Still tempted

To overeat! I did overcome the temptation.. But it was just strange that after losing to my goal weight and staying that way since maybe early December, the temptation is still there and so real that it's almost palpable. I guess I thought that it would become very routine not to overeat, plus why would I ever want to knowing that that is how I became overweight? LOL I wanted to share this in case anyone else shared my mistaken idea.

We had pizza tonight. I had a healthy and reasonable breakfast and lunch. For dinner, I decided to have 2 pieces of pizza. No problem. But after that, I actually went to the counter, opened the pizza box, and began to rationalize to myself... "Hmm, I could just have one bite of one of those.. I could eat that little slice there and it wouldn't hurt much..." I caught myself and realized what I was doing. Closed the pizza box and walked away. I was full, not hungry anymore. But I was trying to trick myself into thinking it was okay to eat more anyway, simply because it was yummy. Something I thought I had grown past!

Moral of the story: Watch out for yourself, you may be sneaky!

Heh I have that problem, and still working on solving it. :(

I feel this way a lot.  In fact as I near my goal weight my mind seems to be working against me sometimes.  Like, look how hard I have worked, don't I deserve a little splurge. Or, now that I am a healthy weight, it won't matter if I overeat a little.  Wrong, that is what got me 70 lbs overweight to begin with!!  It is nice to know there are others that feel that too!

I guess that we just have to stay dedicated to our healthy lifestyles, and eventually maybe those temptations will get easier to deal with.

Thank you for sharing... I too am a sneaky girl... every day a struggle... all this self reflection is not nearly as tasty as a big pile of ribs and mashed potatoes! -That said, those ribs can't climb a flight of stairs with out wheezing! :) SO OUT THEY GO...

Good Luck, Keep on fighting!

I think you/we need to go beyond "I got fat by overeating" and explore, "I overate because__".  That's what I did and I rarely get the urge to binge/overeat anymore. 

I simply don't have the same appetite or  perspective I did a year ago.  I think a really good tool is to recondition/brainwash yourself into eating really healthy.  I didn't abstain or restrict.  I simply ate for fueling purposes.  I fulfilled my  calorie and nutrition goals every day until it became habit.. 

The emotional stuff comes up and you discover why you ate that way.  Peer pressure?  Depressed?  Low self-esteem?  ignorant? 

Original Post by mrsdagle:

I think you/we need to go beyond "I got fat by overeating" and explore, "I overate because__". That's what I did and I rarely get the urge to binge/overeat anymore.

I simply don't have the same appetite or perspective I did a year ago. I think a really good tool is to recondition/brainwash yourself into eating really healthy. I didn't abstain or restrict. I simply ate for fueling purposes. I fulfilled my calorie and nutrition goals every day until it became habit..

The emotional stuff comes up and you discover why you ate that way. Peer pressure? Depressed? Low self-esteem? ignorant?

I totally agree with being in the mindset that we eat to fuel our bodies.

I cannot speak for anyone but myself, but the reason that I overate (and am still tempted to overeat) is a very simple and un-interesting one. I enjoy the flavors of yummy food. It tastes really good and I love to savor delicious flavors. When I was young, I had a rockin' metabolism (and probably was more active) and so eating until I couldn't fit another bite didn't cause any bad effects that I could see.  So I developed a habit of indulging as much as my body would let me, not necessarily at every meal, but when I was eating something that I found particularly yummy. With me, it wasn't a matter of eating constantly, just overindulging during a good meal, especially dinner. I also didn't pay much attention to how healthy or unhealthy the things I was eating might be, again because I was young and what I was eating wasn't making me gain weight. There were no obvious consequences.

Now that I am older I had to change those habits, because I cannot eat 3 heaping plates of spaghetti and such as that for dinner and remain tiny!

While I wouldn't say that peer pressure causes me to overeat, I do notice that if I am out to eat with someone who makes healthy choices, I am more likely to choose something healthy myself. Whereas if I am out with someone who gets the fried poppers and the triple bacon burger, I am more likely to rationalize ordering something similar "just this once."