Depressed about lack of self control

What type of diet are you trying? How many calories a day are you shooting for? If you are starving all day then you arnt' eating enough.

Keep trying, I know it's tough but we can do it 1 lb at a time!

Robyn

Hi

You can do it!
I came here about 1.5 yrs ago and lost 30 pound sin 4 mnth
I have the say the first 2 weeks was the hardest
Don't sweat it over going 300 cals over...not bad and don't let that be an excuse to indulge more

If you are truly hungry after picking high fibre low cal foods (100 cal english muffins, yogurt, low sugar oatmeal, string cheese)
I say to listen to your body and eat....choose nuts or an apple

Kim

The fact that you feel terrible is great! :laugh: Well, what I mean is, tomorrow if your faced with the dreaded tootsie roll bag...you'll remember how you feel today and hopefully resist the urge.

You can do this! Each day will become easier and easier. Even the very best of us have a not-so-good day.

Good luck!:flowerforyou:

hi my name is debbie and i have been this way all my life but now well its been 72 days that i have not miss to much of the wii and today will be my first day that i came on the site and finish a day.. i am one who honestly knows how hard this is.. i started to be good about blogging here and keeping track of what i am doing it has not been easy i always let me time slide away. but last night i made a big promise to finsh today with my loggings and just reading others storys is so up lifting.. morning times are good and noon times are good but after four i give all my time away so now i have been giving myself breaks and moving i am a good one for not moving and now i am doing excercise.. so give yourself a minute at a time..... peace from our family to yours debbie

Also pick the right foods for your cals. By that I mean you can eat alot more of lets say fresh strawberries than cookies. It's like getting more for your buck. Load up on veggies and salads and trust me you won't feel hungry. Also it may take a few days for your body to get used to a lower cal intake. I used to feel hungry alot too, but I know before I came on here I was eating way over what I should have been. Just give your body time...GOOD LUCK:flowerforyou:

hello im new to the site im 280 n tryin to lose wweight its so hadd lol i loved ur advice about the polish will do :flowerforyou:

Today is my first day trying to diet, and I know I really shouldn't be too hard on myself. I was starving all afternoon and ended up snacking on everything in sight.

I ended up about 300 calories over target.

Which it could be worse...

I really need a buddy to diet with.

I am 325 pounds and looking to lose at least 100 pounds, hopefully getting down to around 180 (I'm 5'10 so it would be just right).

Let me know if you're interested in buddying up. I need someone to help me have motivation to exercise and just a great friend in general.

Caitlin :flowerforyou:

325 is where I started, and let me tell you that if you're going to make it for the long haul, you need to kick that "diet" word out of your vocabulary. Diet is a 4 letter word.

Look yourself in the mirror and say, "It changes now." Worry less about your calories to begin with. You need to build good eating habits, make sure you're eating 6 or so small meals through the day instead of 3 big ones.

Make little goals for yourself and meet them. I remember when I started one of my goals was to eat breakfast every day for a week. Then another one was to work out in some way every day for a week... even if it was just 5 situps. Reward yourself for meeting your goals. See, one of the big things is building self confidence, and nothing builds that like setting goals for yourself and actually meeting them. The more you do it, the better you feel about yourself and your abilities.

From there, start finding ways to replace the foods you enjoy with healthier versions of those foods... it helps if you can cook. You can't ever let yourself feel deprived. It's not something you're going to be done with, because its your new life. It's not a fad. So if you really want some cheesecake, then ask for an extra small slice and enjoy it. Deprivation leads to binging.

For now record your calories, but don't expect to be under all the time until you get used to it. It takes some time and there is a learning curve. But its education that's darn important and once you get used to it, it'll become second nature.

You can do it, I have faith in you. Good job for taking the first steps

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the first thing I did when I started this journey was to plan my meals and snacks ahead of time and then stick to the plan

After I could do that, I concentrated on keeping the calories down

Take it one day at a time

Stay open minded to new ideas

Take baby steps

work hard at this and you will succeed.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I am in the same boat as you. I have done really good until last week. I have lost 56 pounds since January 4th. I won the Biggest Loser challange at our church and its been easy until last week. All the sudden its like I want to eat everything in sight and now I am up about 4 lbs. I am so mad at myself and just feel out of control. I woke up this morning and said that I am taking control back. If you want an online buddy, HERE I AM! I could use one too. I think I need someone to be accountable too. Good luck with your journey. I know we all can do it.