I think you shouldn’t beat yourself up about it. You are a human being like the rest of us, and we can’t all have a will of steel ALL of the time. Put it behind you and carry on as you would normally. Remember – this is NOT a diet like all the rest, where you are either ‘succeeding’ or ‘failing’. This is a ‘plan’ that we love for its flexibility and for the fact that it allows us to have bad days every now and then without feeling guilty.

Tomorrow is another day 🙂 Let’s hope you feel better about yourself soon (and put the rest of the chocolate in the bin – if there is any left!)

wiltldnrUSA,

Yeahhhh, you’re human!! Sometimes a good chocolate blowout is needed. Don’t worry about it for another second (says the one who ate everything but the kitchen sink, last Sunday)! I felt awful for a bit, then got over it. And guess what? Didn’t really gain anything.

I read or heard somewhere, that it’s actually good to sometimes consume higher calories in a day, when you are “dieting”. This can “trick” your body, as it can get complacent if you’re always “good”, and can actually cause a plateau if you don’t. And it’s as though your body forgives you. I choose to believe this. 😀

Plus, didn’t it feel good to just let go and eat, just take a break from it all for a little while? I am learning that it’s ok to give myself the permission to do so occasionally.

Like so many have said, tomorrow is another day. Forget yesterdays folly, and eat some yummy fruits and veggies today, rather than try to overcorrect the binge – or it may drive you to eat more chocolate. Plus, you’re definitely not alone!

And you didn’t LEAVE any chocolate for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee???????

Don’t beat yourself up, girl. Tomorrow is another day!

You make me chuckle! I’ve never been one of those people who can make a bar of chocolate last all week by having a square a day, ‘petit a petit’. It’s all or nothing (usually all rather than nothing) if there’s a bar of chocolate in the house! Or bags of nuts… Or packets of crisps… If I don’t buy them I can’t eat them! Best of luck with your next fast wiltldnrUSA!

A dorito is WHAT?! Binged on those nasty things at a 1st birthday party on Saturday… I never eat them normally but couldn’t keep away from them, dipped in the 4 classic dip selection on offer…! Think it was just because it was cr*p ‘food’ I would normally never by for at home!

I am struggling on a plateau at the moment too…does make me feel like throwing in the towel, actually. Are diets meant to make you feel so scared of what will happen if you let go? Cos as much as this as touted as a lifestyle it still fills me with fear… The thought of straying and regaining everything that was lost…
Am planning on getting preggers next month anyway. That’ll probably put a spanner in the old weight loss works!!

I’ll second that, no chocolate in the house for me, I lose any semblance of self control, but as far as alcoholic drinks,
I completely forget they’re around. Interesting what our individual triggers are, I’ve had the chocolate mania since childhood.

No difference – the “feast” is just relative to the “fast”. Not really helpful to think of it as a feast I’d say as you should eat “normally” on a non-fast day – i.e. stay within your TDEE or else you are undoing all the good work of fasting (or at least slowing down the weight loss) 🙂

Lay’s to roll out chocolate-covered potato chip

http://usat.ly/1bGU6rq

Salt and sweets in one swoop.

Chocolate lovers may rejoice, but why?

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Have just read this stream for the first time and have appreciated it 🙂
Like LittleWing I have been feeling apprehensive about what happens if I let go – in my early days of 5:2 I often did, but as I have got closer to my goal weight, and since my knee op, and not being able to do much exercise, I have been ‘scared’ about eating anything I feel I shouldn’t. But this stream has help me feel reassured that if I do, I can just take the next best step straight afterwards. 🙂
And rocky – choc covered crisps? OMG. I am very grateful that the last time I had crisps, which I followed with choc covered ice cream (yes, the salt/sugar thing that used to be a regular binge for me), I felt really sick, which has put me off both. Yeah, hope that lasts 🙂
As rocky knows, chocolate is my weakness, but I am managing with it in the house. We only buy the individually wrapped minichocs, and almost all the time I can limit myself to one a day on a non-fast day. Which I savour.

Hi mulville 🙂
I know that sick feeling, it is not that long since I last suffered it…
I just had a quick flick thru your posts and see that you have been on 5:2 for a few months. Have you reached your goal weight? I note that you weren’t trying to lose too much, maybe that makes it harder???
Halloween wouldn’t help either, luckily we don’t celebrate this.
Lack of self-control is the reason I was overweight, I THINK the reason I am able to resist now is that I am so close to my goal, and I do love that I am now slimmer than I was when I got married 😀
However, no guarantees that I won’t stray from this sanctimonious path!!!!!
Have you read the Sabotaged! topic that discusses issues of self-control?
Anyway, the fast day will clear that excess sugar from your system 🙂
I do agree that the non-fast days are more challenging, I think I may try 16:8 – have you given that a go?
Best wishes
Sassy 🙂

Hi Mulville, best of luck with 4:3 and hopefully you will be at your goal weight very soon. A couple of days of 6 mini chocs shouldn’t make any difference to getting there! 😀 As we all know, one of the beauties of this WOE is that it is generally easy to get back on track, which it sounds as if you are doing 🙂