Step Away from the Chocolate

[wtpclc]

I know I can do resist it, but I just want to go and buy out the vending machine right now! I had a bad day yesterday and it got worse today. I have a feeling I'll be putting in a lot of time from now thorugh Monday at work, because someone screwed up (possibly on purpose!). Can someone remind me why I don't want to give in????

I know it's not worth it. I know the joy is over in 2 minutes and then you deal with the guilt and trying to get on track again. It's just SOOO tempting today!

Thanks for listening. I just needed to get that out. I think I'll be OK now.

 

[MelanieC]

Hi there,
I understand your frustration and I know how good the chocolate would taste, but just remember how short lived it will be. A moment on your hips= a lifetime on your hips. Try to think of it as dirt. oooh - Don't eat the horrible yukky dirt (come on -work with me here!!

Try this.........just think about how you would feel tomorrow if you ate the chocolate. Now think about how you would feel if you didn't eat the chocolate. Which one will feel better. Do everything in your power to resist. I know you can do it. Post here every 5 minutes if you have to.........but don't eat that chocolate. You go girl! I know your more powerful than it.

 

[wtpclc]

Thanks Melanie! I know I can and I know how good it feels when I've doen well. Why is it that we seem to think we deserve to eat that "dirt" because something else is going wrong? I know tha t2 wrongs don't amke a right, so why is it, I go for the bad stuff at low times when I know in the long run that will make me feel even worse?

I'm having nuts and dried fruit and drinking lots of herbal tea to make me feel full. So, I think I made it past this one.

Thanks again

 

[ZerasPride]

Carrie - what wonderful encouragement you receieved from Melanie. She is so right! I know you know it mentally already but it's so hard when it's emotional eating we're talking about. I'm the world's biggest chocoholic and can't even count the number of times I've turned to chocolate or ice cream. Being OP right now, you don't want to jump or even take a flying leap off the wagon. You know how lousy you'll feel later and like you said, the pleasure will only last a minute or two and then the bad feelings will start which will just probably make a tense and pressure-filled situation worse.

We're here for you. Back away from the EVM (evil vending machine). You can resist! And when you do, you will feel more powerful and have more control so that the next time you're tempted to eat emotionally it will be that much easier! {{{hugs}}}

 

[wtpclc]

Lisa - I know you're right. It's the same advice I'd give to others. I do like the new term you taught me - EVM. I know a few good days will get me back in line again. It's just so easy to fall. I don't know how you've stayed OP for so long. You should be so proud of yourself!!!!

I CAN and WILL get through today OP!!!!!

Tomorrow will be better (except that I'll be in the office that has Krispy Kreme Fridays). I WILL NOT give in to that either!

Now that I've made that committment, I'll have to follow through. I knew I could get what I needed from my WISH buddies today.

Thanks!!

 

[ZerasPride]

Carrie you have supported and encouraged me so many times that it's my pleasure to return the favor!

I often wonder what in the world keeps me OP day after day after day and I think your post helped me to realize what it is. Some people can have little cheats here and there and be fine. I'm not that fortunate. I know that one slip will lead me down a slippery disaterous slope that might take me weeks or months to recover from. I also keep a pic of me when I first started last year. It's sad and takes me right back to that morbidly obese period in my life. I just can't go back there now that I've had a taste of what "normal" living feels like.

We can do this together!!!!!

P.S. I can't take the credit for the term EVM. I remember reading about it on Doe's journal and it stuck with me!

 

[wtpclc]

Lisa - I follow my own plan, because we are at my parents or my ILs a lot (days at a time) and I cannot always control what I am served. (I also tend to stress at the ILs and justify the comfort foods.) I typically can come back "OP" on Monday, because that's when I can control what I have and have no problem. I think I've gone too far off course though. I'm coming back in line this week, but I could have fallen today. I also knew that just by writing about my desire for the yukky "dirt" in here that it would keep me safe for the day. I know I'll have a greater desire tomorrow not to stray.

Thanks again for your support and letting me get it out!

 

[MelanieC]

Hey Carrie,
So glad to hear you made it past the chocolate crisis. That is why WISH is so great. It keeps you on the straight and narrow. Way to go! Woo hoo!

 

[wtpclc]

Thansk Melanie! And by the way, welcome back!