Temptation is strong today

Dorian1988
Dorian1988 Posts: 45 Member
edited November 17 in Motivation and Support
Started dieting this week, failed once already yesterday after buying too much chocolate (trusting my partitioning skills which was a mistake). Today: package from my parents for easter: traditional Romanian cake.
Torn between two options:
1. Mess up my diet and indulge into the cake.
2. Slowly eat it while it gets old and bad.

Should I start again dieing next week? Any advice?

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  • rdmitch
    rdmitch Posts: 278 Member
    1 & 2. Seem like logical choices to me.
  • Dorian1988
    Dorian1988 Posts: 45 Member
    Thanks guys without you I would have over eaten yesterday for sure. I had.more than programmed, but no more than my daily need (that would keep my weight constant). It's so hard to get over the moments of despair, especially in the beginning. When the cravy self is desperately clinging to his life.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Dorian1988 wrote: »
    Thanks guys without you I would have over eaten yesterday for sure. I had.more than programmed, but no more than my daily need (that would keep my weight constant). It's so hard to get over the moments of despair, especially in the beginning. When the cravy self is desperately clinging to his life.

    Do you plan your day in advance and fit treats in from time to time? I never beat cravings, so I learned that planning to include treats helps.
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    Hit that thing like a cobra on a rat. It sounds good but here is a trick I learned. Figure out how many calories are in whatever sized piece you are going to eat and at some point in that day or before you can eat another you have to run or exercise the equivocal calorie burn. I did this the day after I had a big mac & fries. I had to run seven miles to burn the 1000 calories I ate. I haven't eaten a big mac since.
  • jrae
    jrae Posts: 9 Member
    edited April 2017
    My grandma doesn't have much time left after being diagnosed with lung cancer along with some other issues she already had. She's been baking up a storm and I love everything she makes. She keeps sending me delicious carrot cake, my favourite cookies, cinnamon buns, whole wheat buns etc. I do not want to miss out on what could be the last time I eat her amazing food and she's gifting these things to me because she loves me, and I love her! So I've been leaving out most of it for my husband and kids and freezing my portion and eating it slowly when I can afford the extra calories. It makes a special treat after the kids go to bed and is absolutely worth the calories when I decide I'd like some.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    Life brings us challenges. What you chose to do is what decides if you're growing as a person and learning from your past, or if you're stagnating.

    To me, chosing to eat the cake and start over next week is something old me would do. That's not growing. For me in your shoes, chosing to cut it into small pieces, sharing some, and putting the rest in the freezer for another day would be the MOST growth inducing and the most difficult to do because it would still be in the house tempting me. To find a middle ground would be the option where you eat some today and ditch the rest- either by gifting it to a friend or taking it to work to share with a group. Still offers you a chance to practice self control, but doesn't let a lingering temptation bring too much challenge.

    I try to break down all my decisions lately, what helps me grow, what's too much of a challenge for me right now, and what decisions are taking me backward? My decision to down half a bottle of wine and whine about the state of the world last night took me a step back. So now, I've decided to make up for it by avoiding alcohol this weekend. Little steps to grow, and know your weaknesses. Cake in my freezer is a door open to eating frozen cake at midnight because I couldn't stop thinking about it.
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