Can't seem to manage a whole week
 

Hi all. Sorry I haven't been around much recently. Have been really busy.

I was wondering if anybody else has this problem. I can be really good for about 6 days (I am doing slimming world but the diet is irrelivant really) but then I just can't control myself and binge. Once I fall off the wagon I continue to eat junk until I have confessed at SW.

Is anybody else lik this?

hey superwitch, long time no speak ,i have the exact same problem its as if my brains on autopilot and says to itself "come on youve been so good one day wont kill you " normally its a sunday so i try!!!! and have everything planned out so i cant wander from the diet ,and usually fail miserably
kirsty

it always happened to me...would be good for so long then one day of bingeing would lead to the farewell of the diet at the time
now i folloow my own eating thinggy........mostly weight watchers meals and such like, but i only do it for 6 days of the week and i have 1 day off, i dont have a set day either just if i wake up and i feel its going to be a foody day i have that as my day off, you could try it, it has helped me out no end, but then it might not work for everyone
good luck

Sundays are my devil day as well, I have taken to writing up a plan for the day, like a school timetable. But, if I really want something "bad" or as I prefer to say "unhelpful" I'll have it, savour it, and then keep going on the better stuff. There is a really good book called "Dr Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weightloss" Now I am not much for the diet books, but this one is really quite good, and contains some good advice about treats. It has comparison pictures of healthy foods and unhealthy foods demonstrating the calorie and nutritional difference. It's helped my dietary challenged dh to understand a bit more about healthy eating.

I so know what you are going through...I have been seriously contemplating going to overeaters anon...I even looked up my nearest meeting and did their little aa type questionaire and I do have a major problem...Like you its not the diet, I just have no self control!!!

Hiya Super :wave: You know bingeing at the weekend is not as bad as it sounds if you can get back to it on Monday :rolleyes: I agree with Toot :) if you can't "do it" one day and you eat something bad its not the end of the world :dunno: just get back on plan the next day. It worked for me last time :cheer: I only dieted from Mon-Fri and then it was party time :hat: I lost over 30lbs :D and thats what i'll be doing again this time.

I'm with Weight Watchers, and when I'm on track I save loads of points for the weekend, and usually manage to be good enough to lose over the week, even if I go a bit mad. Having said that, it's getting rather to close to the line to lose at the mo :o

I NEVER have a whole week that's "GOOD" all the way through! EVER!

Just take it as it comes, if you slip up one day, then get back on it the next. sometimes I have the whole weekend off, but recently I've been trying to be good at least one weekend day!

'Good' being relative, and some of my weight loss lately has been due to stomach bugs and other assorted lurgys. Not a very good advert for Tai Chi, huh :dizzy: ? Some bugs are just so horrible they'll get you no matter what - perhaps they'd have been worse without the old TC :p ?

Hi Superwitch. Madcow here from Plymouth. Remember we chatted before. I am back again for another attempt at shifting some excess baggage ha ha. Nice to see you are still around. How are you doing? I hope you are doing well. I need a buddy so if interested let me know.

Weekends are tough, i too seem to be ok during the week but weekends are ****. I am the same weight now as I was this time last year. Joined SW and lost a stone but then had some personal problems which set me back. However I am still trying! Must keep trying
Madcow
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Hi, I know exactly what you mean, weekends have always been my downfall, it's like a switch goes on Saturday morning and every good intention I have goes out the window. This is one of the reasons I have stopped dieting. I'm trying to eat healthily, and choose natural and unprocessed foods as much as possible, but without telling myself I'm on a diet. What I'm finding is that in the past as soon as I've eaten something a bit naughty, I always thinks "oh well I've blown my diet" and end up in a full-scale binge and always start the diet again Monday morning.

I've found that telling myself I not on a diet and therefore allowed to eat what I like, I just prefer to eat more healthily foods most of the time, I'm not setting off this trigger action of binging whenever I eat something a bit naughty. I still tend to eat a bit more on the weekends, but it's odd treats or even meals, but not a whole weekend of hoovering up every morsel of fattening food in the fridge!!!

I can't tell you how much weight I've lost cos I'm not weighing anymore either (as a gain would depress me and send me on an eating binge too), but I'm losing inches and feeling fitter and healthier than I have in years.

Anyway, sorry to go on, but it's working for me and it may help you. I think you just need to be less harsh on yourself and allow an odd treat and find a way that works for you.

Take care

Jan
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Jan, thats a good idea :) When you use the word diet its like taboo :lol: Myself i'm just substituting lower cal/fat alternatives for what I would usually buy ;) every little helps :cp: and nothing is off limits even my chocolate and beer :rofl: I add it up with everything else and try to keep around 1500cals :dunno: sometimes i'm up to 1800 or even 2000 but I don't worry about it :shrug: as long as i'm not being a complete :ink: it will come of s-l-o-w-l-y :lol:

Well done Cat, sounds like you've got it under control - with your exercising as well, it should come off & they say slowly is the best way to do it. Although sometimes mine's so slow you can't actually see a movement!!!!

