*Sigh* Whats going on here! I've been doing good for almost 2 weeks now. Counting points (WW) and I dropped 5lbs in my first week. I packed my breakfast, lunch, and snacks like I usually do. I stopped by 7/11 this morning to grab my sliced apples for the day since I finished the bag i had and I'm standing in 7/11 and decided...I don't want cereal or oatmeal..I wanted a bacon,egg and cheese hot pocket. So I stand there..whip out my phone and scan the barcode(G1 by tmobile..love my phone) to see how points there was in this hot pocket. Normally my breakfast consist of 3-4 points...so i figured screw it...its only 8 points...I can handle it. Well sitting here at my desk..with TWO hot pocket wrappers in the garbage. 18 points for breakfast...so sad! I just don't feel like counting points today! I don't no whats wrong with me. I think whats getting to me is that...The scale says i'm 5lbs lighter..I'm excited that i'm no longer in the 230's..even if it is only by 5lbs but..when i look in the mirror...If i turn around..I can find those 5lbs that the scale says i've lost LOL!

Oh and i work for a vending machine company..so I have have access to any and every snack, soda or juice you can think of. I've been doing really good with bringing my own snacks but man..losing this weight is going to be hard! And i'm going to need all the support i can get!

Oh wow, I can REALLY relate to working somewhere full of temptation!! I work at a bakery... =/

I think it depends on you on how to be successful. Sometimes, maybe once a week or so, I need a day where I don't count calories. I don't let myself have a blow out (or at least I try not to), but I just need a day where I can relax and not obsess over how many calories I'm eating and just focus on eating healthy foods. This has worked for me. However, sometimes, it's easy to not get back on schedule. It sounds like you are just resisting the change in habit, which is totally normal. The magic number is 21 days to change a habit, but I think it takes more than that sometimes. So if you've only been counting points for a week or so, I'd keep at it. OK, so you ate a breakfast that wasn't on schedule - yesterday I ate lunch at Chick-Fil-A! But I held myself accountable, and because I relaxed and ate what I was really craving (fries.... ahhhh), I was actually OK the rest of the day. I still stayed under calories by compensating. Maybe you won't meet your target points today, but maybe you can come really close - like a point or two over. Better that, than to just throw in the towel now! Don't beat yourself up over it, just learn and move on. =)

I have heard it can take SIX MONTHS to change a habit.

So you had some hot pockets. It happens. It is hard to change what we have been doing. Just get right back to plan. Eat what you would normally eat for the rest of the day.

Someone on here once said that if you trip down a couple of stairs, you don't go and throw yourself down the rest of the flight of stairs - no, you get up, brush yourself off and continue on. I LOVED that analogy!

LOL I like that!!

OK, so you may use a few (!) of your flex points today. If you have the opportunity to earn activity points, I would. And if you stay on plan the rest of the day you can make it. It's not so much of a disaster if you don't throw in the towel.

Oh geez, working for your company must be very hard! You have a lot of will power to resist all of those free goodies.

Don't beat yourself up over your breakfast. I think that you should continue counting for the rest of the day. Eat the healthy food you brought in and don't worry about the breakfast. Don't forget you have the 35 flex points for the week too! You can also earn activity points if you exercise tonight.

Two hot pockets won't blow all the progress you've already made. As others have said you just get up and keep going.

No one is 100% perfect from their starting weight to their goal. We have slip ups and that's ok.

Brush it off and soldier on.

LOL you girls are cute! Thanks for the motivations. It wasn't that i was throwing the whole process out the window...Well not compeletly..Just for today...Felt like i screwed up breakfast so why not just enjoy the rest of the day with the things i've been missing and pick back up tomorrow. I'm just so easy discouraged when it comes to losing weight.

I bet the bacon and the cheese pockets were yummy.
But, maybe the next time when you get a similar craving, better make yourself some scrambled eggs with turkey bacon at home. Much better for you.

Where I work, we have vending machines as well but I just ignore them. In the worst case, I get a Coke Zero (when I absolutely must have a treat).
But recently it got worse: we now have a catering company that "set up shop" in our cafeteria and they are open since morning till 3:30 pm. They sell bagels, muffins (the size of canon balls), nanaimo bars and tons of other sickeningly sweet stuff, sandwiches, parfaits, salads and soups, etc. So basically I can go dowstairs to the caf at any moment and get myself whatever. And believe me, sometimes it's tempting because the smells coming from there are lovely.
Aaah, life is hard.

lol...well, MAYBE. I have been on my diet for 6 months and I find that it only takes a split second to make a poor choice.

I see it as a wall switch. Flip off the intruding thoughts and get on with the day. I am living on the road and every time I need to use a restroom, I walk through aisles of junk snacks and the aroma's of fast food. At first it was hard. My eyes focused on all the goodies and I struggled to walk past it. It was like the stuff was screaming at me. Each time I walked past it, I grew a bit stronger. No means No. Six months later, I notice that most of the time I don't even see the stuff anymore and it doesn't scream at me. Not unless I stop and look at it. See, it doesn't take but a split second to get tempted. My husband still snacks and so occasionally I have to wait for him to pick out his stuff, that's when I "see" the stuff and start to wonder.....

No means No and that is my mantra. I try not to get too wrapped up in it, try not to over analyze it. I will always be attracted to food and I will always wish I could eat without consequence. I always have the choice to be a normal weight with a daily dose of discipline (reality check) or obese with instant and continuous gratification and live oh so sick and immobile.

Frustration is giving in time after time to my wants. Freedom and release is found in discipline in preserving my needs. No one likes the word, but for me, it is truth in a nutshell. I need to feel good, have energy and a sense of wellbeing, I need that more than I need to gulp down whatever is grabbing my fancy. I feel so much better with the small amount of weight loss, I can only dream of how I feel when the rest is lost!

Hi there,

I always feel better when others understand my predicament. No body likes to feel alone.

I think lots of us have days exactly like you've experienced. And, there is great advice here. Somehow, you've got to find the bit of advice that makes sense in your mind and then apply it to your day and your life.

You can do it. I can do it.

Hang in there sweet!