I have been doing great through different stages and haven't had to deal with trigger foods. Tonight while making dinner for the kids I heated them up some taquitos, and they smelled so go. So I tried one, then another, then two more. About that time Misstress Band spoke up and said STOP (Did I mention that with my fill last night, Mistress Band has leather whip to go with her high heels) and I did, I was satiated.

So what is the problem, I didn't over eat, I logged my calories, Mistress Band is happy, so why am I so upset. The reason? I did not eat what I had planned, I didn't eat because I wanted to, I ate them because I was compelled to. I need to think about this....

Well, I figured out what to do. I chose to have taquitos for lunch today. No more being bushwhacked, I am allowing myself a little of the old food now and there. I had a couple of hot dogs for lunch yesterday. Funny thing is, I used to love those things and all I could think of while eating them was, why am I eating this crap, it tastes terrible. The taquitos today were very disappointing as well. But the real point is that I took the power these foods had over me by exercising a choice.

Thanks for all the input guys, just another day in the journey to be fit.

5 years out and I think my struggle with food got easier as I went along. I cheated with 'bad' foods more in the beginning but as I went along, I lost a lot of that 'connection' with the foods I loved and they lost that power, as you say. So think of this episode as a learning experience. You succumbed, you went back and you realised it wasn't the temptation your head made it out to be.

I remember the first time I geniunely wanted a piece of salmon over KFC. I knew then that KFC had lost it's temptation status for me, and I actually wanted to chose good food because, being able to eat so little, I craved quality food that would give me the right energy instead of empty calories. Even now, when my band isn't working and I'm struggling with actual hunger, I don't want KFC. Or soda.

That makes it sooo much easier that having to be 'strong' in order to maintain discipline against food temptations. Better to learn that the bad foods no longer tempt you than having to fight that head hunger. Does that make sense?

A night spent beating yourself up is no good. Three cookies don't deserve that much power. What's done is done. What if you allow yourself three cookies and sat down with them and savored them? Just saying...