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I hear ya. I have the same problem. I have OK weeks, great weeks, and weeks, well, like this week. I've been craving ice cream like crazy. It's a bad addiction for me all year, but once the weather gets nice, I just go nuts for it. And the killer is that the local chain where I get my ice cream recently had a sale on their half-gallons. I bought 5 (all light, oh the irony of good intentions), and now that they're right there in my freezer, the temptation is extremely hard to resist. I'm up a pound for the week.

Speaking as someone who was a former fat kid, I hate to say it but I could never, never lose weight through your strategy of portion control alone. Now I am happy with my weight and can genuinely eat what I want, but I only achieved this state by really detoxing myself of my old craving foods, teaching myself to appreciate simpler and healthier choices, and discovering that lots of my forbidden food cravings were more head hunger than physical hunger, and that my junk food consumption was for psychological reasons, not because the food tasted good.

Why not do a week detox of totally clean eating to kick your motivation and weight loss into shape, even if some of the weight is water loss, and then slowly add back a few treats that are really worth the splurge? You might find that you 'want' some of them less.

But if you aren't a cupcake person, don't eat the cupcakes--send them to me, preferably the ones with extra icing ;)

techcommdood, you must live somewhere near Stewart's--the only gas station/convenience store with incredibly good house-brand food. an ice cream sale at Stewart's is announced a week ahead of time, so people can clean out their freezers and make room. seriously.

Dieting is like a car accident. When you get into a fender bender, apologize and check for damage, then get yourself back on the road as quickly as possible. Whatever you do, don't just hit the gas and cause more damage!