I just ate a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies and I dont care!

Ok, yes. I care. That's why I'm asking for encouragement. I am weak, ok. I see this. After a couple weeks of regular exercise and calorie counting without results, I said to hell with it! This is a slippery slope, my friends. It's frightening how easy it is to "fall off the wagon". One day I'm almost content with my new lifestyle and it's not so hard anymore. The next I'm eating a whole bag of cookies with nary a concern about it.

Any encouragement welcome

Thanks

xxoo

well just get back with it. sometimes you need it or else it could be worse! some people say if you binge one day you loose more the next week! hope they tasted good!

Thanks Allibug.... I've heard the same thing. I hope it's true. And I hope I can get back with it. They were very good, but I admit, I feel sluggish now "P

think how much better you felt when you were doing well than after you ate the bag of cookies. think about how there is no point doing that again and that now you realise you can enjoy the same thing in moderation and come under your calorie limit! also think about how it was a one off and youve done great for weeks and can start again tomorrow (or now). :)

just get yourself into a good workout tomorrow and eat rgiht to make up for it. say you went over your intake 1000 cal, you can make up for that in one day if you do a lot of cardio and give yourself a good(but reasonable) deficit. dont regret it and punish yourself just make up for it, youll beproud

I just hit a similar wall.  A one half cup "treat" of Ben  & Jerry's turned into eating almost the whole pint.  Thats 1080 kcal right there.  So the next day I was like "What's the point?" and I snacked on frosting by the spoonful.

I picked myself up and did toning exercises yesterday and today will be walking it off.  Lots of protien and low carb intake for 2 wks to cut out the sugar cravings.  I have been doing too well to gain it all back in a rollercoaster of binges!

Pick yourself up and keep going!  Don't let the cookies defeat you.  :)

Well, I did make it to the gym today and am proud of that.  And it does make me feel better to know I have supporters out there :) I'm not going to say I've controlled my calories as well as I should following my binge. But, so far I haven't gone over my calories.

Original Post by sojirosmum:

I just hit a similar wall. A one half cup "treat" of Ben & Jerry's turned into eating almost the whole pint. Thats 1080 kcal right there. So the next day I was like "What's the point?" and I snacked on frosting by the spoonful.

I picked myself up and did toning exercises yesterday and today will be walking it off. Lots of protien and low carb intake for 2 wks to cut out the sugar cravings. I have been doing too well to gain it all back in a rollercoaster of binges!

Pick yourself up and keep going! Don't let the cookies defeat you. :)

I understand completely. And if you can pick yourself up and get back on the weight release track, so can I. But I looked in a 360 mirror today and I just have so far to go. If I want to...

"If I want to . . ."

Before you give up, set a short term weight goal of 5 lbs.  Then, when you get there, pay attention to how much more energy you have and any other perks you notice, or the only change maybe just the pride of having kept that promise.  Hopefully this will fuel the next 5 lbs and soon it will be 10, then 15!

I have read that when you are at the point of giving up, if you push yourself by saying "ok, just one more week and if I still want to give up then I will."  But you have to commit to sticking that whole week out with no cheats.  Just push yourself that one more week and then think it over again, if this is worth eating better and if this is a positive thing in your life.

I have decided it is a road I want to continue down and I will keep brushing myself off and getting back on the weight loss train no matter how slow going it is.  I want to keep chugging along. 

Good luck. :)

ha! you sound like me. seriously, I'm such a disaster at this. I think that what we really need to do is decide why this is worth it, and remind ourselves of it every morning, at every meal, at snacktime, and whenever else you feel it is necessary. Maybe instead of using food as a treat or whatever, you could use like, a trashy magazine or an entire afternoon devoted to guilty pleasure TV. (like America's Next Top Model. It's so bad, but you just HAVE to find out who wins.) Also, buying diet soda makes me really happy because it's such a treat for me. (my family doesn't buy soda). Also, finding a hobby that keeps your hands busy is really helpful, like knitting, or sewing, or taking pictures. As for the cookies, enjoy them. You're allowed to eat food you like. Eating a bag of cookies once a month isn't going to make you fat. However, eating a bag of cookies each day might. Keep trying. 

Hahaha. You're right. America's Next Top Model IS like that! The trouble for me is knowing why this is worth it. The biggest thing for me is that I don't mind my size, it's the flab I don't like. It's not about men b/c becoming more physically attractive feels like a burden to me and actually deters me from weight loss (always has). Guess I'm weird. I just know I'm not as healthy as I could be. I don't feel as GOOD as I could and that's gotta be enough.

