I NEED A SWIFT KICK!!!
I am so disappointed in myself. For the first time in a year I had a gain of 1/2 pound at TOPS last night. I know it's only 1/2 pound... But the problem is I know what I did wrong. I ate some pasta salad on the 4th and it went down well.. so I just had to finish the rest of it in the next couple of days. After all it did have kidney beans and Spam in it .. so there was my protien. Then I drank 1 diet pepsi.. and a Siera Mist..over the week end.. this is something I have not allowed myself. And a scoop of ice cream cone .. 2 different times.. and then grazed on tasteless soda crackers. Boredom and laziness.
I see myself getting into my OLD bad habits. if I let myself. 1/2 pound a week is 25 1/2 pounds in a year.
Stop it Alice.. Stop it!!
Thank you for listening. I am the only one that can control what i put into my hand and then into my mouth.
I wish my leg was long enuff to kick myself. I will get this under control..
I have been under alot of emotional stress the last couple of weeks.. but it is not a good excuse.
Thanks again for always being there for me. Love You All!! Alice
Alice...you dont need a kick..you are normal. I have been stalled for a couple months now and am in a constant battle not to eat junk. I notice I am grazing more than I should and its starting to tick me off. Results seem to be my biggest motivator and when I havent lost any weight for so long it kinda feels like..."why bother"
So I have a day here and there that I know I have over eatern...or eaten too much of the wrong thing. But I leave that in that day and start new the next day.
You're not alone, its happening to a lot of us.
Don't let it get you down or take over. If you want an ice cream cone...then have ONE...a small one and then do an extra 15 to 30 mins when you walk tonight. Remember this isnt about doing without but eating in moderation the right foods in the right combinations and making good choices.
You can do it!!
Becky
Alice, I don't believe you actually gained half a pound! you are allowed pasta occasionally and even though diet pop is a trigger for a lot of people, drinking it itself will not cause a gain!
Becky is right, quit beating yourself up. You have 50 or so years to learn how to do this maintenance thing (let me know how once you figure it out!), you are going to have real food once in awhile.
give yourself a range of 5 lbs or so and only freak out if you go above it. when i thought my scale was broken cause it jumped up 6 pounds in April, I realized I had treated myself to regular half and half in my coffee at the end of tax season. i'm back to skim milk now and bumped up my exercise.
Like Becky said, if you eat more, exercise for an extra 15 minutes.
you can do this, hang tough!
hugs, judi
OK so you already kicked yourself..That is worse than any of us can do.
Besides...you have done the most important thing....you recognized what you have done.
When I get off track, I go back to the very basics. I start at stage 3 foods, Drink more protein shakes, eat soft/slider foods for 2 days, then I progress to stage 4 eating protein rich foods. Nighttime has always been hard for me. I like to snack at night.
So sometimes I go up to bed take a big drink with me and will not come back downstairs. If I really need something from downstairs I avoid the kitchen.
About a month ago I had to go to NJ for a trial...my daughter had been molested when she was 10. Our hotel pu****er, cookies and an apple in our room each day. I ate the cookies and the water, then hit the treadmill. A couple of nights I even went in the pool and hot tub. Stress can suck the life from you. It's how you recover from it that is important.
Love you,
Jen
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