coworker brought in her famous home made banana bread and i couldn't resist. so i had half a slice. it was sooo good. this is my first real cheat since i started SBD almost 5 weeks ago. i figure its my once a month treat. trying not to feel to o guilty about it but i still feel a bit bad. scared it'll make me spiral into more cheating later but i think i have it under control. gonna try and have a phase 1 day for the rest of the day to make up for it.

but mmm it was yummy! so worth it! now i'm all happy. lol

Ooooh banana bread. Well at least it's not processesd crap. I thought by phase 2 you could have such things once on a blue moon? You can't let life totally pass you by! Don't think of it as cheating, think of it as a calculated risk. I will need a treat every few weeks to survive for the long haul. As long as you don't spiral, you'll be fine!

I wouldn't consider this cheating (that's where the guilt comes from), it's more a RARE treat. Did you enjoy it? That's what matter . Who wants to go thru life with a WOE that denies them things they enjoy? SBD is not about the All or Nothing attitude, especially when you get to Phases 2 & 3.

Hi, Pika!

It's not the treat that matters as much as getting back on the wagon does. And it sounds like you are doing it! Good for you!!!

I know you can do this Pika! Especially with that motivating treat inside you!

thanks everyone! i feel lots better now!!!

and i'm trying not to see it as cheating but as a rare treat. and it was worth it! it was so good and made me all happy!

i was just waiting till i hit 145 to have a treat but oh well. had it now instead!

As long as you get back on the horse, you can have a treat! I know how you feel though! I feel like I am cheating every time I have the peanut butter cup dessert

I feel like I am going to have that problem next week when I am home and only have limited say in what food I can eat...I suppose the lesser of two evils is good.

Gee, Pika, good for you! I would have had at LEAST six whole slices! With butter.

Pika, I think you have it right, it's not cheating, it's a special treat. You are intitled to those once in a while. And you only had half a slice. Just enough to have the taste and enjoy it. You'll be fine!

Shame shame ellis you just made me crave a whole damn loaf with butter you just had to mention the butter on banana bread omg what a heavenly combination!! Ok now I gotta go hide in the closet and do deep breathing exercises until the craving passes.

MMMMMMMMM banana bread (said just like homer) DOH!!!!

Michelle

Michelle, I just had a COMPLETE breakdown and ate a tuna sandwich. White bread!! And now I want to eat everything in sight!! Maybe I should just go to bed and say goodbye until tomorrow.

Ohhhh ellis!!!!! Thats why I keep no white bread in the house I have switched my daughter to whole wheat and just keep whole wheat low carb wraps in the fridge for myself, but man oh man does that white bread sure sound good too Don't feel too guilty just hop right back on the wagon!! I'm sending you a support filled hug ((((ELLIS))))
Michelle

LOL!

Ellis, don't tell me the treat thing is contagious?

I save ripe bananas in the freezer for banana bread. I just never get around to making it. Of course now they are calling to me....so I actually gave the whole bunch of them to my secretary. She is having forty hungry college students at her farm for a camp out this weekend, and she made banana blueberry bread for them with the nanners. Yay! Wish I could have some, but know that wouldn't be a good call.

I think I would have a desperately hard time getting back on the wagon if I had a treat. I'm just going to have to plod along without one and enjoy the OP treats I get. I 'm going on a hunt for fudgesicles tonight!!!

Michelle, you're so sweet... thank you. I just picked up a bag of bridge mix. I'm so tired and cranky and FAT. waaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!

Laurie, I stopped putting bananas in my fridge a few years ago. I'd keep forgetting they were in there. It's pretty nasty finding a dozen dead black bananas in your fridge when you're defrosting. shudder.

Good job on only having 1/2 piece and leaving it at that!

Don't feel guilty because it could have been a lot worse. And feeling guilty always makes me turn a little slip into a full on binge. So are you going to do the once a month treat idea? I was thinking of it but scared I will revert to old habits. Although my mindset seems to be a bit different on this plan. I haven't stuck to anything as long in awhile.

I am glad it was yummy and you enjoyed it. You are doing a great job, keep it up!!!

Ellis! Big Hug for you! I totally understand how you feel, but eating that chocolate will just send you in a spiral. Just enjoy the memory of the white bread and realize that by deciding not to eat the chocolate, you are actually making yourself skinnier than if you ate it!!! Know that we support you and know you can do this...and also that you are a beautiful and wonderful individual who deserves joy.