Rewarded myself............(proceed with an open mind)

[spea]

Ok so I know I am still 3lbs off my target (probably more after tonight) but I decided to reward myself with a full on night off the diet.

I was good all day and thought sod it, 5 months of dieting I can have a treat, well my treat was bloomin' huge. Now im sure some of you will sit there and hate me for listing off what I ate, others will think I am silly for doing it and others will think good on you for enjoying yourself, so anyway I just thought I would share that this evening I have been to pizza hut, now I had a bit of everything and have done a rough calculation using the nutritional info direct from there website because I have figured if I know exactly what I have eaten I can focus on getting back on track.

So here goes I had............some pasta salad*, some coleslaw*, some tortilla chips*, some potato salad* followed by some pizza and a glass of diet pepsi (* around a teaspoon or slightly more), not so bad you are thinking well I decided to round the evening off with a nice plate full....7 to be exact of profiteroles with chocolate sauce and then went home and ate a sugared ring doughnut.......... I bet you are all gasping in horror right now lol. Anyway, my rough calculations are today i have eaten 2270 calories and around 216g of Carbs, i will not even go into the fat content ha ha. So tonight is now over and I thoroughly enjoyed eating like a pig (as i did before the diet) and i know that tomorrow and can get up and move on and eat as i am supposed to on the diet with no worries of it effecting my mind, I am aware yes, it will affect the scales but at this moment in time I am not fussed because I know that I am still in the right frame of mind to finish the diet and it was an active choice I made (might seem like i am trying to justify here but im really not). I did not fall of the wagon, nor was I pushed, I well and truly jumped off for one evening and one evening only...........

 

[xxkimjxx]

Good for you. I think after doing it for so long you deserve a night off. I think sometimes it's a good idea to do it, get it out of your system and get back to it

 

[time2go]

I cannot wait for a day like this lol AMD actually 2270 calories is only a little more than the 2000 women should get, and a little less than 2500 for a man. Ur gain will only b water x

 

[spea]

I dont know if I am just happy because of the choice I made or whether im hyped up off the chocolate sauce ha ha either way, I do not regret it. Roll on tomorrow, back to the diet until the end of July and then I shall be rewarding myself again............ this time with indian!

 

[xxkimjxx]

Mmmm curry *Drool*

 

[Mia]

I hope you enjoyed it if that's what you wanted to do, but pleassseeee get back on the wagon. I did the same as you, I was 4lb from goal and had a real pig out starting for my sisters birthday. That was on 4th May and I still haven't got back on track - worst thing I ever did. I have put 8lb on and that was last week I was weighed !!! Day one for me today and have been 100% so lets hope that's me finally back on Exante. Good luck xx

 

[FattyMamaGettingSkinny]

I think it's good that you got it out of your system and hopefully can carry on now to get to your goal. However I think for when we reintroduce foods it is best if we can kick the habits that lead to us getting overweight in the first place - like rewarding ourselves with food, and eating excessive amounts in one sitting. You need to change these behaviours or you'll end up putting on all the weight you've lost. I think it's important to learn to eat in moderation and not feel that because you are 'rewarding yourself' or because you are having a day off of the diet that you should eat everything in sight.

I hope that one day I will be able to go out for dinner, have a small meal, and maybe a small desert and the not feel the need to eat any more than that. If I'd eaten all that at pizza hut and the profiterols, I hope that one day I'd not want to eat anything else once I got home. This is how I hope this will be the last time I ever have to lose this amount of weight. Right now I'm on a diet, but it's a lifestyle change that I am hoping for long-term.

I know what you mean about not falling off the wagon but jumping off, though. If it's a controlled choice and you are able to get straight back to it the next day then that's great self-control, which you should be proud of. Just maybe next time you do it, see if you can eat for the day but eat healthily in practice for when you re-feed?

 

[evil weevil]

Great post, FMGS, and I agree with your sentiments exactly. If we all go back to doing what we did before the diet, we'll get what we always got - fatter. I've regained all the weight after a VLCD once, and I'm not going to do it again. My 'jumps off' the wagon are for BBQs, salads, steaks, prawns etc - all ketogenic and either related to socialising or my hectic work schedule. I'm going to a wedding in 6 weeks and they are having hog roast so I am going to absolutely stuff myself with pork and I can't wait. These controlled, healthy jumps off are all building my confidence in my own control and willpower for the future - I hope your jump off and back on again does the same for you.

Best of luck for getting back on the wagon, spea - your determination should see you through to goal.

 

[spea]

ok, so judging by a few of the comments you are all slightly worried about my evening off and the amount I ate and getting back into the diet so close to my goal, so I thought I would just update and say that I am well and truly back on the wagon, I have stuck to the diet for the past two days with no problem, no cravings etc. I would like to add that I am currently re-feeding and down to one pack a day and the rest is pure food, obviously checking carbs, cals, fats etc which is why I believe I have been able to get straight back on it. Over the last 5 months I have learnt a lot about self control and will power and I am putting it to good use with the re feeding stage and if I do happen to have another naughty day or decide to have something not so diet friendly I know that like the other day I can slip straight back to sensible eating. So put your worries to one side, this is not the start of my downfall, I have a size 10 bridesmaid dress to fit into and frankly the thought of my sister killing me because I cant get into it scares me more than anything ha ha. so onwards and upwards....................