Going it alone....

[LoChan1984]

Oh yes please to the swimming pool off gin hahaha!

Well yesterday's weigh in showed a loss of 9lb again! I did work super hard at it, but it's a shame I feel like I can't trust my scales.

I do feel that so log as its going down I am doing ok, so my new weight is 16st 13lb...11lb off in 4 weeks

Today whilst grocery shopping (after a full shift and only had time to eat 4 crab sticks and a mug shot) I picked up a large bar of chocolate with the intention of stuffing it in on the drive home. Felt like I was trembling and it was almost like panic. Before loading the shopping at the till I put the chocolate back!! This is a massive achievement for me.

I came straight home, put shopping away and had joes sausage, mash, cabbage and broccoli. I've been fighting the chocolate urge tonight but have had strawberries blueberries with yogurt and 2 crushed mini meringues. Yum! Hit the spot! I know I could use some syns for chocolate but its the uncontrolled binge I was wanting at the time. So glad I didn't, I don't miss the self loathing xxx

Ooh that's a fab loss, maybe the scales felt guilty for being ar$ey with you last week

Well done on putting the chocolate back and huzzah for going home to eat healthy things instead! Still you can always have some curly wurlys in just in case - stick them in the freezer and they'll last longer

Hi, was just reading your bit about the chocolate bar, I do exactly the same thing! But now I do it on purpose! My theory is that I will get good practice at putting those things that make me unhappy back, short term pain, long term gain. There's the added bonus of a bit of excitement at the supermarket when the desired choccie bar goes into my basket and the feeling of strength when I put it back at the end. The other thing I do is talk to food on the shelves! I say things like 'look I really would like to take you home but I would rather get into my size 12 shorts in time for my holiday and you are not going to help so you can stay on the shelf.' I sound completely mad I know but I don't say it out loud, cause that would be nuts!

I bet there's some intense gazing at the shelves though while you're having a chat with the foods in your head lol bless you I don't think I could do the torturing myself with putting things in the basket and taking them out again on purpose, all power to you

 

[Brewster]

Lol, yes and some funny looks too. But whatever helps I say

 

[Flicktheswitch!]

Love it!!! It's empowering!

Lo I would eat the lot if I bought them in xx

 

[Brewster]

It is empowering, that's true. I read a thing ages ago about instant gratification and I definately do hate to wait, and there lies my problem. So, I am training myself to wait and getting practice at saying no, not yet, to myself. It seems to be working, I feel like I've got more control over what goes in my gob! The other thing is that I remind myself that if it goes past the til then I will definately eat it, so it doesnt. Does anyone else buy yummy things 'for the kids' then scoff the lot themseves? I have been so guilty of that.

 

[LoChan1984]

Love it!!! It's empowering!

Lo I would eat the lot if I bought them in xx

Buy one at a time then? lol Whatever works best for you

It is empowering, that's true. I read a thing ages ago about instant gratification and I definately do hate to wait, and there lies my problem. So, I am training myself to wait and getting practice at saying no, not yet, to myself. It seems to be working, I feel like I've got more control over what goes in my gob! The other thing is that I remind myself that if it goes past the til then I will definately eat it, so it doesnt. Does anyone else buy yummy things 'for the kids' then scoff the lot themseves? I have been so guilty of that.

I'm lucky 'cause I really don't like the stuff my son likes to eat - pringles, jaffa cakes, custard creams etc. At the moment it's the other way around, I bought myself some milkybar buttons to melt for chocolate strawberries and my cheeky lad swiped them from the cupboard, I wasn't amused lol

Your training does sound like a really good idea - I might try it a bit further down the road in my own journey x

 

[Flicktheswitch!]

Help :'( I've lost it big time