got off track, how to get back on track?

slemonfit

I don't know what happened but I've gotten off track since the 27th
I've gained almost 2 pounds since then, over 6000 net calories in the past 10 days.
Today I did 600 calories more than what I've been doing the past few months.

I just moved to a new state and don't have a gym next to me, and as I'm a new driver it usually takes me 30-40 minutes to drive somewhere to a gym which I find to be a major hassle and roadblock.

Also, I just started working full time where previously I was self-employed and had my own schedule, and at the end of the day I am too tired to exercise, and I can't exercise in the morning because I feel faint when I don't have enough food in my body. Tomorrow morning I'm going to try to wake up at 6 AM, and eat two bananas before I workout, but I've never done this before. Before, I'm used to working out after I have a huge lunch, if I don't eat enough before I exercise then I don't have enough energy to exercise and I can't eat a lot at 6 AM or I'll feel sick. I don't know what to do. I'll be working 9-5, and at the end of the day I will be too tired. Today I got home after 9 PM because there was an evening event around 6:30 PM and I just felt too tired by then to do anything.

I hope that part of me falling on track is due to the transition, but I fell off track the last week of January too with a lot of eating out and I hadn't even moved then (I moved on Feb 1st).


Help!

Amanda4change

I have to eat first thing in the morning (I'm hypoglycemic) and food makes me nauseous until I've been up a few hours. I start the day with a protein shake, with a banana (some days I add mixed frozen fruit depending on my glucose reading) and almond milk. That might work for you as well, then you could workout in the morning. The only other suggestion I have is forget about the past and focus on the future

Sued0nim

Can the excuses and commit to your calorie defecit now .. without exercise

work out how to fit in your exercise when you can for the mental and physical boost (not to mention the calorie benefits) .. why do you have to drive to the gym, can't you walk there?

tomatoey

If AM workouts aren't your thing - if mornings suck for you full stop - the first month at a new job is not the time to try them out!

If I were you, just for maybe the next month, I'd save workouts for the weekend.

You're tired now because of all the changes. It's probably going to be a few weeks until you figure out your new rhythm. When you do, don't make things hard for yourself, work out after work. And eat to fuel your workouts. Have a snack with a good balance of proteins/carbs about an hour before you finish, maybe a cup of coffee or tea as well.

Pick a gym close to your work, not your place.

msbengbeng

Do not give up. Everyone has perceived "bad days". The gym sounds like a challenge for you right now? I can relate as I work 14 hour shifts, attend school for a doctorate, and raise two kids while hubby is deployed. When I moved across country in the fall I sat with boxes surrounding me, fat increasing and overwhelmed. I used to always use all of the above as an excuse not to hit the gym, now I do what I can, work out from home. You may have physical limitations, but there will be something you can find to do from home or your surrounding area. Use the drive time doing something you can commit to. Then as you show yourself you can indeed stick to your plan, consider joining a gym for the wider variety and going when you can and working out locally when you cannot. Just make small changes you can commit to. Start with 100 cals below your maintenance and cut down each week (or more often) until you have a strong and maintainable deficit. Commit to working out with a small schedule and increase. You can do it. Do not let one bad meal turn in to many. Start now!