the cookies out of the box, and THROW THE COOKIES IN THE DIRTY OUTDOOR RUBBISH BIN.

Be proud of yourself and your beautiful accomplishments.

blessings.

MaryAnn678

Unfortunately, when you eat a lot of sugar all you want to do is eat more sugar, and more sugar and more sugar with no satisfaction. Sugar begets sugar.....try eating some protein, drink water. YOU CAN STAY AWAY FROM IT....exercise.

Mardill

We all have those moments - my cravings are in the evenings! Don't be hard on yourself. You have done a superb job and this is just a "blip"! Look forward! Eat healthy tomorrow, perhaps add extra exercise & be proud of yourself! Don't weigh yourself for a few days or even just weigh in weekly. I think we get obsessed with the scale which is very frustrating when we know that sometimes a weight gain is water gain which could be from high sodium foods we have eaten. We are here for you, so if you feel like whining or even screaming, you can vent here!

Mardill

Oh, and a slogan I mutter to myself when I am tempted is: "Use your won't power, not will power"! Have a good week>

jalemap

You hang in there. We've all been there before, but you MUST stop now. You know what they taste like, and you know you can always have another some day, just no more today. I don't know if you are a Christian, but prayer can truely be an answer. Throw those bad foods away now. It's not going to stop anyone from starving if you eat them. I promise. Look at where you've come. You are about to be under 300 pounds. Yippie - you go girl... Please don't eat any more. I've missed the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and now a New Years Brunch here at work, because I know if it is before me, I will eat it. So I don't go. People say, you can just eat a litte. Nope - not gonna do it. I had one Thanksgiving meal, one Christmas meal, and I did eat what I wanted, but that's over. It's over for you to my friend. You can do it. Hugs,

Di3012

Why do I have an urge to just eat today? I have been on the straight and narrow for 2 months and have lost 28 lbs. I went from 329 to this morning 300.7......... I am so so close to seeing the scale go under 300 for the first time in years. But today I want to throw it all out the window and eat a whole box of devils food cookies. I ate three of them already. There is only like 12 in a box and my husband ate 2. They are 50 calories each, so I have not wrecked it yet, but I know if I eat them, I will not stop at cookies. I should of never bought them. I just haven't seen them in years and so I thought just 50 calories each............ I can handle one here and there. I am not even hungry, so why do I want to do this to myself? I feel so much better already, can move easier, breath easier, wear clothes more comfortably. I have already eatten alot of calories at lunch, because we went to Fuddruckers and I could not refrain from the loaded fries. sour cream, cheese, ranch dip to eat with them. Now I just want to eat the house down. Stupid me, someone should give me a kick in the @ss. And my neck is hurting, and it is not letting up. Think I pinched a nerve or something. Did this about 3 weeks ago and I was miserable, even my good pain pills dont make it go away. And to top it all off I want to be a big whiny baby. Wish it was tomorrow already.

Chuck the cookies in the bin.

Seriously, don't leave them there to tempt you. Either that or get your husband to take them away.

All this is difficult enough without sticking temptation there. :flowerforyou:

ninerbuff

Why do I have an urge to just eat today? I have been on the straight and narrow for 2 months and have lost 28 lbs. I went from 329 to this morning 300.7......... I am so so close to seeing the scale go under 300 for the first time in years. But today I want to throw it all out the window and eat a whole box of devils food cookies. I ate three of them already. There is only like 12 in a box and my husband ate 2. They are 50 calories each, so I have not wrecked it yet, but I know if I eat them, I will not stop at cookies. I should of never bought them. I just haven't seen them in years and so I thought just 50 calories each............ I can handle one here and there. I am not even hungry, so why do I want to do this to myself? I feel so much better already, can move easier, breath easier, wear clothes more comfortably. I have already eatten alot of calories at lunch, because we went to Fuddruckers and I could not refrain from the loaded fries. sour cream, cheese, ranch dip to eat with them. Now I just want to eat the house down. Stupid me, someone should give me a kick in the @ss. And my neck is hurting, and it is not letting up. Think I pinched a nerve or something. Did this about 3 weeks ago and I was miserable, even my good pain pills dont make it go away. And to top it all off I want to be a big whiny baby. Wish it was tomorrow already.

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