So angry with myself.

[Abcdgse]

I feel so angry with myself. Since November I have lost 4 stone. But I just went and stuffed my face with. 3 packets of crisps, a mars bar, a mini cake, an iced doughnut. All within 2hrs

I don't know why i done it i didn't even enjoy it.

The thing to do is try to work out why. What was the trigger and what can you do to avoid that response next time you are in the same situation?

Is that food in your house - can you keep the cupboards clearer?

Well done on your achievement since November.

4 stone is such a massive amount to lose, well done!

You won't have undone any of it with one trip up. Go back to eating normally and forgive yourself. Are you getting help for your relationship with food? Xx

4st since November is a mammoth amount of weight to lose (and I say this as someone who las lost almost 5st on MJ but it's taken me 11 months!)

How have you been losing weight? What was different today that made you think "fuck it"? Maybe you can identify triggers and work on responses.

I also lost 3st a few decades ago (the old fashioned way) and as I've never tackled my psychological reasons for binge eating I eventually gained it all back! I know MJ is just treating the "symptom" and not the cause but my advice is look for your cause and try to tackle that. Therapy could be a possibility?

Yeah i guess its either that or carry on messing up. Just pissed myself of it was stupid.

Aslong as your bad day doesn't turn into a bad week it will be fine. People don't gain weight in a day they gain weight because they think fucki it I've ruined it now so no point.

So you put that aside and go back to your new normal

I too have lost a lot of weight, and been maintaining for coming up three years. There are times I have a fuck it and eat around me. Then I start again eating properly

This weekend we had the grandkids, easter eggs, macdonalds, sweets, ice creams,pizza etc of course I didnt resist it all , they went home on Tuesday and Im back to eating properly , so Im not looking crisps, chips and biscuits

I refuse point blank to become obese again so if I do pig out, I accept its happened, and get back on track

Logically I know i just stop and get back on track still feel like I failed though.

Hi OP. I've lost 7.5 stone in the last year, initially through MJ but now continuing without. All through this I've continued to enjoy alcohol, fast food and junk.
Everything in proportion.
This fuck up will not set you back so don't let it be the start of a guilt ridden, poor-me-I'm-so-shit-nom-nom-nom-fest.

It’s not a failure, it’s a learning experience. You didn’t enjoy it. It makes you feel bad that you did it. You probably felt slightly sick afterwards?

So next time you have a bunch of tempting stuff in the cupboard or fridge, and you get the urge to binge, just pause for a moment and remind yourself how it made you feel. Then ask yourself if it’s worth feeling lousy for a few minutes’ making a pig of yourself.

Been there, done that, and learnt from it. I still sometimes get the urge to binge, but I now check myself and just have one biscuit/ pack of crisps/ whatever.

Just remember the fact you didn't enjoy it. That you felt worse after and during it wasn't even pleasurable.

But don't dwell on it and just try and have some decent healthy food for the rest of the day/week.

And if you have one sweet treat, it doesn't mean you need to binge. Just cast your mind back to the feeling you had today and hopefully that'll make you stick to just one.

It's only one blip in 5 months of huge success on your part.

Forgive yourself. Tomorrow is another day.

I always think it's worth having something on stand-by which you can turn to as a treat (non-edible!) when the urge to do this hits you eg a favourite TV show or film. Allow yourself the pleasure of getting lost in that to take the edge off until the feeling passes

I self sabotage all the time. Don't beat yourself up about it. Get back on the horse so to speak. Work out why - weak moments? Hungry? Booze? Lonely?

Be gentle with yourself. Also don't freak out if you weigh yourself and are up, it will be water weight, water binds to glycogen that is stored in tissues from carbs, it not fat. You haven't undone any of your hard work. If you can't stop thinking about it at least try to turn your berating of yourself into kind curiosity. e.g. what were you feeling before and during the two hours of non-enjoyable eating, maybe something triggered it that you can bring to self-awareness.

If you binged on this food, it would be because you had been avoiding it, and now you feel a failure x Try introducing it back into your diet in small amounts. You won't binge on it again.

That’s OK. It won’t make any difference to your incredible achievement. And learning that you actually didn’t enjoy it much anyway is a huge win, if you think about it.

Be kind to yourself, seriously.

I think thats partly the thing . I didn't get anything from it. So then I tried the next thing then the next then the next. Which was stupid.

The food shop coming triggered it 😭 the scales are still going to piss me off.

You haven't failed, you have had a blip, you are human, not a ruddy robot

Please be kind to yourself

You cant change what's happened, you can only choose to make batter choices going forward

I know im just pissed of with myself I didn't even enjoy it. But still carried on anyway

Progress is never linear. It's the overall line/trajectory that counts. Stepping back from data, you are showing phenomenal progress. This is just one data point in an overall graph of awesome. Well done, chin up, and give yourself some grace. The more you agitate about this, the more likely you are to binge. Try to forget it and DO NOT RESTRICT. Just eat normally for your next few meals. Good luck.

And ive done the same on many occasions

But as @SardinesOnButteredToast , weight loss is never a straight line , we go up and down, we have blips, we have celebrations, we over eat , life happens

Dont beat yourself up

Being hard on yourself is sure fire way to really blow it. Just draw a line

This happens to me and it's usually hormonal. It's only a set back if you do the same thing again tomorrow and the day after and the day after.

4 stone weight loss is an amazing achievement the key to sustaining it is being able to have a blip once in a while and reset rather than spiralling.

Well done! If i do that I just have cereal for the next meal - or toast, and forget about it. Tomorrow is another day.

It's unlikely to even register in the scales. It was around 1000 maybe 1200 calories max. It takes 3500 calories over your maintenence amount to gain a pound.
Yes, if you weigh yourself tomorrow you will likely show as being a pound or two more than you were today. Thats due to the salt, carbs and sugar causing water retention. It isnt a gain and will be gone after a day or two of eating properly and drinking plenty of water.
You are allowed a blow out occasionally but it might be better in the longer term to include some of the foods you crave back into your diet. Much less likely to binge if they are not forbidden.

I have put on 2 pounds I'm so angry with myself. Its also the fact I didn't even enjoy it but still carried on. Thats just greed most people would say well them crisps were boring and stop. But no not me I have another packet then another...