Diet fail

This is a hard habit to break! I'm a big popcorn eater at night while watching TV or movies. It's even harder to stop this kind of mindless snacking when everyone else in the room is doing it, too. My solution was to plan for it. For instance, I'd look up the calories for 4 cups of popcorn with butter. I logged that into MFP early in the day so I'd know what I could eat to stay within my calorie goal. If it didn't fit in with everything else I wanted to eat, I wouldn't do it! Or, I'd eat it without butter and use that butter salt flavoring instead. By the way, salty foods are going to make you retain water, so the next day it might look like you gained some weight. Sometimes I've just grabbed an apple and an ounce of cheddar and snacked on that. It takes discipline to change your habits, for sure. But just keep at it. By day 30 you'll look back and realize that you don't fall off the wagon as often and you'll see that you've lost a pound or four. That's how you make progress. Don't give up!