jlaman79 wrote:I know myself. When things get strict, I rebel.
I can 100% relate to this. I started to try to break myself of it a couple of weeks ago. The first step was letting myself have a second bar in a day if I wanted it. And I said that I would allow myself ONE bite of a particular dish if I just really really wanted it more than anything. I had the second bar quite a few days and now I'm breaking myself of that habit, but it helped at first because sweets are my thing. Once my husband made himself a salad with shredded mozzarella on it, so I had one little shred of the cheese. It was enough. I got the taste of it, and I was fine.
I'm not saying to allow yourself tastes if that is sabotaging you. I'm saying that by telling myself it was OK, I took away the urge to rebel. It's been 2 weeks since my last (and pretty major - 4 days) binge episode and I have not had trouble at all passing up treats around me. So maybe you can come up with some little trick to play on your mind like I did. Time will tell - maybe I'm setting myself up for a bigger fall - but for now, I feel good about it and I think it's working.
I hope you can get excited about losing weight again, in whatever way works for you!