Okay, how do you get over the paranoia that if you miss one workout, or you eat on piece of candy, or one cookie, you are going to gain weight? I'm fairly strict with myself, especially during the week (ease up a bit on weekends, like I'll go out for a drink, etc.). Now tonight I have spent the past three hours baking for a baby shower I'm putting on tomorrow afternoon, so while doing that I have had a couple of vanilla wafers, a couple of spoonfuls of cheesecake mix, and I licked the frosting off my fingers when I was done icing the cupcakes. And of course this all happened after 7:00 which is my usual cut off for eating at night. And I haven't exercised tonight. And in these situations I just tend to get this paranoid feeling that tomorrow the scale will go up one number, or my clothes will feel or look tighter than the day before (which I'm sure this on is really in my head!). I just don't know how to get past that feeling that if I have one off day that it is going to obliviate everything that I have done in the past month or longer. I obviously don't want to live my life completely denying myself of everything, but at the same time, I really want to lose these last 15-20 pounds and actually be happy with the way my body looks for once in my life. Any feedback or suggestions would be most appreciated!

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Pain is temporary, quitting is forever....

I actually started going through this recently- usually if I have a bad day- I make up for it the next day. I will figure out how many extra calories I ate and work out for those few extra calories. I have recently became more strict on myself so I can lose these last 10 lbs before vacation (like lowering my caloric intake by 100- uping my cardio to everyday for at least 30 minutes- ontop of what I normally do, and also uping my water intake after talking to my dr- he told me to drink atleast .55 of my weight in water- that is .05 more than what I have been currently drinking).

The key to not letting the paranoia get you is to not just say- oh I had a bad day so I am not going to try to make up for it today and just plain giving up on yourself! HTH!

I do this too.I try to be good the next day.It is ok to have a bite of sweets or what ever it is you like once in awhile.Just not daily and you will be fine.