I'm dieting this week Woodpops, I'm not having too bad a week this week. I've decided to get very strict with myself about sugar and refined carbs and now that I haven't had any for a couple of days I'm having fewer cravings. Congrats on continuing wonderful weightloss .
Lol at you driving past a pig farm and being tempted, I think pig farms smell so bad that I can barely breathe if I go past one. Mind you that was in Ireland, perhaps English pig-sh*t smells sweeter .
Perhaps your LighterLife counsellor might let you move onto the next stage of the diet a little early so that you can have Christmas dinner, at least then it will be a controlled way to eat. You'll probably find that you won't be able to eat very much real food anyway as your digestive system is now used to liquid food. Don't worry about putting the weight back on, we will whip you back into shape if you do . Whatever, I think you should stop torturing youself with whether or not to eat Christmas dinner. Either talk to your counsellor and make a decision this week, or decide to make you decision on a particular date before Christmas and don't think about it before then. I suspect that constantly thinking about this issue is making you uncertain and that might be cause of your temptation to nibble.
Monkeygirl, don't eat chocolate . I gave it up and I have to admit it was horribly difficult and I needed lots of support, especially from this thread. It took about 3 weeks to get completely out of my system, but the first week or two were definitely the worst. You're really prolonging your suffering because you eat chccolate just before the cravings start to subside so the cravings go on week after week. If you can't give it up completely then you could try eating a very small amount every second day rather than than having a huge binge every week or so. Don't give up though, you can definitely do it.