Sojirosmum, thanks for that bit of advice. I will. I'll give myself one more week of counting calories and daily exercise. Then I'll decide if I want to continue.

Thanks...

Don't worry about falling off the wagon ... It's going to happen. Sometimes you take three steps forward and two steps back. What's important is that you're headed in the right direction. Eating a bag of cookies isn't healthy on a regular basis, but what I learned years  ago on Weight Watchers is that it's calories in, calories out....So if you did some extra time on the treadmill tonight and tomorrow, you could zero out the damage. Accept mess-ups as a part of the process (easier said than done, I realize). I have a sweet tooth and a binge problem at times, so I don't keep cookies around my house. Ice cream is even worse, so it's a rare occasion that I have that around. I keep fat-free chocolate Jello pudding, which is quite delicious. If I have a meltdown and eat the whole package, it's not near the damage of full-fat Ben & Jerry's. I'm an emotional eater, and it sounds like you might be too. Don't get down on yourself. Put it behind you. Stock up on healthier snacks. Look ahead! Have a great day tomorrow!!

LOL... I think we all go through this.  My weakness are nachos and coke floats.  But you need to treat yourself every now and then, do not completely take cookies out fo your life, it'll make you miserable.  Two things, learn to make some healthier cookies for yourself that you can enjoy more guilt-free, or if you decide to eat cookies your better be up earlyt the next day running off those calories. 

It's all about smart choices.  Don't give up :)

OMG; I just ate 8 reeses cups and I want to scream, need help with this trying to loose 20 and I cant.

tHANKS FOR LISTENING.

i havent done this since i was starving myself and would make these candy-binges my nourishment. but on monday i ate a pack of almond m&ms, one of peanut, a bigger (tear and share?) one of peanut, and 2 of the big sized reeses cups with nuts. 

i actually cried.

today, i feel fine. 

give it a few days and everything will be normal :) your goal is not lost forever!

Set back's area a part of life. Food can be an addiction. At least you can quit smoking but you can't quit eating. So we do our best, right? By NOT GIVING UP!

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Take care, everyone!

I've eaten a half bag before (of normal chips a hoy packages) but I skipped dinner :X just make sure to hang in there~~~!!

See, at least you skipped dinner.. hahaha!. I know that's not healthy. But one thing about over eating sugary foods like cookies is your blood sugar rises then crashes leaving you way hungrier...

I haven't pigged out on cookies since I started this thread. Yay me. :)

Hi! I am the newest member I am dac250 and I am here to help you,ya gotta get motivated and that is hard for me' but it can be done and you can achieve your goal. Leave those cookies alone, you don;t want those you want help, so here I am. Start by getting of your tush( like my team members tell me, don;t like hearing it but it has gotten me down from216 to 193) If you dont have a treadmill find a gym if not there are alot of good work-out Videos out there that canhelp you have access to seeing others working out, it makes you feel like your with some others that are working out and you won't feel alone. It took everything within me to make my first step, I was like you had no support system, no self-esteem because i was sooooooooooooo! fat and yes I haveDONE EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID. !T IS CALLED--------COMFORTTING YOURSELF. i CAN HELP YOU i REALLY CAN. Just let me inner into your world. Start with counting those calories, you probably need to be on 1900 CALORIC INTAKE FOR A DAY.find a diet that works for you...just make sure you set your goal, how much you want to loose and we will go from there. I would love to see you reach that goal. You may already know your caloric inyake. 

It's amazing how quickly this can happen.  I have been trying hard and hardly trying.  I mean I've been sticking to my calorie needs and not really having many problems.  Even today I took my college kid to lunch at Wendy's and although she ate the burger and fry thing, I had a salad.  And I did not regret it or feel deprived like I usually would not being able to order what I usually do at Wendy's (and she ordered what I usually eat!) That was 5 hours ago and now, I'm home, been through stress since i got here and want a bag of red licorice really badly.

I'm pretty positive that once I sign off the computer I will make some sort of excuse and drive out to get some licorice.

Help!

Original Post by yoliechula:

I haven't pigged out on cookies since I started this thread. Yay me. :)

 Woo hoo for PROGRESS!!!! 

It's funny (shocking?) looking back at this today!  I did what to a pint of Ben & Jerry??  Wow . . . I HAVE COME SO FAR!!!  Yipee. :D

My binges have gotten smaller, further between, and healthier!  I love it.  Hope you all are still chugging along on the weight loss train. <3