Hi! I just joined today. I have been trying for 2 years to lose the baby weight I gained...I lost 60 pounds of it but have 20-30 more to go. I have been sabatoging my weight loss and I can't figure out why! I will excersise everydeay for a week straight and then the next thing I know I am reaching for a pop/junk etc! Once I'm done pigging out I feel guilty and then feel like "what's the point" and give up.
Anyone have advice on how to stop this scycle.

It's binging, do you cut out everything that is bad completely? Have you tried doing it in moderation? like having a square of chocolate instead of the whole bar?

That's a good idea! I do tend to go all or nothing on the fitness, diet etc. I will try to leave room in for little treats that way I won't binge. Thank you

Hey there,
I'm new, too. I think that you and I have the same problem. I can lose 10 pounds and then I'm like "cool... I'll give myself a free day". Next thing I know my "free day" has turned into 3 or 5 days of total binging on nothing but crap and I've gained most of my weight back. Then I'm all depressed and angry with myself and I give up. Unfortunately, I don't have any advise to give since I'm in the same boat. I can tell you that this is the first time I've tried a "support group", so I'm hoping it will give me the motivation to keep going. Maybe "answering" to people (whether you actually know them or not) will be a good thing. Good luck to you and keep your head up... no one deserves to feel like they are a bad person or unworthy just because they have some weight to lose!!!!

I have trained myself to think of food as only energy. I love junk but I know if I eat it, I must burn the energy that I took in. My weakness in McDonalds. When I eat it, I exercise like a fiend til I've burned off at least half of those calories. That way I am not denying myself and I get more exercise. Hope you can find a happy medium so the sabbotaging stops. Good Luck!

I've done that too. I don't know if it's self-sabotage or just old habits. I keep telling myself that it doesn't matter as long as I get back on plan ASAP. I find that planning eating in advance is hugely helpful, but I know some people hate that.

I have the same problem. At my biggest, I was 245; working like a trojan, I got down to 190, but guess what? Big surprise! Once I got down 'close enough' to my goal weight I celebrated! But, not in a healthy way - I binged (oh, did I binge!) and 8 months later, I was 232. I have now lost 9 pounds, but I still struggle with keeping it off. I am my own worse enemy when it comes to keeping the weight off. Like you, I am an all-or-nothing gal and struggle with keeping myself to only eating junk food in moderation. But, here's hoping that with the support of this group, that'll change! I guess I need to change my thinking from "once I get to xxx weight, I can celebrate and go back to eating whatever I want" to "once I get to xxx weight, I can celebrate in MODERATION while continuing to watch / be vigilant about what I eat"

I am starting over again, the one thing I have had to learn is NOT celebrate with food. I know tough one.

But do something else - manicure, pedicure, great new blouse, new shoes, see a musical, comedy show......

Lots of options.