Need a little motivation!

MciPanda

I was a great motivation to others on here around a year ago when I was down 67 pounds into my 100lb loss journey. Over the last year, however, I've gained about 10-12lbs back. My exercise and eating regimens are starting over and it's amazing how much I've forgotten in the past year. I'd built so many good habits, and now I feel like I need to build those up again.

Anyone been through this before? If so, do you have any advice on how to get started again, get yourself motivated, and quickly build up good habits? Suggestions on habits?

I had a hard reminder today when I went out to a restaurant with the family for lunch. I ordered what I thought was a low calorie choice, only to find that this one meal had more calories in it than I am allotted for the entire day! Talk about feeling terrible... I'm here now wondering how I could have forgotten all of my coping mechanisms in one year

Thanks everyone-

demon_etna

I was in a similar situation recently.
For over a year, I swore off of sweets and junk food ( high calorie, carb and fat, processed foods) without a second thought. Something in my my brain just turned my appetite away from that.
I knew how to say 'no'.
I went from 298 lbs to 135 lbs. Before I got serious with my weight loss, I had constantly lost small amount of weight, and gain it all back plus some. Then I got serious and I hit the 135 lb mark 2 months ago. (yay!)
But Since then, I suddenly started saying yes to junk and sweets and unhealthy stuff.. Why? I don't know.. I don't know what triggered it.
I exercised a lot. More than ever these past two months. But these excess calorie binges on chocolate and calories killed it. I had JUST broke even each day. I kept justifying " I'll just eat this and exercise my azz off tomorrow!" only to do the same thing again the next day.
Until recently I had noticed that I wasn't gaining much weight, which seemed alright. The scale kept yo-yoing between 137-135 over and over again. But I found that my muscle (mostly in my tummy) had disappeared significantly.
It was then that I realized that I had forgotten how to say no to that crap. Ugh... I felt so horrible.
It was hard to get back into saying no again. But after about 3 days of refusing to eat any of the bad stuff, and eating healthy again, it got a lot easier and now I am back on track where I left off... Phew!
You can do it. It takes will power.
But just remember that it wont take as long to get back on track as it was to trail far off the track.
And everytime you find yourself getting off track, sit back and think. Remember why you started this journey in the first place. Remember that feeling you had every time you found yourself a pound less than before. Think of all the compliments when people took notice of that weight loss and the expressions on their faces.
Some expressions are sometimes negative (jealousy), but that is still a good sign.
For me, I sometimes go back and look at my old photos of when I started. Give me a good kick in the azz every time.
Just keep on going and don't stop. And don't beat yourself up when you find yourself loosing track. Just pick yourself up again.

This entire experience has taught me that sugar is my enemy.
>:C

Sheri2016

Great stories!

I have also learned sugar is my enemy as well!