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!!

I have to face reality and quit denying the fact that I have been snacking here and there on NOT the right stuff. I went to weigh in today after a whole week, and the scale read +7 lbs. Not good. There's nothing I can say... no excuse. The scale doesn't lie. Sad.

Sorry to hear about the gain. You've taken the first step by admitting the snacking issue... so now it's time to forget about that and jump back onto the OP Wagon!

Once you go back OP...it might drop right off...esp. if its alot of sodium from snack foods...YOU CAN DO IT....