That dangerous stage when you feel like ' the mountain is climbed'

Spirogyra

Have lost about a stone and a half this year. Actually don't think its possible for me to loose much more weight. I've now reached the 'slim' stage. But getting 'cravings for junk food' and when I passed a pub felt like 'a beer'. Its a dangerous phase,I don't want to revert to old habits. I enjoy being able to look better in clothes. Does anyone relate ? Thanks SðŸ˜႒

Dixie Chick

Yep- totally relate and it can be a very slippy slope.

But i tell myself that everything in moderation is ok, so I do allow myself a few glasses of wine weekly and I also have a bit of chocolate. What I don't do is ever have cakes etc in work, as I think that this would just reinstate a bad habit. Do you let yourself have treats?

I also tell myself constantly that "I want to be and look like a person who takes care of themselves" and that seems to kick a bit of the silliness out of me. For eg. this weekend , my fella had a big bag of Doritos and put them in a big bowl in between us. I really had to try hard then.. but then I thought back to when that was just a habit and I had all the signs of it and it just kicked me into check a bit. As it was, i was already having a nice glass of wine and some chocolate so I already had enough treats in front of me.

Spirogyra

Thanks Dixie no I've to this point had no treats,not really ,just 2 alcoholic drinks twice this year, 2 chocolate sweets easter Sunday.....my treat is bread and pastry products, i feel my diet is a bit limited, the weight is gone,which is amazing, clothes look so much better,was 16 bordering 18 , Im now usually 14....but willpower is waning, just want a proper meal and to feel full,sorry for rantðŸ˜႒

vard

You can fit the foods you crave into your diet. Potentially daily, depending on your appetite. Why not allow yourself one day a week to relax? As long as the rest of your diet is in check it would probably be beneficial.

Alf Veedersane

Coming at it from a different perspective but I can appreciate that feeling.

A couple of things that helped:

- Remembering that my diet overall was pretty good. The occasional indulgence wouldn't cancel out the good.

- Knowing that it wasn't to prompt letting all the good work being undone and that it was just an occasional treat.

I've found that the longer you go eating healthier the less inclined you are to actually want junk. Yeah, the notion does cross my mind and often I have had the means, motive and opportunity but when it came to it, I didn't actuall really want them so didn't have them.

Ultimately, your mindset dictates how you go about dealing with it. Its you who decides to have a treat or not. You're in control. If you make a decision, own it. If that's having a treat, it's because you wanted. But decide that it's not the start of an unravelling of your good work.

It sounds such a small thing but it can be the difference between having that treat as an occasional treat and it precipitating a slide back into old, bad habits.

anewme

Lost the run of myself and went from bad to worse! Almost up a stone before I reined it in. Giving myself six weeks to get rid. It's all little bad habits, complacency and
if I'm totally honest a bit of smugness. Kicking myself up the arse as we speak!

Dixie Chick

I would be having a rant too if I had just two chocolates and two drinks since Christmas.

I think you may need to relax it a little bit and allow in something treatwise every now and then as it may be the difference between you keeping going or throwing in the towel.

When it comes to being too strict remember the old saying "From great feeling of deprivation, comes great feelings of entitlement"..in other words if you are too strict, you will feel very entitled to a giant blow out. i know I would!