Tough time staying on track

I have the same problem!

I'm going to admitt something...i'm a big cheater......but not in big ways anymore.....when i eat something bad, like mcdonalds, i get the "least calorie" meals i can which is a 10 piece meal, adds up to about 800 cals....then for the next couple of days i cut off about 100 or 200 cals to make up for it....or if i need chips or chocolate i buy the 100 calorie packs....as for icecream, weight watchers is awesome, and taste great. I try to make my life all about balance....instead of cheating horribly, then feeling guilty and giving up. And LOG EVERYTHING...even if its bad, just to help you keep track. Log EVERYDAY too.....cause if you log the next day, you might forget what you ahve eaten....if you can't log everyday keep a food journal so you can keep track and log it in yoru diary when you get back online. Hope this helps

I do best if I take 10 minutes before bed to plan my food for the next day. I'm getting better at judging my calories as I go, but the reality is...I'm lazy. So having it right there, where I don't have to figure out what to eat, makes it a lot easiery to stay on track. If I decide to have something else I can always pop in and change it too.

I am the same way, but what I have done to help is to log what I eat. Even if its so far over its sad, even if its not entirely accurate, just keeping the the habit of logging my foods every day is what helps me stay on track.

Now that you say that I realize, when I have overdone it on food, I don't even log into the website and consider logging my food. I know that I overdid it, but seeing the calorie intake would keep me in touch with reality probably.

Been There & Done That! uh-huh!!!!!! :laugh: :sad: :grumble:

This website helps me sooooo much because it helps establish
good habits and measuring devices for staying on track to losing weight.

It's said it takes 30 days to change bad habits. :grumble: :noway:

In the meantime........ it's good to figure out ahead
of time what foods to eat and workouts to do.
And then DON'T THINK so much. JUST GO & DO IT!

My best weight loss came when I ate mostly the same things and
worked out with a trainer who set up weight training routines for me.
On days when "I didn't feel like it"...... I switched on auto-pilot, just did the routines anyway.

Then VIOLA! DONE...... Hey, Not so bad after all!!!! Then you start feeling
better and the habits start changing cuz it feels Good to FEEL GOOD!! :bigsmile:

Log your food before you eat, and also log your food on days when you also get out of your "diet". It's good to be honest with yourself.

Join a group on this board where people post their weight on a weekly basis, it really helps to see others reaching for goals just like you.

And most important of all, just keep going, even if you slip.

I liked the advice barbarella gave about going on autopilot on the days that you don't feel like working out.

Another thing I do is to reward myself with things other than food when I workout like a movie at home, or any thing that gives me pleasure.

We're all together in this.

When things get tough, you really have to sit down and think about your goals. Think a year down the road. That's what I always do. I think about where I will be in a year, and (like my signature says) I wonder if I'll be happy that I stuck it out or sad that I wasted another year.