For 6 months I have been almost POP (except for a week of vacation.. I'm feeling fit since I have done all 3 levels of the 30DS and walk daily. I even won 3fc Biggest Looser. Yessiree...I was flying high Tuesday!

Then Wendsday happened! We had our Christmas lunch at work. I planned to go and socialize and fill my plate with salad. I've done it before...No problem right? I had my plan.
When I got to the luncheon...the first thing I saw was KEY LIME PIE. I began to waver. I devised a new plan. I would eat modestly at the luncheon and have just 1 piece of that Key Lime Pie. Then jump right back on plan for the rest of the day. And I did that. Minimum damage done. I felt ok about it. Then yesterday was lunch with my old boss. I did well. Salmon and veggies. But my old boss is famous for the Christmas cookies that she used to bake every year...She made sure we brought 2 big boxes full back to the office with us. I totally lost control folks. I kept going back for more and more. I think I probably ate 20 cookies before it was all over. It was just like the old days that I thought I had left behind. No control at all. I didn't eat well for the rest of the day either. even did some sampling while cooking for the Chrismas treat buffet that I will have to deal with today.

I have a new obstacle to get past nearly every day between now and New Years. I was confident and doing so well 2 days ago. Now I feel completely out of control and overwhelmed by the taste temptations that await me at every turn. I need a new plan, but I'm not thinking clearly.

So all I know to do is take this a day at a time. I'll come back here tonight and report to all if I made it through today OP...Or fell flat on my face again today. Please send me good vibes!

DJ

djay,

Hang in there. Yep, two bad moments, but lets face it, you didn't eat 255,500 excess calories. (The amount necessary to regain 73 pounds.)

The biggest problem may be that once you start this road it becomes easier each step. You are making a good decision to take it one day at a time...maybe one meal or hour at a time is even better.

Think about all the positives you have done during this period as well. You had some key lime pie, but basically managed your plan otherwise. I suspect that 20 cookies and some tasting is much less than you would have eaten a year ago...it is certainly much less than I would have! (Last year we had not so wonderful Christmas cookies in my office and I managed to eat far more than 20!)

Be gentle on yourself. Maybe you can plan some non-food treats to take care of yourself and look forward to during the battle of the Christmas calories.

Keep posting. Hang in there...hugs and commitment dust are being sent your way!

Ahh, the holidays are no fair! But just put the cookies behind you and focus on eating healthy today and tomorrow.

Congratulations on losing 73 pounds. Don't let this lapse throw you, get right back on plan, you will be OK..

Maybe this little slip will give you a metabolism boost that will carry some weight loss into the new year. We can hope right.

You know what to do. Eat right MOST of the time and if a slip happens once in a while so be it. You're only human. This is the holidays and there are more temptations that are too hard to resist.

Maybe you need to work a few more goodies into your regular eating plan. You may have felt somewhat cookie deprived. Maybe if you had a couple cookies a week you wouldn't feel so deprived. I really like the Kashi cookies. You aren't going to lose weight eating them. They have sugar but they do have some grain and fiber and make them better than Oreo's for instance. They are 100 calories each but are a good sized cookie. I seem to be fine having one.

{{ good vibes}}}

Life happens. You can't be perfectly on plan for your entire life. Do the best you can on those days that aren't filled with some kind of temptation. Don't just figure you'll get back on track after the holidays.

You're doing great!

I'm sorry to be the one to inform you you're not a superhero - those blips on the radar are what make us mere mortals.

Ah, I've felt the same way this week, except I had been OP for like 6 days, not 6 months. But still the feelings of "I've got this, this is working, I'll really meet my goal!" can be replaced 2 days later with "This is too hard, I can't do it!" I'm actually amazed that these feelings are so strong. Instead of falling and getting back up again, it feels like you fell and both your legs are broken. You just have to tell your brain your legs are NOT broken.

I'm finding this is the hardest part of weight loss. Its not saying no or going to the gym... it's doing those things AFTER you said yes or skipped the gym. It feels like day one, ....but it isn't still day one.

I myself am about have my work schedule change with winter break at school and I'm using this time to reenergize myself and get back to being OP. Good luck to you too!!!

I made it! I passed by through the holiday treat gauntlett today without so much as a chocolate chip passing my lips! And this spread was impressive!
What a difference a week makes. Last week we had a similar array of goodies brought in by other work groups. I had no problem passing on them. But after a couple of days of lousy eating...all of a sudden I crave these sugary and fat filled concoctions like some sort of drug.

Getting through today has done wonders for my battered confidence! As many of you pointed out...There will be failures along the way. The important thing is to keep moving forward and get right back on plan. The second day is what spooked me...I didn't want to let the streak go on any longer or get any worse!

I was so glad that I posted this morning. Knowing that all you chickes knew my dirty little secrets from the past 2 days and were rooting me on to be able to get back on track helped me back gracefully away from the buffalo chicken dip and carrot cake! I knew I could count on you chicks! Thank you all for the good vibes, good humor and good advice!

djay I am so proud of you! Way to go ! I have missed you and the rest of my friends soooo bad. I am back! My computer is back up! I am so glad to be back! It is so easy to mess up and I have been messing up(man O man that's a hard one for me to admit to....I have been making mistakes shhh) Coming here is what helped me stay on plan. I will get back on plan!

Will be puttting my knee surgery off until after the holidays! Sooo happy about that! But kinda wish it was already history!

May I say you kicked butt! Congrats! I knew I like you for a reason. We are both butt kickers! hehehe!

Djay, how great! Remember that feeling for later Copy and paste your original post, and then that last one, to read later. It will help to have in black and white in front of you when you're in need!

Congrats on getting back on the wagon, deep down you knew you could do it right?

DJ, I'm so glad you found your mojo again! Rock on!

Three cheers for djay! Hip hip hurrah! Hip hip hurrah! Hip hip hurrah!

Passing up that spread was hard...but you did it!

Tomorrow will be easier.