Self sabotage

[sparkle789]

I really want to lose 2 stone. I’m in a cycle of managing for a week but then overeating again even though I was feeling like o could crack it this time.
I did a week of eating better and exercising I didn’t feel like I was restricted or hungry I lost 5lbs. The following 10 days I have eating nothing but crap food and lots of it.
Has anyone managed to get out of this cycle. I think I’m must be sabotaging myself because I don’t feel like I’m worth looking after by eating well and low self esteem but how on earth do I stop?!

Dont really have an answer as I do the same. I find that I try too hard when I am dieting and cut everything out and eat low calorie and this sends me into a reaction of eating everything when I stop. I think I get in my head that it's all or nothing, which might be indicative of an addictive personality.

The most sucess I've had with dieting is when I allowed myself treats such as a glass of wine and crisps in the evening. Then I always had that to look forward to and didnt feel the need to binge.

This is where I found that weighing daily helped me. I did/do I intermittent fasting but I would relax it at the weekends and then not make much progress at all as I was gaining back a chunk of what I’d lost. Those gains made me feel like I had wasted my time by eating well. It made me realise that I can’t really cheat it and this has to be a lifestyle change. Don’t get me wrong, I still have a takeaway once a week or so, I still have an evening snack 2 or 3 times a week (light snack)..but if I want to lose weight and make progress I need to keep it steady and not eat mindlessly.

I do sometimes see a scale increase when I don’t understand why, but only tiny and I’m pretty good at ignoring it and focusing on my goal for tomorrow/next week/next month.