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- I'm over half way through my journey, I've reached onederland, I'm doing so well....I don't know what's been happening the past two weeks....
I had to take 2 rest days off about two weeks ago due do a nagging back and ever since then, it's been so hard to get back on track. My food stayed on plan, but I wasn't exercising as much. One week in, and when weigh in day comes, I maintain. The first time since I started that I didn't lose any weight. I became further discouraged. I tried to get back into my groove but another week has passed and the past 2 days I've been struggling to stay on plan with my food! :( I've just been making horrible decisions right and left and I'm getting so frustrated with myself.
I know I'm on a terribly slippery slope right now. And how I handle this is crucial in deciding whether I go the distance and reach my goals....or plummet back into old habits. And I'm scared to death....
What did you chick's do when(or if) this happened to you to get back on track? Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated (you can yell at me too, i deserve it.) :dizzy:
I'll bet a lot of us Chicks have been struggling over this holiday weekend, myself included. The problem is, one day turns into two, two turns into three and so on until the weight starts to come back. I haven't been "horrible" this weekend, but I've had 2 days of poor eating plus another day of pretty good eating but caving in to too many snacks. I think we need to just tell ourselves "No", get back on track and move forward in the right direction. That's what I'm trying to do for myself. Good luck to you......you can do this!
I'm trying to take everything one day at a time. I goofed up over Thanksgiving and I don't have a good excuse for it - it was just me and my fiance at home, so I could have cooked healthier and eaten better the whole time. But I can't change that and, quite frankly, when I've had a bad week like this, thinking ahead to how I'll meet my overall goals is pretty overwhelming.
What I can do, though, is to make to today as good as possible - I can't change what happened this past week and I can't worry ahead to three months from now. All I have to do is get through today :) Stick with it - you can choose to stay on track if you make it a conscious effort.
I have been struggling to, I was sick for 2 weeks, really sick so I couldn't exercise. Than came thanksgiving weeknd. Ugh. And I went up 2lbs! Its hard to get back von track :-(
Everytime I've done this I've gained back all the weight I lost plus. One time it was 130lbs and one time 90lbs and everything in-between. With a food addict it can happen; after weeks and months of success it can turn on a dime. But, one thing about losing weight successfully, you can look back and realize you have done it and can do it again. It's not like you can't do it. We have a lot of things going against us: genetics, unresolved emotional baggage, thinking of ourselves as obese, like it's part of our psyche. So, what is left? Just doing it. Everyday to make the choice that for today I will follow my food plan at a minimum and if I exercise then that is even better. Because, for me, that is the only way. I've done everything else, including seeing a counselor, hypnosis, every diet plan and club that exists, drugs, various spas, OA, and in the end all that works is putting one foot in front of another and just doing it. That is all there is. And this time I'm holding out the hope that I will be able to maintain any loss. It has been done.