I have to confess

ugh..been there done that...been reading posts bout cinnamon and apparently cinnamon is good help regulate blood sugar and is said to cure sugar cravings.... cant hurt right? Def don't beat yourself up...u messed up and fessed up and just get back on that weight loss train. Good luck... Oh and there is something else i did before the cinnamon thing..wich i only started today..extra as gum called dessert something or other and they have one flavor of mint chocolate chip ice cream....if i had 1.39 that day I would have sooooo bought it cuz i can't imagine chewing gum with that flavor...:huh: i believe strawberry shortcake and key lime pie r the other flavors....

I think you waited too long, you then felt deprived and that caused the breakdown. Instead plan for those things you really love-and have a good quality real deal so you can sit and savor. Make it a plan and a production. I love warm cookies. I mix up a batch, portion out the dough, freeze it, then, I'll bake one or two on my allotted treat day. Or I'll buy a good quality single chocolate and really savor it, I might cut it into pieces, and serve it on my one really fancy (and small) china plate.
I'll bet, like me, you need to create just the single serving. Do a search online. You can find a recipe for coffeemug cake, for example. Make one, put away the rest of the ingredients. Then enjoy.

Remember too, it's a day to day struggle until things become new habits. You'll do better next time!

Make chocolate cupcake and use pumpkin-dense, but rich AND adds fiber (not as overly sweet as the applesauce trade always seems for me).

I binge when I'm alone and tell myself the whole time I'm doing it not to....I must say, the longer I have been committed to improving my health, the less frequent my binging happens. Please read below a blog I posted earlier this year. I hope it helps you find the reality that you are stronger than the binge and WILL WIN in the long run. :drinker:



Battle of the Wedding Cake

It was a while ago that I had an epic battle and survived.

It was a warm day and I was alone at home. My mother-n-law had just delivered, (despite knowing I was working hard to lose weight), a plate FULL of rich, heavy, butter-cream frosted wedding cake.

I put it in the fridge, I don't like cold food.

I took out a piece and ate it. OH......MY.....GOODNESS it was delicious.

I went back for another sliver. Standing in the fridge with the door open, the sliver grew to another entire piece.

I've got to get rid of this cake! I threw it in the trash.

Still calling me, taunting me from the trash, I went back to the cake (which I conveniently placed on top...just in case apparently). I took out the plate and decided, I would taste it and spit it out, not swallow. (Have you ever tried that? It's terrible. It's worse that somebody fanning it under your nose. You don't get the pleasure of swallowing.) Well, that didn't work.

I can't let this damn cake beat me! I will prevail!

Before I could let Fat-Girl take over again and tell me how much I needed the cake, I swooped up the now half-a-plate of cake and ran outside onto the deck. In one leaping motion I threw the cake, plate and fork over the rails of the deck, down into the hillside. Quickly my dogs surrounded the cake and ended the battle once and for all. The enemy was no more.

I was wounded, but survived.

We all go to battle, just be sure to come out a survivor!

Been there...chocolate and ice cream. My newest little rule is, I can have one serving (and only buy one serving) but I have to walk there to get it. I do live near a Target that sells little 1 serving sizes of Haagen Dazs. By the time I get home it's just soft enough to scoop out and I've burned just 40 short of the calories in that ice cream. If I want another, it's another walk... This is about the 6th "rule" or "game" I've come up with for such days....

Today was one of my bad days as well. I am in college and living on campus. I had to buy a meal plan, and as the semester comes to an end I have a ridiculous amount of extra meal plans! So I am getting as much food as I can when I go to the on campus store with the intent of eating it slowly. Yeah, right. I bought a package of two large cinnamon rolls covered in delicious creamy frosting. I ate one and it was SO good. I mean, I have not eaten something that delicious in so long. Needless to say I ate the other one after arguing with myself for an hour. Not to mention I was going to go to a fitness class, but I have to walk across campus and it is SO cold out. So naturally I didn't do that either. I feel really heavy now and bad about myself. But you just have to move forward from this! Especially since you have made such amazing progress as it is! You have proof that watching what you eat works! As long as you stay consistent and only indulge once in a while, it may not help you lose weight, but you won't gain 5 lbs from one bad day

I have times like that too....I try to limit them but I have a problem too. I am going to go visit my parents for a while next week....I am so scared. Last time I went there I gained 5lbs in a week. They eat very nice meals....The ones you cant resist if you go to a restaurant. They have high calories YUMMY food. Oh and did I mention the wine? Ya.....
I told them that I would be careful with my food intake and that they should not be offended if I dont eat the same as their dinner.
If it was only a few days or even a week stay it would be okay but Im staying there for 3 weeks. I would gain at least 15lbs!!!!!
The good thing is that they have a lot of exercise equipment! So if I cant resist Ill just have to workout harder! haha
Wish me luck anyway!

I don't think I can add anything that hasn't already been said. I do so share your feelings and totally understand and like you, I just start over the next day and the next day and the next day. My TOM is the most horrible for me because I crave things and eat like a pregnant woman. I do know we can do this, knowing your faults is half the battle! Hang in there :flowerforyou:

I find it interesting that you called 500 calories worth of brownies every 2 months binge eating. I dont think thats binging at all. I will agree about the post of depriving yourself. I try to have something that I am craving once a week. My sister who does body for life has a "free day" and I have seen her eat chocolate cake for breakfast on that day. I think making lowfat cupcakes or something to have is okay every once in a while. You cant be prefect 7 days a week. I LOVE those chocolate mini cakes by weight watchers, I think they are one point. I keep them in the freezer and will have one occasionally and it really helps my sweet tooth. We've all been there, just start again tomaro. Good luck.