lisa1905s's Journal, 20 May 19

Lisa don’t hate yourself for that, I stopped doing that to myself. If I’m craving some junk food I eat, it keeps me sane however I really try to keep it to a minimum a week... if I spend a week eating all the wrong foods I try not to feel guilty coz I know I don’t do it all the time and I make sure I keep to my active/ exercise routine 

Some sound advice from PhindieR, Lisa. Take it to heart, please. We all have bad and good days. Sometimes, those binges are mindless and sometimes those binges are things that our body needs... With me, and I have been struggling too over the last few days, I think of food as nourishment for my body and some as crappy indulgences that I don't need, but want. Roll with the good and bad days because they will always be there: what you need to think of changing is your mindset. Learn from the bad days and move forward. Tomorrow can be better.  

Thanks guys 

you're doing well Lisa! So proud of you! 

27.5kg of uncomfortableness gone! Bingeing is part of the journey. I love my cheat weekends. Take them, enjoy them, cause they help you power through the tough disciplined weeks. Can i give you a suggestion? On your target 133kg’s to go is such a big number! I know my end goal is going to be between 90 and 100kg, but i set my first goal to 134kg. The first goal is a 42 bmi target which is for me to apply for my immigration permit to New Zealand. They actually only allow 35bmi people into the country for immigration, but my agent says there have been cases that they got exemptions at 42bmi. Sorry went off point... the idea is set 3 goals and change your goal weight to something that you want! Eg: a weight of 160kg, will allow you to walk without back pain or you may find a weight where you fit into a smaller size of clothes. Just my opinion, use it or loose it, but i do think that is where you may be loosing motivation as you looking very very very far ahead. Good luck and again stop beating yourself up over your cheat days. 

Just gather your strength and everything that got you this far and start with the day you in, just one day of eating correctly or a couple hours of fast through the night with a late good breakfast and you will feel you back on track. I know it feels all a mess... I was feeling like that last week, so I decided to stop eating at 8:00pm ... and also made a decision to only eat at 11:00 the next morning... I woke up starving and decided to have a cup of coffee ☕️ instead because it makes me feel full and started reading about others weight loss journeys... reading about their struggle and seeing them overcome got my mind back in track, and I was no longer concerned about my hunger and ready to go the extra stretch to 11:00... it is a battle, but do what you need to, to get you there... 

I agree with FatMike on setting mini goals... I set myself five initial mini goals and have achieved two so far... I feel far more successful for my mini achievements than if I was still trying to reach the end goal... we are so proud of you and this platform is just so full of supportive kind people who are all going through it together... it's awesome that we can be here for each other 👌👍😘