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confessions of a 17 day dieter..what day is it?

I am sad to say...I fell off the wagon...and I fell hard. Today should be day 13, but I don’t know if I should just go forward, or start over again. Any comments on this would be appreciated. This weekend proved to be disastrous for my diet. It started on Saturday, I was up and in a good mind frame, and decided I was going to make the Dolly Parton soup in the cook book so I would have plenty of food and not have to worry about cooking during the weekend. Sounds like a good plan right? I decided to put everything in the crock pot and just let it cook instead of having to babysit the food. Well I went off on a cleaning rampage and gorged myself with coffee for a good part of the morning. I’ve been able to limit myself to no more than 2 cups of coffee since starting the diet. So anyway, I didn’t eat anything until around 11 a.m., one of those habits that I thought I was over (not eating breakfast because I was full on coffee). When I did eat, I only ate an apple and continued on my cleaning quest. A little while later (around 4pm) I ate an orange, another no no for the diet (eating fruit after 2). All the while, drinking no water, only coffee. Later Saturday night I made a major blunder…I ate a sliced turkey sandwich, with bread and cheese…horrible, I know. Sunday rolls around and I tell myself, I will just go back on the diet tomorrow (meaning today-Monday). I didn’t eat too horrible during the day on Sunday until later afternoon, I was putting laundry away and there sat my husbands chocolate stash…those brownies and chocolate cupcakes were screaming my name…great I think, now I have gone insane. Worse yet, I gave in and ate a brownie AND a cupcake. If that’s not bad enough, I later ate Doritos…I am just disgusted with myself for getting that far and messing up so bad. I weighed myself this morning…I am up to 161.6. If anyone remembers I was down from 165.0 to 159.4 by day 4 and then my monthly friend came around (she is still here) and I gained a slight bit but nothing horrible. So I am at a loss as to what to do, continue and say today is day 13 or start over on day 1. I’ve ate my breakfast this morning, ½ a grapefruit and a boiled egg. I drank the lemon water, but no green tea (I am out and need to buy more when I get off work this evening). I am going to follow the diet as if today is day 1 and take the advise of anyone that reads this, if anyone is out there. I did eat a few bowls of the soup during the weekend which I think saved me from really gaining a lot and I still have some left (my teenage has been eating it too). I believe I will have the soup for dinner, yogurt for my morning snack, and a salad for lunch.

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I wouldn't beat yourself up about it.... it happens. Plus it is that time of the month. Did you have a chance to look at the section of the book? I would just continue on the diet as if it is the next day, day 13 in your case. It is hard to forget what happened, but it helps you remember how you felt afterwards. So you can learn from it too.

Melissa.

Hi Heather, I started the 17DD on April 11th and I only lasted until until the 21st(10 days), I had lost almost 10 lbs during that time and was doing really well, but unfortunately with Easter and a few other family functions going on, days off from work, crappy weather, my monthly friend...all of those things combined I'm sad to say I fell off the bandwagon as well. I went basically since the 21st pretty much eating whatever(only 1 trip through the Mcds drive through!) haha, but wasn't really eating very well. I didn't gorge myself but was eating alot of no-nos. I gained back about 2 1/2-3 lbs and so today I am starting back on Day 1 of Cycle 1 to kick start things again. I KNOW this diet works we just have to stick with it. I wasn't exercising too much except taking my dog for walks so I plan to go on the treadmill in the morning for 1 mile and then take my puppy for walks at night 3-4x per week. I think you should start back on Day 1, but it's of course your decision! :) Good luck girl, you can do it!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Hey girlie, it is me, Wendy. Yes, I am still here, but fell off the wagon, not to hard but I am at a plateau. Just discoraged. I feel so much better eatting this way, so I want to think of it as a lifestyle change, I just need mayo with my tuna, and a few other things. I am starting over again today with day one.

I agree with melissaw72 that you should not beat yourself up. The great news is that you have caught yourself and "stopped the insanity" as the expression goes... and now you can go forward and downward again! Not sure if I agree with melissaw72 though in just sticking to it being day 13; I would be tempted to start over at C1 and really get the sugar/sweets etc out of your system, but that is just one opinion. Or perhaps cut our two viewpoints in two and call tomorrow day 10 or something like that... my point being then that gives you a good solid week on C1 to detox everything and get back on track. Whatever you do, the good news again is that you are mindful and you have the spirit to keep going! My own mantra is "keep on keeping on"... it gives me a little drive.

Hi Heather, Great comments by everyone. The common thread is 'don't beat yourself up' over this. I've posted many times that I'm in my third attempt with Cycle 1. When I felt that I blew it just as you've described, I was so mad at myself and stopped completely. If I had just dusted myself off and continued, I would be done with the program and would have dropped this 25-30 lbs. that keeps following me around! With that in mind, my vote for you is one of two things. You can go back a couple days and pick up from there, or you can just continue full speed ahead. If I mess up again, I know that I'm just going to continue. It was too hard for me to get started again. I kept making excuses and kept spinning in place. This is what we're going to face when the plan is 'over', although it's such a great plan that it needs to be the main foundation and treats need to be just that - treats.