Weakness foods!!!

I've decided to give myself ...1 meal a week.....That way I'm good all week and on Sat. if I want pizza and a regular soda...Ill have it. Of course it's a meal I dont over do it.....

Just let yourself live a little and enjoy the food but get right back on track the next day

I make those kinds of foods a part of my life, so they don't become a "weakness". I'd go crazy if I didn't allow myself the things I love - I just had to learn to enjoy them in moderation. It's a much healthier mentality for me :-)

I'm ok with most things, but I've found that I just can't do pasta anymore. I can not eat one serving (more like 6!) and I'll crave it mega bad for a week if I have one meal. Some day when I am in maintenance, I hope to add pasta back into my diet, but until then it's just too much of a weakness for me.

Other "bad" foods though, I just work them in.

This thread sort of made me sad, I thought it was foods to make you weak. I recently worked out TOO much and now people tell me I'm too bulky for a girl, that I'm gross and I don't look feminine enough, I was hoping to eat some foods to make me weak again.

I heard bananas can do that, can anyone else vouch?

I blew it last night!! Chinese dinner with friends...and that's one of my weakness foods. It was awesome food but I know that I will pay for it. ~SIGH~ I realize that I still can't trust myself around my favorite foods. Anyone else experiencing this? If so, how do you cope in these situations?

Being on a calorie deficit is hard. You can't do this journey on will power alone. You must set up your environment for success. Have a team around you in your real life, not just online. Get trigger foods out of the house. It will take some sacrifice and it's not easy. You might have to say no to some social events sometimes.

Too many changes at once can be hard on some people. I've always eaten healthy so it easy for me to simply eat less. Eating at a calorie deficit is hard on people; even a small deficit puts your body in a state of flux with hormones and such. Everyone is different. Some people can handle a deeper calorie deficit than others, this is not right or wrong, it just is. Stress in your life affects your hunger hormones; lack of sleep, fatigue, job stress, family stress, financial stress, etc. Add in emotional eating issues and it gets even more complicated. Most people can only handle so much change/stress at once, they try to do too much and fail. Sometimes it might be a better strategy to eat at maintenance and make some small changes first, it really depends on how much stress you are taking in at the moment.

Vanilla Ice cream and apple pie for me

In other words, don't deprive yourself, just plan it right.

^THIS!!

I love Chinese food, too, and have never deprived myself. However, I DO limit portions and cut back on the sauces. Plan ahead....and if they have it, ask for a nuritional guide for what they serve. If it's a buffet, fill up on salad and tea before hitting the other goodies.

For now, since the damage is already done, just forgive yourself and move on. Work out a bit harder, go for a longer walk, and try to go under your daily calorie count for today.

There are constant snacks sitting out at work...cookies from a classroom party, cake from a coworkers birthday party. Sometimes, I find myself picking up something on my way in AND out of the staffroom. I am definitely an emotional eater. However, I eat with EVERY emotion I have!

Keep trying. I found a food exercise that helped me figure out things I truly don't like, so I can often talk myself out of a few foods by remembering that I really don't like the food...I just want to eat.

I STARE at the salty corn chips literally every time I go to the supermarket...and I never buy them. It's freaking hard because I know exactly how good they are.
If I am at a friends and I am offered them I won't say no, but I only have a couple. I never, ever buy them