I'm drifting and it's got to stop

[JanBow]

Just little things here and there but it's affecting my weight loss, it's slowing down and I'm getting out of the habit of being 100%. So the odd glass of wine, a bit of cheese, not weighing my protein allowance, or milk allowance and having too much, it's these sort of things and I can feel it's starting to slide and I really do need to put a stop to it once and for all. I've still got 19lbs to lose, and I really, really want to get there before Christmas, it's do-able but I need to get back to 100% to do it.

I think I've just got a bit bored with it as I'm just over the half-way mark and having lost 2 stone, I can see and feel the difference so it's easy to relax a bit, I don't have the same urgency, desperation that I had 2 stone ago, but I know if I stop now then the weight will go back on, I have to get to my goal and I mustn't let me sabotage it!!!

 

[iwillbethinagain]

Your post rings rally true with me to. I am in exactly the same boat- this week it has just been little things- a taste of the OH's dessert, a sip of wine etc but it all adds up, then today I went for a Sunday roast with family. I was planning on just doing meat and allowed veg but ended up having gravy an a yorskhire pudding AND then had dessert. Feel awful now. Maybe we can motivate each other? I have another 15lbs to lose, aiming for Christmas. Back 100% now.

 

[JanBow]

Good idea, we're so close now and I know how stupid it would be to let this slip away. We can do this and be slim by Christmas! x

 

[noodles1609]

Sometimes it can be so difficult. I have a hideous picture of myself on my kitchen wall that looks at me every time I go in there. I'm already 4 stone lighter than I was in that picture, and there is no way I'm going back there again. My worry is because I don't have a final point I want to get to, I'll drift in a while, but I think I have to keep refocusing and reassessing my goals - so for now I've set goal dates up to Christmas in stones - 3 stone off by Christmas, then I've set more up to my holiday in May - 50lb, 60lb etc. I am keeping in mind how amazing I'm going to feel at our family Christmas party when I'll get lots of compliments on how I've done, each time I think about the drift, I replace it with that thought - and it seems to work. I'm also looking foward to needing an entirely new wardrobe for my holiday - and thats a great incentive!

 

[Hamish's Mum]

It is so hard but I just refuse to eat anything that is not on plan.

I fail every diet I have ever been on and I really do not want to fail this one. I cant ever remember the last time I was a 16, have slimmed to an 18 before but never a 16. I am wearing just about everything in a size 18 now so really want to get to a 16 and prove that I can do it.

I just cannot afford to drift