M&m's Old Habits Die Hard. Help! I Feel So Guilty

[shrinkinmama 14]

So I am almost 5 weeks out and I have been by the book to the T. Today I was at a friends house and they had dip and then pretzle nuggets and of course the chocolate m&m's. I sat there and was so good just drinking my Water, I decided if i eat a few of the chocolate it wont hurt becuawse it will melt in my mouth. so i ate them and they were good. then i was thinking well a pretzle and the chocolate would be good together so I started eating an eating and eating.. I was of course chewing it till it was mush and then the next thing i knew i was drinking to wash it down. After about an hour of doing this I felt sick and soooooo GUILTY. It was insaine. I guess I can just tell my self I wont do that but I felt like I used to. I would have normally eaten so much of the snaky type food. It was just so dissapointing that I let myself get back into this habit. I realized that I really do have to work on this.

[Calicolea 38]

Sounds like you have learned a valuable lesson about yourself and your past eating habits. Don't beat yourself up.... we're all human.

[Foxbins 625]

Yup, they operate on our stomachs, not our heads...that part is up to us.

[Lissa 2,631]

Eating the m&ms or the pretzels probably wasn't a good idea this early, but you did it, so it's past. Coping strategies are what you need for the future, though. I'm the queen of them, only my addiction is baked cheetos. OMG, I can, and will, eat a whole giant bag at one sitting. So, I don't keep them in the house. If I do buy them, I make it a small, one serving bag, and I sit down and deliberately enjoy every single cheeto in that little bag. Then I do NOT repeat that experience for as long as I can stand it, usually about a month! LOL

When out and about, I try to get a drink and stay far away from foods that I know tempt me. The m&ms would have gotten me too. But, I have learned to take a small handful and WALK AWAY FROM THE BOWL before I eat them. Then I try to make them last as long as possible, savoring the taste. BTW, M&Ms don't taste all that great when you really pay attention to their taste, at least for me.

Move on, try to avoid being in a similar situation, and do better tomorrow. You'll figure out how to avoid your temptations as time goes on, or at least how to manage them better.

[shrinkinmama 14]

Oh i forgot to mention the sugar cookie dough that i ate. probably almost a cup of it. I am having a bad day today....issues with my husband and food has always been my go to and the cookie dough goes down so easy