It's a learning process.

It’s a learning process. (written to someone who had fallen off plan and had eaten 2 donuts.)

Never fear. You are "normal"!!! That's the good news. The bad news is that normal sometimes gets us into trouble. In those situations, where you fall off the plan, and we all do, just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, realize the lesson you learned and go on. Weight loss is not a straight line of progression. It has it's ups and downs because we are human and imperfect. Not to worry though. Now you know what 2 donuts can do to your weight loss goals. Chalk it up to experience and try to do better each time. Sometimes we just have to take it one meal at a time. Be prepared. When you family is snacking, make sure that it is a feeding time for you, too, but with OP (on plan) foods. Also, read the book, Breaking the Food Seduction, by Dr. Neal Barnard. In it he tells why we have so much trouble with sweets, starches, chocolate, fats, etc. You'll be surprised by what the cause is, and it really brings home the point that we must avoid at all times those particular foods. My own revelation came from salt. I was not a salt-aholic, but the one time I had my all-time favorite Thai meal, I couldn't bend the fingers on my right had to even touch my thumb and fingers together for over 24 hours, and every joint in my body hurt for over 36 hours. They did not use MSG, but it was very salty, I realized. Having been off all added salt for over 13 weeks at the time, it really did a number on me. I had had "arthritis" I thought for over 15 years, with every joint in my body always in pain. Guess what? I have been totally pain-free since sometime during that first six weeks on the program, but I never connected it to the salt until I had that Thai meal. Needless to say, I do NOT want anything with salt in again. I feel better at 62 than I did at 45!!! Hope that helps. Keep up the good work, and realize this is a learning process!!