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Originally Posted by momoffour
I've never really taken the time to think about why I make the choices I do or I chalk it up to "emotinal eating" or "stress" without really figuring out why. I am an adult so why do I let food control my thoughts and actions, etc. Last week ago I chose to cheat by eating a Cadubry egg. . . Why? I could just dismiss it as a moment of weakness or a craving. . . but then how do I stop t
this from happening again?
In the past I would have said the biggest problem with cheating was the added calories, but now I think it is devistaing mentally and creates a cycle of defete. I find myself saying I can't do this and once again I am a victim of the food and cravings. It did not even taste very good so why does it have such control? Am I afraid to succeed? Don't I think I deserve to be fit and healthy? Where did all that drive and will power go?
Sorry for rambling and I don't have the answers yet, but I don't want to just sweep things under the rug and ignore them or settle for easy answers. I have been and will continue to exercise my "NO" muscle and I will lose this weight once and for all!
Mariah
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I'm not sure what the answer is. I too cheated and had a mini Lindor truffle egg yesterday. I felt really bad after eating it, and while I can't lie and say it didn't taste good
, I can say that it wasn't enough to give me any satisfaction and just left me wanting more. No, I didn't eat more. And I think thats the important thing. The reason I'm having to do MRC is because I have no self control on the amounts of food I eat, and I don't make healthy choices. So I decided that instead of feeling defeated for eating that one mini egg, that I would be glad that I was able to stop with that, and didn't eat the 2nd one that I stared at for a really long time... before tieing up the bag and putting it out of sight. And I know that if I hadn't been on this plan, I would have eaten at least 10
. I think the important thing is that we realized we ate something we shouldn't have and
immediately got back on plan, instead of saying, "Oh, I already cheated so I might as well make a day/week/month of it (which has been my mistake in the past). Lets face it...we're probably not going to go the rest of our lives without eating a piece of chocalate, we just can't go back to eating the whole bag!!
The True Cost of Cheating - Just some rambling thoughts.
Not good. There's nothing I can say... no excuse. The scale doesn't lie. Sad.
