[ImGoinDown]

I found this and thought it might be helpful

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Bad Days When Dieting
Every dieter has bad days.

Our Daily Diet
However, no one stays fat because of the occasional binge, or bad day. It's our daily
diet habits that keep us fat.

So the next time your diet plan goes up in smoke, don't worry about it.
Just wait till the storm passes and then return to your diet.

Diet Panic
Most dieters panic when they have a binge or a bad day. They get hysterical and
guilty and think they're doomed to stay overweight for ever.

Which makes them feel: Why bother?
Result? Goodbye diet plan.

Dealing with Unplanned Binges When Dieting
If you have an unplanned binge or any other kind of diet disaster, just wait till the
mood passes then go back on your diet. Remember, even if you have 65 bad diet-days
a year, you can still have 300 good ones.

Diet-Recovery Plan
Coping with bad days when dieting is MUCH easier if you have a diet recovery plan:
i.e. a pre-arranged plan for what to do AFTER your binge.


This is the secret of successful weight loss.

[KathyJo]

Wow helpful, I know that is definitely how I feel when I do happen do binge at times...and the thing is, everyone does it at one point or another! Thank you for sharing that!

[Gracie789]

too true, i just printed it out and put it on my refrigerator. until this past year i've been an overeater my whole life. i like to think of myself as currently in recovery, lol, but i still have the occasional slips (which of course bring on the guilt and insecurities). i try to live by the one day at a time philosophy, but its always nice to have reminders like your post. thanks so much for sharing!

[ImGoinDown]

I'm glad it helped you like it helped me. I just had a binge last night, 6 chocolate chip cookies, 970 calories, 129 carbs!

[marigrace]

Great post.... Hit a rough spot lately, and it was hard to take care of myself....felt out of control...gave up sometimes....but I didn't let it over take me this time
Life happens...but when all else fails, this is something that we can feel good about...just by doing.

[k8t]

Thanks. Good post!

[cathydoe]

Thank you. what a GREAT post!

[Smiller264]

Very nice post! Dieting is the biggest struggle I have and the more I put pressure on myself to not overeat, the more panic I feel when I do. I hadn't considered a backup plan in advance because when I feel guilty about food I don't want to think about what I'm going to eat next.

[Aclai4067]

Thanks for sharing!

[Shifterred]

THANK you for this! I'm in my dorm all day today with nothing to do but watch 30 Rock and eat from my Care Package from my mom...and I've definitely consumed more than the allotted amount today. However, I'm not going to give up on my whole journey because of this one bad day. And I have to remind myself that I have a daily workout to look forward to, and even if I can't burn enough calories to make it "ok", I still will be working my muscles and getting my blood pumping!

YAY! thanks!