I need a pep talk!!

[Jinsei]

I've been doing really well recently, and the weight has been coming off quite nicely. I haven't found it too hard so far, but today I've been really struggling. I hit the biscuits earlier in work, and now I'm just craving sugar more and more!

I'm doing MFP, and am still under my calorie goal for today, so I'm still doing ok, but I just can't stop thinking about food. Haven't felt like this for ages :( but this is exactly the kind of thing that has derailed me previously when I've attempted to lose weight, and I really don't want that to happen this time!

I know it shouldn't matter if I mess up for a day, I should just be able to start again tomorrow, but I know myself, and when I start to feel like this, I really struggle to resist temptation. Sugar is evil!!

Please, please, please help me to stay motivated so that I don't fall off the wagon!

It's a sugar crash and the only way to stop the cycle is to fight through it! It's not your lack of willpower, it's a chemical reaction in your body because of the biscuits you ate earlier. You probably haven't felt like that for ages because you've been doing really well on the diet. Don't give in, it's not you it's the biscuits. You can defeat the demon sugar!

Go and run yourself a lovely bath and relax.

By the time you get out, the sugar crash from the biscuits should have passed and you'll be back in the zone.

Changing your eating habits for life is all about making these tiny but important choices - sound like you're well on the way to changing for good because you posted on here rather than reaching for another biscuit :-)

*sounds

Thanks both, I managed to resist the temptation, and now I don't want anything anyway. :)

Yay! Well done!