Jan
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:lol: Weigh in for me tomorrow :fr: I want to change my ticker :lol:

I'm the same. I am really motivated at my WW meeting, but that only seems to last 4 or 5 days and then I tend to blow it :(

willow(and others) i bet the other girls at your class feel exactly the same .....why not have a midweek meet up with some if not all of them to give yourselves a wee boost and that bit of motivation you need in between weigh ins?

I was wondering - if you go to two meetings a week do you have to pay for two meetings? It says a "weekly fee is payable". Just wondered about going to one midweek, not to be weighed but for the talk.

i dont know!!.......i was meaning an informal meeting..........FREE ...unless you include the price of a coffee
bring it up at your next weigh in meeting though, see how many others feel exactly the same, be interesting to know

If only there was a way to bottle that enthusiasm and motivation, it's such a slippery devil, there one minute and you have the strength, willpower and motivation to sail through the day, and then the next it's deserted you and you eat like it's your last day on earth!! :rolleyes:

lol dotty one...........friday was my last day on earth, i ate literally everything i could......was binge city....... i feel so sick when i think about what i stuffed in me gub
but saturday was another day

Tootoot - I'm not the sort of person that would be comfortable with something like that. Hence the thought of attending a second meeting.

Dotty - I remember reading that there is no such thing as willpower. It is all about setting yourself up to suceed or fail.

succeed or fail...............what about the wee stage in the middle
the inbetweeny stage!
:rofl: is there a name for that
my daughter printed out my signature.....the bottom half of it and laminated it all and stuck it in the cupboard door
wonder why i never thought of doing that before, because as much as i hate to admit it shes right , i do want to be slimmer more than i want that late night packet of crisps or biscuits

Hi Willow.

For me its will power all the way, I never think about possible failure, its too depressing. Just keep plodding and you'll get there in the end. As Dory said 'Just keep swimming'

On you WW I think they would allow you in a 2nd class in the week, especially if its the same leader as the one you have already attended. I've done WW many times, and am on it again now, and the leaders really try and help. If that would help me I'd go twice a week.
You have the best motivation with your son so Good luck

But if you make the decision to set up an environment in which you CANNOT fail, then willpower no longer becomes an issue - or at least it no longer becomes an issue 24hrs a day.

Sort of, I won't take money into work because I know I'll spend it on crisps from the cafe. So therefore at work I don't have to worry about willpower because I simply don't have the means of giving in and having the crisps

wow talk about being hit with the binge bugger
i have seriously hit mad munchy mode this afternoon, and right into evening too
i will try and make up for it the rest of the week by being extremely conscientious!!sp? mind you i dont know why or what caused this to happen.so how will i know what to avoid or what situation not to allow to happen the rest of the week............. mind you im back to work tomorrow(yeeeehah) so no more mrs housewifey, its ok for a short time but i dont think i could handle being a full time stay at home mummy, im so bored, kids are at school all day house is gleaming, how does anyone fill all those hours of spare time, no wonder i turned to munching, anything to kill the boredom

That happened to me yesterday Toot :yikes: what a bleeding gannet! I did'nt stop and today when I went for groceries the hot cross buns were out and I bought a 12pk :eek: i've already eaten 2 and i'm not that bothered about them really :rofl: it was that old :devil: boredom :yawn: if i'd have still been at work (we finished early) then I would'nt have been able to do it :rolleyes: or wanted to :halfempty

your right cat .....boredom was the culprit yesterday, but today im back at work only doing half a shift so im working 8-2pm, the time i finish get the wee one from school get her home and fed do her dishes then get the older ones meal on, get the washing in, iron it, get the days dirty washing in, do older ones dishes, feed dh, wee ones bath then ive not got time to be bored, i stood on the scales this morning and they had the bloody cheek to tell me id gained 2lbs, just from that yesterday, so ill have to spend the rest of the week trying to disperse of that 2lb
funny how my thinking has changed now, before if i had a major binge on a diet id say fcuk it and just restart dieting on the following monday........explains why i was never actually losing anything:rofl:

Sorry but I need a whinge
 

That is exactly how I feel. Last weekend when we had visitors, we did eat out a lot, :devil: but I tried to choose the best diet things on the menu and thought I'd gotten away with it, but NO. I am really fed up, Since they left on Wednesday I have been really good, lots a points free vegetable soup, home cooked meals etc. and do the scales reflect this Do they :censored: not. 4 days after they left, they decided to show I'd put on a pound, :eek: (I know it doesn't sound much, but when you averaging 1/2 lb a week with absolutely no cheating, its a major set back.
Two trips to the gym, and nothing sweet passing my lips, and carrot soup for my lunch every day, still no change. I was really needing a weight loss this week, as its my trip back to the UK this weekend and I'm staying with my friend, and she's talking about going for a curry having bacon butties. Its going to be torcherous, thats when there's nothing but will power. My friend is slightly over weight too, but she's in the I don't care about my weight mode at the moment.

