these are my confessions.....

I do the same thing. If I get distracted and forget to eat, when I get hungry I'm going to eat anything I can grab. Right now, it sounds like you're becoming aware of your challenges - we all have them. Now is the time to figure out strategies around them. Here's some of my suggestions:

I have renamed my meals with a calorie allotment, for example "Breakfast - 300" This gives me a target even if I don't exactly "feel like eating." That way I make sure I'm taking in an appropriate number of calories so I don't starve and binge.

Keep healthier snacks around. A protein bar and a handful of almonds or an apple might not be the greatest breakfast ever, but it sure beats Cheetos.

Get some lower calorie cookies to keep at work. Thin Mints are pretty fabulous and two at a time isn't that many calories. That way you're not saying "no" to cookies. You're saying "yes" to cookies that you can fit in your macros.

so i thought this would be a good place to do this ...

today's confessions there's no real format to this just a place for me say what i cant say to anyone else post your own if you need it!

i gave up over the weekend/holiday... i drank too much and ate too much my problem? i do good all week and then come Friday i loose my mind basically i start off not eating at all cause i get really busy cleaning or doing other things and when i finally do come to my senses im starving! and i eat way too much junk... for example between 2.5 days i ate 8 of those drum stick ice creams and a whole bag of hot cheetohs :embarassed: and now this week i have had to work long days and theres been a bounty of cookies just there! and i have not resisted! whats wrong with me... 1 year from now i could end up being 350 lbs whats that gonna teach my daughter?? i know what my husband is gonna think... but how am i gonna feel about myself... this is not ok... i have to get my will power exercised! and get motivated even when i feel like giving up

Maybe consider to not have that junk in your house. Buy instead plenty of yogurt, sugar-free fudgesicles, puddings. Have lots of healthy alternatives easily on hand. Make a conscious decision to remember to eat before you feel starving. Being prepared is a key for me. As example, I buy chicken cutlets and soon as I get home from the grocery store I dump the entire package on a cookie sheet and bake unseasoned. I let them cool, slice them into strips, and toss into a freezer bag. They're handy to grab and microwave to top a salad and I'll even have a salad as a snack to avoid pigging out on something more fattening. I also have various tasty salad toppings on hand (Bolthouse Farms has delicious ones for approx. 45 calories for 2 tbls, I have the Ranch, Blue Cheese, and Honey Mustard ~ yum!).

Willpower is important, but I find being prepared with handy, healthy snacks is even more important.

Good luck! You CAN do this

I'm sorry to hear you're having a tough time. I'm sure what happened feels bad and clearly you feel guilt about it. The good news is, you're reaching out and asking for support. We have ALL faced similar challenges at one time or another so we get it. It sounds like you know what your hurdles are. Long days, under eating followed by binging, alcohol which turns off your willpower and sensible decision making abilities and lastly having the junk food and temptations in your home. All of these things are totally fixable. With some simple changes and planning ahead you can be successful. The only thing standing between you and your goal is you!

You probably already know these tips but If I may suggest,
1 Get the junk food out of the house. You don't need it and neither does your family. If it's unhealthy for you, it's unhealthy for them too. You'll be dong your family a huge favor. You do not want your daughter fighting this same battle later in life right? If they are supportive of your efforts, they'll understand.

2 Plan ahead. You must know that you absolutely cannot lose weight if you don't feed your body, all day long. Starving or being too busy to eat is going to work against you! Not only will your body NOT give up the weight you are garanteed to binge...feel guilt...give up...? Plan ahead, get some snacks ready. Plan what you'll eat, log it all in first thing in the morning and stick to it. Set an alarm on your phone to remind yourself to eat if you have to. Yes this might take some effort but you are totally worth it!

3 ditch the alcohol, for now or at least if you know you'll want a drink later, budget for it in the morning as above and stick to it. Reasoning goes out the window with too much alcohol.

Lastly, leave the past in the past. Don't let one bad day become two or three. Forgive yourself and move on. Today is a new day. The weekend was a setback and it wil take you longer to undo what's been done but you did not become overweight overnight. There will be bumps in the road but the point is to recommit everyday. Each day adds up and eventually you'll get there.

I read a great quote and it seems fitting here.

Losing weight is tough.
Maintaining weight is tough.
Being overweight is tough.
Choose your tough.

Hang in there and start making a plan now..the weekend is coming.

Even Super Man can't be your "Superman"

so i thought this would be a good place to do this ...

today's confessions there's no real format to this just a place for me say what i cant say to anyone else post your own if you need it!

i gave up over the weekend/holiday... i drank too much and ate too much my problem? i do good all week and then come Friday i loose my mind basically i start off not eating at all cause i get really busy cleaning or doing other things and when i finally do come to my senses im starving! and i eat way too much junk... for example between 2.5 days i ate 8 of those drum stick ice creams and a whole bag of hot cheetohs :embarassed: and now this week i have had to work long days and theres been a bounty of cookies just there! and i have not resisted! whats wrong with me... 1 year from now i could end up being 350 lbs whats that gonna teach my daughter?? i know what my husband is gonna think... but how am i gonna feel about myself... this is not ok... i have to get my will power exercised! and get motivated even when i feel like giving up

It's okay...I've done that in the past and realize that I will eat way too much if I have goodies in the house...I don't want to deprive my 3 girls of treats but if you need to eat cheetos maybe go for the baked and if you need to reach for something sweet maybe skip the drum sticks and grab some frozen yogurt:)
It's huge that you even admitted this to everyone and you should feel proud of yourself for even doing this...I can't say that when I've messed up in the past with my eating that I would be so upfront about it!
Take care and just take it day by day...I recently attended a baseball game and knew I was going to have more than several beers so I worked out twice that day before heading to the game lol.

Confession:

I have binged every night this week eating more in a 5 minute period then I had all day. I suck but I am going to keep on trying.

This tends to happen if you are undereating. I can't see your diary, but you might want to see if bumping up your goal by 100 calories helps this.

flaming hot Cheetos! I stare at them every time I'm at the grocery store

Saying "no" is the hardest thing ever! It's how I got this big to begin with! Just don't give up. Focus on being healthy and forgive yourself your indulgences. The worse you feel the more you want to self-medicate with food! This sounds stupid, but thinking happy thoughts helps curb my cravings. I'm not hungry I'm sad/mad/bored/frustrated and that food will make me happy....no...I will make myself happy and that food will make me fatter!

And I really miss Cheetos!

I stopped struggling with eating too much junk food. The reason it's not a struggle is because I won't buy trigger foods and have them in my house. That is just begging to have a problem. I don't really call it eliminating those foods though, because I will have them on occasion a small bag of crackers for example when I am out and it's hard to find real food. I have been doing this since October and it's working, I rarely crave junk food now.

My definition of junk food is those foods that are high in sodium, have a lot of calories for a low volume of food, or are high in sugars with little volume. I also pretty much confine most my eating to meals and that also helps because I can then devote more calories to my meals and I get full from that rather than eat a candy bar then not get full from that and then not have enough calories for a meal then I don't get satisfied from my meals either. I don't want to play that game anymore so the junky snack foods had to go.

Hey, it's okay! Just keep going and try not to stress out too much over a binge. Whenever I get some serious cravings for junk food, I limit myself to three bites of whatever I want and then I call it quits and that works for me. Maybe try getting rid of most of your unhealthy food? I notice that a lot of people who don't have access to junk food will eventually stop craving it after a while.