I'm curious as to how many dieters do this:

[Yankee Belle]

When I'm not eating on plan for whatever reason and I've set a day to begin again (or begin in the first place), I find myself eating everything I can think of that I enjoy in the days prior to starting. Example: I said that I was going to begin again today (which I have!) but then my I started with the dangerous train of thought that says "Eat everything you love while you still can!" And I did.

Does anyone else have this type of self-destructive behavior or is it just me?

[redqueen]

Theresa, you're not alone! I have done that myself. Not exactly why. Obviously for us, it is better to just stay with the plan, rather than create opportunities to "justify" overeating.

I am proud of you for starting today!

Every day that we stay on plan gives us strength for the next!

[BeyondClueless]

I am very guilty of doing this and end up starting at a higher weight etc.....but I have learned that is the WORSE thing I can do for my body it just makes me fatter and its harder to start a plan again. I jumped back on plan this morning but I didn't know I was going to until I woke up this morning so I didn't have my binge fest. I have actually maintained my 14lb weightloss but in reality I could have been at my first mini goal already if I didnt keep screwing up and letting lifes little dramas get the best of me.

[Lehgrad]

I think that is one of the worst dieting blunders. Once Monday comes, then starting the diet isn't nearly as easy as I thought it was going to be on Thursday when I decided on Monday. I always am bummed too that I wasted all of those days eating crap.
This was in the past... I really don't do this anymore. I just remind myself that it'll be just as hard in a few days to 'start' as it is now and I will have a head start if I start 'now' instead of 'tomorrow'.

[Yankee Belle]

Well said Lehgrad. While "technically" I know that I'm doing myself a major disservice, it's hard to convince the part of me that allowed me to become fat in the first place. You know, that over-indulgent part that lacks will power and self control!

Maria and Chris, I feel better in knowing that I'm not alone. Misery loves company? Ugh. Anyhow, I'm working on correcting these nasty habits of mine but they were a lifetime in the making and won't fix easily overnight.

One day at a time, right? I'm really hoping this book that Lisa recommended will help!

[anj]

I do this also. It is so frustrating.

[Melsh]

I have done this too... Don't know why, especially since I know it's going to make me feel like crap I wish there was something I could do to change this behavior in myself, but at least now I know I am not alone!!

Melynda

[Jennyl]

I've done this too. It helps me if I force myself to get back on track right after a cheat. If I do have a cheat then I have a cheat meal instead of a cheat day. I have to get back on track right away because if I say to myself that I'll just get back on track the next monday, I'll end up having several cheat days. So what was just one cheat turns into many cheats and I end up setting myself back a lot more than I would have if I just had one cheat meal.

[a_thinner_rach]

You are definitely not alone in this, I do it all the time. For me, it's better avoid my trigger foods, because I will continue to crave them. Obviously I haven't done a good job at this because I am the prime example of a yo-yo emotional eater. When I get the motivation, I need to start that day, or I'll always find a million excuses. I hope I've finally run out of excuses!

[PIR8LUVR]

I do it too. I started off really well yesterday. Forgot to eat a snack yesterday afternoon and was starving when I got home. I had some soup for dinner and had some chips left from the weekend. I ate a bunch of them. Then at my small group I ate a bunch of oreos. So, I am starting over again today! I threw away the rest of the chips so I won't screw up again .

[mistymoon]

Well reading this has been good for me,I did this when I started SB.
3 days before I was eating everything in sight.this is what helps me.

My big down fall is chocolate,
Im sure some will tell me Im wrong but after 2 months .I know not to fight it,
What I do is give in to it by, picking a day when I will be shopping,on that day I get 1 candy baror maybe a cookies or 2 . I tell myself a candy bar ect wont hurt me ,

As Im eating it I keep telling myself that the candy bar may not hurt to much but ,If I make it more then 1 bar cookie ect today I will be hurting myself and looseing eveything Ive been working so hard for . I let myself know that I can always have something else in a week or two.

The truth is the things that made us fat will always be here.we can't control that .What we can control is how we think about then and our relation with then

We all have to do what works for us and this is a great help to me,I may be loseing slow but I an LOSEING and that makes me a WINNER

[Off My Duff]

This is called "last suppering", and I do it too. I'm on and off diets, er, eating plans, so often that it seems like I do this about every other day!

[lindaw2]

Probably you should have asked "who doesn't do this" since I am willing to think that most of us do. For me , the bottom line is that I grew up in the 60's and everyone was on a diet. That is a mind set I have to seriously leave behind since diet always implies that one day you will be off of it, go back to the way you used to eat, and start the cycle all over again. So, this time, I am hoping it is for the last time and I am telling myself that I am eating healthier and the weight loss is just a benefit. I jumped in with both feet and hope to swim and not sink!
I literally found the book on a bookshelf in the house, read it and said I am going to do this, and started that day. I just hope if I am luckily enough to lose the weight I want, I have made the changes I need to live with them and just keep it off,once and for all.

[wrenay]

Originally Posted by Off My Duff

This is called "last suppering", and I do it too. I'm on and off diets, er, eating plans, so often that it seems like I do this about every other day!

Gosh, i do this at least every week It is such a self destructive self sabotaging thing to do to ourselves!

[charmedpea]

I did this before starting LC.. The day before I DECIDED I was going to start.. I did start on the day I said and I havent looked back since last may..

charmed

[Suncharm]

Theresa, I've had many Sundays when I ate everything in sight because Monday was the start of a new diet Its a horrible pattern

One of the things that I've learned from watching my thin husband is this: We were at the grocery store and they were giving away samples of apple pie and I asked him if he wanted to try it and and he said "No, I ready know what apple pie tastes like" that sort of just clicked in my head. We eat so many things, not because we are hungry or we want to experience a new taste but because its there. I think this falls into the same category. We are going on a "diet" (oh what depravation and starvation we are going to have) so we give ourselves one last FEAST just incase we are actually successful and stay to the diet and never get to have "insert binge food here" again...EVER on this depravation diet..PANIC!!!!
So now one of the things I do when faced with temptation or another start is tell myself, I will taste it again, I can have those foods again, just not all in the same day or same meal.
In reality, once we reach goal or even along the way there will be occasions when we can indulge once in a while...its finding the balance and learning what is really worth indulging for. I think if we remind ourselves of this frequently, that we already know what XXXXX tastes like and right now, we don't need to eat it, it helps put us in a frame of mind to make us much more successful long term.

[texy]

Mmmmm Hmmmm. We also call it the last supper. Have had quite a few last suppers in my day!

[cqueen]

I bought a whole box of ding dongs and ate them all on Sunday. Started SB Monday and feel great..........