Done something stupid....another lesson learnt.

[alwaysstartingagain]

So Friday my weigh in got me 0.5lbs away from goal. I wasn't disappointed, infact I thought I did well, for those who don't know I lost 1 stone 5.5lbs in 7 weeks (instead of the 1 stone 6lbs I set myself). I celebrated with...yep..food. Just for a treat...well I have had treats probably a small one daily as I refuse to diet this time. However, for some reason I couldn't stop. So Friday, sat and sunday I have eaten pretty much 2700 plus kcals. I feel crap this morning but doing the 5:2 diet this week to make up. So today is day one of 500kcals and weds I will do it again. I don't think this 'diet' needs to be done if your doing things right, unless things slow down and you need a push.

I cant stay disappointed in myself because I also refuse to get into the self doubt talk and am pretty much positive most of the time. I have just learnt my lesson. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would but buying it in I cant not eat it which shows me I have little self control. It also shows me I just eat for eatings sake. So today am gonna be hungry. I am making my soups lol...but I am NOT going to have a sts or a gain Friday, not a chance. I have got myself a 2nd goal to aim for and am on it.

We have to dust ourselves down and make this journey different to the others before, we cant give in or 'start again Monday; (ok it is Monday but you get my point )

So for those who have eaten a bit more (in my case a ton load) just either try make it up or sign it off. We have to be the difference no one else can do it for us, no matter what advice we get.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

We live and learn, alwaystartingagain and that's what to take away from this. It was a lesson, well learned

Onwards and downwards!

[alwaysstartingagain in reply to moreless]

Exactly

[Pseud0nym]

I'm doing a fast day today too after discovering I'd put weight on when I weighed yesterday. Normally I don't struggle too much in the day, it's just in the evening I start getting really hungry but today I'm already really hungry - do you normally struggle on fast days? What soup are you making?

I had a similar weekend - I had one thing after another go wrong on Friday, and it threw off my whole weekend to the point I just ate crap the whole time.

Well done for having lost so much already though!

[alwaysstartingagain in reply to Pseud0nym]

I haven't done today...did so well until my mom brought junk and fish and chips 'as a treat' she means well but boy its thrown me back now...so I will do it back to back tomorrow and weds. I don't find it hard if am honest though I do miss cups of tea but kcals for milk isn't worth it on them days.

I am making 2 soups in my soup maker...the first sweet potatoes and peppers...love it...the 2nd I call my greens...its anything green, so I got cabbage, leeks, broccoli, green beans. I will make them tonight so no excuse for tomorrow and I wont look in the kitchen cupboards for 2 days. I don't like doing the 500kcal but I don't like looking like this either lol...so needs must.

[Pseud0nym in reply to alwaysstartingagain]

Does this look similar to your sweet potato soup recipe?

bbcgoodfood.com/user/353211...

[alwaysstartingagain]

I have found the opposite for me but I don't recommend the diet as I honestly believe if you restrict yourself enough you miss the foods and then overdo it when you come off wagon. However, I have a goal I need to aim for so I have to, for me I find it shrinks my stomach so when I go to have 1700 kcals the next day I feel like am pigging out when am not.

[Ceals]

Good on you - sorting yourself out in positive ways.

Hope Friday weigh in brings you good news.

[alwaysstartingagain in reply to Ceals]

Thanks Ceals x