I find this is when its really hard, when you have lost a little bit and are feeling much better and people can tell, and they say nice things and you feel happy. :D THEN it happens, you become complacent, and when someone says 'its only a bacon butty' with butter and 2 pieces of white bread (8 points), :s: its only a bit of Naan with your curry (30 million points). :s: And I'm away from home so i can't sweat it off in the gym.

and I won't be able to log on line and listen to you chats, (which i admit really motivate me, its like a WW meeting every day).
So I have carrot soup again today, and my WW weight in tomorrow night where currently any loss would make me happy even 100g (1/8lb) even though I was hoping for 0.5kg (just over 1lb).
But I will not quit, I will be able to wear something that looks good in the summer; other than baggy linen trousers :strong:

OK I've gone away and calmed myself from the panic. And I'm going to practice saying Nooooooooooo.
I'll say yes to the alcohol and No to the food. then I won't blow my points. And I'm goig to suggest goign to a niteclub and dance rather than a curry. I haven't done that since november.
:dance:

Our WW leader said that was a really bad idea. If you don't eat food but have alcohol then you get drunk quicker and then you won't be fully aware of what you are doing and will just eat food anyway!

For me it's not a problem as apart from the odd glass of wine I don't really drink. God help me if I had to use my points for alcohol as well as food!

i love dancing, and when im out i dance that much food and drink isnt really an issue, but after nightclub, food always beckons
im going out on 1st of april to an 18th b'day do..........meal.............then drinks...........then dancing..............then food on way home ......... then hangover and guilt trip the next morning .............and big binge to cheer myself up .........followed by more self loathing......the joys the joys

:lol: Thats EXACTLY how it is Toot :rofl:

Yvonne, I'm wondering if you might need that bacon butty :lol: you have'nt been eating much at all have you? :yikes: maybe your metabolism is a bit screwed up with having so few cals? :dunno: have you been getting all your points in? you're not going below your minimum are you? if you are then i'd suggest upping your intake to make sure you're getting your minimum pts ;)

As for drink :rolleyes: i'd be thin again if I could stop drinking beer :rofl: thats where a lot of my cals come from :( 4 beers = 600 cals (approx) AAAARRGGGHH! :faint: but thinking of that does'nt put me off :nono: i'm a stupid :moo: :lol3: i'm trying to give up the couple a night that I have and save them for the weekend :kickcan: :cry: sometimes it works sometimes it does'nt :devil:

i love really cold beer when its warm outside............fortunately for me scotland doesnt get that warm very often so the cold beeer is left for dh,

Hi Yvonne - it's so awful when that happens, the scales are soooo mean somedays. Try and keep feeling positive (hard, I know) and don't let it become an "oh well, I've gained a few pounds -what's the point, eat, eat, eat ......etc" which I have done so many times and that couple of pounds becomes a ½ stone. Even if you do end up having a curry, try and watch what you have the rest of the weekend and dance the night away, that'll definatley help, then get straight back to it the following week.

At the end of the day, you've got to socialise and carry on living life, it's just trying to adapt it when you're dieting. I always find that my events come in batches and week after week I've got something happening and my (very gradual anyway) weight loss grinds to a halt - AGAIN!

Take care, keep smiling

Thank you all for being so supportive. :grouphug:
I really am lookin forward to visting my friend and England, I have my shopping list ready, (low sugar Vimto yum yum, tea bags etc...)
I will be brave and stand up to her (she's a bit bossy :coach: ) and might accept the bacon butty (w/o butter) but turn down the curry.
And if I stumble a bit, I'll just have to cope with that when I return.

I think I'm going to have to start writing my food down again, :write: That way I know when I eaten all my points and also when I've cheated.

:goodluck: have a good weekend girls and I'll report in next week.
TTFN

I hope you have a fabulous time with your friend Yvonne :) wish I lived that close :cloud9: i'd be over every month :rofl: you can't beat a good night out with friends :D You should start journalling again ;) its amazing how you think "but i did'nt eat much today" when in fact you've picked at 1500 cals :rofl: have a good time we'll get you back on the straight and "narrow" when you get back :) I think I tried sugar free Vimto when I was there, it was good :T I love that stuff! and dandelion and burdock :T and steak puddings :T and meat and potato pies :T and CHIPS :hun: :lol:

How come I never had a weight problem when I lived in England :?: I "lived" at the chippy and binged on chocolate all the time :rollpin: something weird :crazy: happened to me when I left :( and I forgot to say that CADBURYS TURKISH DELIGHT is my fave :T

Cat - wash your mouth out - saying all those "naughty" words on this forum :tape: :lol:

Oh no, too late, the words are running around my head and now I'm dreaming of chips and Turkish Delight (but not together!) :lol:

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:rofl: he-he :devil: