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Ok, so I have been trying for MONTHS now to lose these last five pounds. I work out, I try to eat well etc. etc. blah blah. However, I have started this bad habit. I will be very "good" during the week and I'll lose about 2 lbs,then, because I am so excited to have lost those 2 lbs and therefore be 3 lbs closer to losing 5 lbs, I kind of give up on eating right for a day and eat what I want. Unfortunately, I tend to go a bit overboard and it sets me back because I end up gaining..yup...you guessed it, 2lbs! So my question is, how on earth can I break this cycle? And, does anyone else have this bad habit as well?
i have the same problem!!! i don't know exactally haw to deal with this because i am also IN this situation, but maybe i just can't give myself any cheet days, bucause i abuse them?
ormaybe i need to eat even less in my meals so that i can snack more like i used to?hmm
idk.... do you have any ideas?
see, what I think I need to do is not give my self a "cheat day" because when I allow myself to cheat, I binge! The funny thing is, its really only one food that I eat alot of when I allow myself to cheat and I think I just need to try not to eat that food in order to become less "addicted" to it. I'm not overweight at all by any means but I just feel gross when I allow my "cheat day" to go out of control
haha yeah, my food is cereal. i just eat tons and tons of cereal. so i'm not going to eat cereal untill i'm maintaining my goal weight . i'm hoping that will help :)
Same here! I'm 5'7", 123 pounds (occasionally hit 120) and really, I just want to be permanently under 120. You know, even 119 would be fine! But the whole swinging phenomena is just too irritating. Every single time I just let myself indulge for a couple of days, I go back!! So my goal is to hit 115, so that every time I indulge I have a buffer zone.
That's my solution, maybe that might work for you too?
I'm addicted to chocolate. I will mildly binge out occassionally. And I plan to start substituting my regular chocolate snacks with chocolate that is low fat/ fat free and sugar free. I'm hoping these will make for healthier choices as well as lower the amount of calories I intake.
Maybe you can do the same with your foods. either make smaller cereal bowls, or at cereals with less sugar.. maybe some total with chopped up bananas or strawberries in it, to help you be fullfilled but lower the amount of calories you intake.
Good luck!
Hey guys,
When you think of it. One or two bits of chocolate ISN'T worth all the effort that you've put in to lose weight in the first place. Just say to yourself, when you reach your goal weight or a little under, you have room to indulge!!!
and this is coming from someone that would eat a packet of chips, few bits of chocolate and a lolly bag a day :p
It has been great motivation for me. I'm 5'6 and want to get to 110 pounds --currently 119.
I am 55 kg and struggling with losing 3 kg during last 2 months ... unsuccessfully 
Last days i am even up to 56 .... i guess it is a time for changing my eating habits ... like chocolate.
I love chocolate and my sin is to have a little dessert after lunch. For last few days i am trying on switch from chocolate to apples or dates.
Maybe it is time to find something different as favorite food? Or something else for example activity which will give me as much pleasure as having dessert after lunch :)
Any suggestions!?
Good luck in reaching your goal weight ;)
I have the same problem.... trying to get rid of those last 3-5 lbs. Currently 5" short and 110 lbs today. Would anyone be game for a daily weight in post especially on the weekend and Monday morning. I think that may help me. What do you all think?
oh my god, i have that problem too.
friday was my birthday and i decided id lose like 3 lbs but then the cake took me over, and then i started binging and now i gained those 3 lbs back.
:(
sorry I mean i lost 3 lbs so i can eat a lot of cake and crap but i gained weight so now i have to lose it...
again!
I think that is what makes it hard for all of us. We deprive ourselves of all the fun food, and than when we take 1 bite of it, we can't stop! Carbs do that to me, cookies and candy are my vice, once I start I can't stop! Tracking every bite of food really does help. I don't know if it is just me, but I get addicted to logging everything once I get going. When everything is logged and I check my calories and I am under for the day, I have a treat and than really have to force myself to walk away. But last week I said screw it, and couldn't stop eating the fun size candy bars, than I moved on to candy corn. Of course I wasn't writing it all down. WHen I started writing again, it really made me want to be good. I have to tell myself no matter how big a bowl of ice cream I have, I am always going to crave more. So I might as well just eat 1 serving and walk away.
The trick is to eat balanced meals, that way you have sustained energy release and you crave less. I also found that if I have a small healthy snack between meals it helps me from eating large portions (like carrots with some low fat cottage cheese or houmous).
Also, with chocolate the trick is to eat pure chocolate (try to go for the highest percentage of cocoa content) as it satisfies you more, and it's milk chocolate that is high in calories, high in sugar and since it's cocoa content is less you tend to eat more of it to satisfy the craving.
I find it helps me the most to even on my cheat days half way through the day log my calories on here, that way I usually scare myself away from binging too much more during the day as seeing what I already consumed is usually enough of a slap in the face.
One more thing, I go do my grocery shopping once a week, make a list and stick to it. If you have no unhealthy or fattening stuff to snack in the house, you're less likely to go there as you'd actually have to make the effort to go to the store to get some.
Hope this helps! :)
Oh and one more thing, I always make sure to go for a walk in my lunch break at work and try to stay away from taking the bus if I only need to go 1 or 2 stops. If I binge a bit, I try to make sure I make more effort to make it to the gym or walk a bit more (cleaning the house always proves to be a wonderful workout for me as well in the weekends when I'm not at work and don't walk before/after lunch).
At the moment I'm in the process of losing the weight I gained after holidays, when I didn't have internet access, didn't log calories, and binged a LOT. When I got home and weighed myself, I was shocked at the 2kg gain within a week and a half. So I contacted my friend who's a personal trainer straight away, and figured it's be best to allocate some of my salary to at least once a week personal training to keep me motivated in the winter when it's cold, dark, horrible and just wanna stay at home in front of the fireplace.
We are fortunate to have a lot of tools available when it comes to eating what we like. I love choccolate as well but instead of eating regular i eat the 100 cal packs. It gives me my chocolate fix and i am not messing up my diet!
i think for all of us the problem is one of emotional/psychological overeating, which leads us to binge.
all of us here are within 5 pounds of our goal weights, so we're all very VERY close and ALMOST perfectly satisfied with our bodies. with that being said, here is my trick:
learn to accept your body as it ALREADY is (i know...easier said than done)
this will help you lose weight because you wont eat in order to lose weight (you will eat more intuitively rather than depriving yourself and then binging)
i've been trying this for the last 4 months : trying to eat only when i'm hungry (which is hard to do at first, but gets easier with time), stopping when im full (gets easier over time too) and most importantly, eating food that satisfies me PSYCHOLOGICALLY (which means that i'll eat carbs and fried food sometimes). this helps me because when i eat what i actually want, i dont need so much of it to be satisfied. plus, since i get satisfied every time i eat, rather than depriving myself most of the time, i am no longer tempted to binge on my cheat day. anyway, i could go on about this forever, so instead ill end this post by recommending these 3 books that have changed my life:
1) the rules of normal eating by Karen R. Koenig
2) Naturally Thin by Bethanny Frankel
3) 4-day win by Martha Beck
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