EATING!!! What's going on??

I know many people have posted about this topic - because I just read through it, but I just wanted to get it off my chest. I don't know what the hell is going on but yesterday and today I - for no reason at all- just ate a lot of crap, a muffin, jaffa cakes, eclairs, mini chocolate cake rolls, chocolate, chocolate raisins and the list goes on.

I have a proper eating plan where I eat every 2 hours and it's healthy snacks, but I dont' know why for the last 2 days I couldn't stop, where did my willpower to say no go all of the sudden???

Now I'm even more depressed that I ate all these stupid useless calories that i just want to run away.

WHY now all of the sudden - oh and btw my daily calorie intake is 1400. so not enough to keep me satisfied it's not that I'm constantly hungry...

thanks for reading

Ugh. Do I ever hear you. I can't believe what I've been eating the last couple of days, and it's showing on the scale. SCARY! Best thing to do is chin up, no regrets, and start a fresh day. If you're not proud of yesterday, make a today that you can be proud of.

are you getting enough healthy fats? that might be it

I did the same thing today... muffin for breakfast, POUTINE for lunch. Ugh. I did eat a good dinner and I went on the treadmill for a bit, but still. I don't know why I do it either.

Same =/

I've eaten horribly since Thanksgiving. I was doing so well, I lost 23 lbs and I was turning away all sorts of delicious steaming white bread and rice and sweets...

But then Thanksgiving came along, and at first I wasn't going to cheat, and then I decided that I would just have Thanksgiving dinner as Thanksgiving dinner.. which snowballed into me having the ice-cream and cheese ball with a million crackers the day before.. and pretty much ended on Sunday. Today I started to do well, but my routine seemed so bland compared to the horrible-for-me food I'd splurged on all weekend. So I finished off tonight with a nice big portion of apple pie.

I'm sitting here with a stomach-ache, feeling guilty, wondering why.

It's just a slippery slope. A slippery slope! Blerg! An endless sea of "just this one more cheat"

Last time my really strict-phase started with the really difficult choice of throwing my white-rice that came with my Thai food into the trash. It sounds crazy, but just making that choice and tossing it made the next choice of turning down bread at a restaurant easier.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and turn this on it's head, and say "Just one more time, I'll turn down that ______", "Just this once".

We will see~

I just think we are all falling off the wagon because its cold and thanksgiving.

 

I think we are using this 'holiday' .. wintery feeling as an excuse.

 

I am trying something today, i'm going to imagine its sunny outside and everyone is outside in their bikinis by the pool, eating fruit and drinking water.  Maybe this imagery will stop me from wanting to dress up in my flannel pjamas and tuck into every food i can get my mits on.

I really think Thanksgiving was a slippery slope for a lot of us.  We tasted the 'good stuff' .. and the guilt is making us all spiral out of control.

I totally agree livingindubai08, the winter is getting to us, it's cold, miserable and wet and that makes a difference. Why dont' we start a motivation blog and each day log whether you cheated or kept to your plan.

I can start off by saying thank you to m_c_85 for saying the best thing possible, forget about it and start again, don't regret it, and just focus on what you want to do.

I did really well yesterday and am really proud of myself, it really does give you a boost of confidence if you get one day right because then you know you can do it again!

So come on girls, think about the summer and yes imagine it is summer and everyone is in their bikini's.

(You can clearly see I'm more motivated, if you said something like this to me last week I think I would have laughed at you, but lets try, it's all we can do)

Hope to hear from anyone again.

 

I can so relate to the out of control eating.  I've been trying to reign it in for the last few days but by night time I'm at it again.  I think one of my problems is that I have the food in the house.  I had kept most snacky stuff out so if I had an urge to over do it, it wouldn't be too bad.  Now with the holidays around I tend to have more junk in the house for when people stop in etc.  I also find I'm having a more difficult time getting to the gym and getting work outs in. 

I've really enjoyed all the benefits of losing weight and certainly do not want to go back to the way I was before.  Sometimes I feel like it's inevitable...

I guess the question is, are you eating more than you want because your body is feeling deprived, or are you eating to reach emotional satisfaction?  Although I'm not trying to lose very much weight, my daily calories are at 1700.  Sometimes I go over, sometimes under.  If you're being really active, maybe your body does need more food.

If it is the winter blues, hiding from the gym is the WORST thing to do.  I actually joined the gym because I thought I'd be more likely to go in the winter, since no way in h-e-double-hockey-sticks am I running outside in the cold wind.  Hopefully, you have a gym with different classes so you can mix it up.  My recent fave: water aerobics.  

Other thoughts- are you in a place that doesn't get much sunshine in the winter?  You might try a vitamin D supplement or a full-spectrum lamp to boost your mood.

I think we all want a little "comfort" in the winter.  I've been drinking lots of herbal teas and making lots of soup.  And I have a totally unproven theory that "winter vegetables" help you feel more satisfied in the cold months: butternut squash, potatoes, onions, even apples.  Good luck!