Success with sticking with it

sparklelioness

Motivation, and sticking with a diet, can be so hard... i'm curious how other people are managing... I could always START a diet,i could just never FINISH one, lol. This time though, overeating just isnt an option. (besides that, i'm not on a diet, i'm eating healthier). For example, I'm having a not so great night tonight, and have every reason to say eff it and over eat. Honestly, i really do. No one would blame me tonight if i dove headfirst into a vat of chocolate pudding ( with cool whip...mmmm. One of my favorite binge foods). But I'm just. Not. Gonna. Do it. I just refuse to let that be an option. I have a variety of other options, all varying degrees of healthy or not so healthy. I may select from those if i wish, although i encourage myself to choose healthier options. But turning to food just isnt an option anymore.

I'm tired of being one of those people who eats to get rid of sadness or anxiety or boredom. It started when i was a kid, it was one of the ways i learned to comfort myself. I'm not a kid anymore though, and theres no excuse for it, and its only going to bring me sadness.

One thing that helps is thinking 'ok, after i have the vat of pudding, what then?'. In a craving moment it can seem like if we just give in, we'll feel so much better-we never think about how we'll feel when we're done eating it. Now, i ask myself that. 'Ok, say you eat the pudding. You'll be done in 15-20 mins. Then what is your plan?' i try to really think about what I'll do. Then i imagine doing it while feeling guilty and like a failure for binging. After that, i usually just decide to do what i was going to do after binging, and just skip the binge.

If i do decide i want to eat, i'll make a lowcal treat. But i try not to eat if i know i'm not hungry and i have no calories left.

Anyway... I was just thinking about this tonight, how the way i think and behave has changed. If you got through it all, kudos. I hope this has helped someone, if just a little bit