FL i think when youve been on holiday its really hard to feel committed straight after you get back, so the holiday eating continues then its even harder to get back to eating healthy. we allow ourselves to relax when on holiday and say 'when i get back ill get straight back to it' expecting to feel suddenly satisfied by a week of binging, but what e dont realise is that actually having a week 'off' has the opposite effect, it doesnt leave us feeling satisfied, it gives us cravings and makes us lazy then getting back to it is actually 3 times harder than when we were just following it in the first place, im really beginning to see a pattern with this, as everyone who is off track has gone off track as they allowed themselves time off for a holiday, or because something has been happening in their lives to make it harder to plan, its almost like we see eating well as a punishment and allowing ourselves to go off plan as a treat, it feels naughty and then because we havent gone off for a while, we try to cram as many of the foods we like in, in a short period of time resulting in sugar rushes, energy slumps, stretching our stomachs and feeling generally rubbish mentally and physically. what im asking myself is 'is it worth it?' having a treat isnt really a treat, its greed. i WANT to eat burgers, chips, kebabs, chocolate, buns etc because they taste nice...thats it, its as simple as that, i love the taste. BUT i dont love feeling weak, greedy, fat, unhealthy, depressed and everything else that comes along with it....so i ask myself and all you people struggling with this issue right now 'is it worth it?'
ive been so busy, planning my food has been too difficult..so i thought, but i didn t find it too difficult to drink wine, eat takeaway (which i waited an hour for, in which time i could have cooked a huge meal) bake buns etcetc, i made excuses and its only been this morning when ive been reading this thread that ive actually realised thats what im doing. i mean come on guys...its just bloody food, weve turned into a right bunch of whingey excuse ridden whiners!! (some are going through genuine tough stuff and im not calling you whiners because of that, im purely talking food issues here) enough is enough, we know what we should and shouldnt be doing, lets crack on and do it...do we want to lose weight or not? if you want to eat rubbish then jog off and eat it and get fat, dont just moan about eating rubbish while sat eating crap not moving or doing any exercise, if you want to lose weight then get off your butt, stop moping and feeling sorry for yourself and start eating the right foods, fight through the cravings, no one puts the food in our mouths...we do it to ourselves so we can choose to stop...and after 3 days clean living the cravings will stop...and i suggest this (im saying this to myself too) NO BREAKS FROM EATING HEALTHY, NO WEEKS OFF, NO DIET PAUSES, JUST EATING HEALTHY AND HAVING EVERYTHING IN MODERATION. going on a binge has not proved beneficial to one single person and right now were all in danger of sinking this thread with all our extra weight gains. im committing to sw properly, im out on saturday BUT im not going to talk myself into it being hard, it isnt hard, ill work my food out for the day, work my drinks out for the night and bloody well stick to it, i put 4 dresses on yesterday that id bought in a size 12 and they were all tight I AM NOT GOING BACK INTO A 14. right im off to do my shopping and make a food plan. im doing this even if i have to do it alone, but it would be nice if you all joined me and turned this around. come on guys, its only as hard as we tell ourselves it is, ITS JUST FOOD, and the battle is only in our heads.
hope ur both ok! x
