Slippery slope

Well, it's happening to me like it could happen to anybody who is careless.  I'm headed down that slippery slope.  After several months of maintaining at above my goal, my weight has slowly started to creep up.  I shouldn't really be surprised.  I've been careless about my eating habits.  It's hard to undo a lifetime of bad choices, and I shouldn't make excuses, but I do anyway.  I'm tired today, I deserve a treat.  Just one piece won't hurt. Etc, etc, I'm sure you're all familiar with the litany.  I should know what to do, but I'd like to solicit some advice.  How do you manage to keep on track?  218/208/138/115 4'11"

I'm new to WLS but not to WL.  It's the maintenance part that escapes me.  There is a section in You on a Diet that talks about the U turn, and how one bad choice leads to another-but that the guilt often compounds the problem.  Lately I've been trying to just "shrug it off" and treat every choice as a new choice and quit beating myself up.

We have all been there before ..... I was there today.  I was on my way home from work and was thinking, "tonite, I am going to have something sweet....maybe a Reeses penutbutter cup".  Then I thought, "what then? all this hard work and bull**** I'm putting myself thru will be for nothing". I got home, fixed my usual 200 calorie dinner and had an apple with penutbutter to stomp out that sweet craving. It's not easy...it's hard work...a concious thought everyday for the rest of my life. so, what do I do?  I battle myself daily and substitute bad food with good food.

Hi Sheryl -

Thanks for your post. I've been beating the @#$! out of myself. Today is the first time I fell off the wagon... you know, that just one piece won't hurt. Yeah, it did ... because one led to two, which led to three ... I finally put the breaks on at four! I'm feeling like I'm doomed to fail. I know better. I need to get back in the saddle and do what I know I need to do!

I use fitday.com. It really helps me keep myself honest. Even though I screwed up, I'm logging it. That has really been a help to me. You can use the online version, but I like the one you purchase and download better.

Thanks again for your post.

I hope that I was able to help some.

Barb