So I started weight watchers… so far loving it. I love the flex plan and being able to allocate my points for each day and not just having a set limit. That being said… I am an awful cheater at dieting. I find myself nibbling here and there and thinking to myself ‘this wont count, I will be good from now on’. Today for example, I was doing great until I got to work. I was eating lunch and then there it was… the cinnamon roll. Somebody brought a box in, they looked delicious, so I had one. I was starving and only had a salad, fruit, and pretzels for supper. So I counted it as 3 points extra and called it even. Really I am sure it was about 5 points. THEN… there was a coconut cream pie downstairs. How could I resist, it’s my favourite. 2 small slices later I was feeling a little disappointed in myself but justified it by the fact that I am walking 25km tomorrow. Then my shift was over and I come home… oddly enough…. hungry. My stomach is a bottomless pit at times. So I had a handful of chocolate chips and a bowl of cereal (that I am finishing as I type this). I feel like a HUGE failure and have completely lost track of the points for today. I will likely use all of my flex points if I count today properly. What is wrong with me?!? Why am I always so hungry at work and have no willpower?? Has anybody else experienced this? I feel so lost right now.
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by breathingspace
Filed under: Ramblings
Hey,
I think this is something we all do, so please don’t feel discouraged. You are starting a lot of big changes in your life - and our relationships with food are particularly integral to our lives - so don’t worry about the occasional stumble. The important thing is to pick yourself up, put it behind you and start each day as a blank state.
One idea that might help you is the problem I used to have with binging when I was hungry or fed up: I’m a chocolate biscuit fiend, and if I binged I’d have a whole packet. I wouldn’t even enjoy the majority of it because guilt was already setting in and I was just stuffed. So what I try to remember now is that I *don’t* have to eat the whole thing, if I have a couple, ok, but try to avoid the all-or-nothing attitude.
It does sound like you’re doing really well though, so good luck and well done!
Katy