Could you try cutting down on the diet soda slowly instead of just giving it up all together?? Maybe then you can have your "filler" but slowly lower the amounts you drink til you no longer need it. I have learned that if I cut anything out completely that I am in for a serious crash and burn session in a matter of days!! That is why I am taking it so slowly getting back on track this time. Teach myself new habits and slowly take away old bad habits!! So far it seems to be helping some with my mentality anyways. Just a thought, I wish you luck!!
I just personally can't get past the 10 lbs lost mark. Have had a problem with that the last 6 yrs. It isn't a specific number on the scale just losing more than 10 lbs!!
((((Staci)))) Reading your post was like reading some of my own journal entries. I have very similar problems with sabotaging myself once I get down below certain weights, 250 being one of them. And I can really relate to the binging cycle - once it kinda gets going it's really hard to stop - kind of like running down a steep hill and trying to slow down.
Sounds like you are really thinking deeply about what is subconciously going on that might be contributing to your binging or sabotaging behavior, and I think that is the first step to stopping the pattern: identifying what is going on emotionally that might be causing you to reach for food.
There's a book I am in the middle of reading that I think might be helpful to you, especially right now. It's called "The Gift of Our Compulsions" by Mary O'Malley, and while she talks about compulsions other than food, since her journey was with compusive eating she focuses somewhat on that. She has a very different perspective than most books on the subject I have read - suggesting that we develop in ourselves an accepting curiousity about our unhealthy and sabotaging behavors so we can explore them fully and begin to really understand what we are trying to communicate to ourselves through these behaviors, rather than a guilty and self-condemning attitude that often keeps the cycle going while we try to gain control of our behavior.
Anyway, it's been a really helpful book for me so far, so I thought I would mention it in case you might benefit from it as well.
You *will* get past this hurdle - you have come so far already - you are strong and determined and ultimtely this will soon turn into another phase of healthy choices and further weight loss. You will turn it around - I think the hard part is just digging the heals in and saying "ok, stop."
Hang in there.. I know how you feel. Hope I can offer any advice, but I'm still struggling myself. Just hang in there and you can make it. I just know that quitting is not an option (that goes for both of us) so it's really a matter of breaking the cycle. You already got over the mental block at 250 so maybe the same techinque?
So we're both diet Pepsi addicts huh? I tried to cut down but eventually realised I'm trying to do too much at once. Once I get over the weight loss I'll look at the addiction.
((((Staci)))), don't be so hard on yourself. A few bad days aren't going to stop you. Give yourself a break, a hug, and a "do over". You're dealing with a lot right now. You will come out of this stronger and wiser.
Could you try cutting down on the diet soda slowly instead of just giving it up all together?? Maybe then you can have your "filler" but slowly lower the amounts you drink til you no longer need it. I have learned that if I cut anything out completely that I am in for a serious crash and burn session in a matter of days!! That is why I am taking it so slowly getting back on track this time. Teach myself new habits and slowly take away old bad habits!! So far it seems to be helping some with my mentality anyways. Just a thought, I wish you luck!!
I just personally can't get past the 10 lbs lost mark. Have had a problem with that the last 6 yrs. It isn't a specific number on the scale just losing more than 10 lbs!!
Angela
Angela
Unfortunately, no I can't cut down slowly.
ARRRGHHH!
Staci,
I'm sorry you're struggling.
((((Staci))))
Reading your post was like reading some of my own journal entries. I have very similar problems with sabotaging myself once I get down below certain weights, 250 being one of them. And I can really relate to the binging cycle - once it kinda gets going it's really hard to stop - kind of like running down a steep hill and trying to slow down.
Sounds like you are really thinking deeply about what is subconciously going on that might be contributing to your binging or sabotaging behavior, and I think that is the first step to stopping the pattern: identifying what is going on emotionally that might be causing you to reach for food.
There's a book I am in the middle of reading that I think might be helpful to you, especially right now. It's called "The Gift of Our Compulsions" by Mary O'Malley, and while she talks about compulsions other than food, since her journey was with compusive eating she focuses somewhat on that. She has a very different perspective than most books on the subject I have read - suggesting that we develop in ourselves an accepting curiousity about our unhealthy and sabotaging behavors so we can explore them fully and begin to really understand what we are trying to communicate to ourselves through these behaviors, rather than a guilty and self-condemning attitude that often keeps the cycle going while we try to gain control of our behavior.
Anyway, it's been a really helpful book for me so far, so I thought I would mention it in case you might benefit from it as well.
You *will* get past this hurdle - you have come so far already - you are strong and determined and ultimtely this will soon turn into another phase of healthy choices and further weight loss. You will turn it around - I think the hard part is just digging the heals in and saying "ok, stop."
Sending you positive thoughts...
Kristin
265/254.5/150
Hang in there.. I know how you feel. Hope I can offer any advice, but I'm still struggling myself. Just hang in there and you can make it. I just know that quitting is not an option (that goes for both of us) so it's really a matter of breaking the cycle. You already got over the mental block at 250 so maybe the same techinque?
So we're both diet Pepsi addicts huh? I tried to cut down but eventually realised I'm trying to do too much at once. Once I get over the weight loss I'll look at the addiction.
Thanks everyone for your support!
((((Staci)))), don't be so hard on yourself. A few bad days aren't going to stop you. Give yourself a break, a hug, and a "do over". You're dealing with a lot right now. You will come out of this stronger and wiser.
(((((Big, Big, HUGS!!!!)))))
Kaelynn