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gained weight back

ashleydeane
ashleydeane Posts: 50 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
I am a bit discouraged today. I put on an outfit that fit me a year ago and looked great. but now it is too tight. I checked and I have gained almost 20lb from a year ago. I have not done much different at all... feeling hopeless. what can I do different?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Eat less
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Cause you were eating in a surplus. Now you need start logging and weighing your foods again.
  • ashleydeane
    ashleydeane Posts: 50 Member
    amyrebeccah wrote: »
    When that happens to me (and it does), it's because I told myself that I didn't need to log anymore.

    Edit: 20 pound gain in a year is only an extra 200 calories per day. I could easily do that through little slips, errors, and forgets if I'm not logging.
    Thank you this makes sense to me ! this is what I have done thinking I am on track but maybe not.
  • SuperheroSadie
    SuperheroSadie Posts: 167 Member
    As I tell my boyfriend when he puts the occasional pound or two back on "And Just think: you can lose that weight all over! The human body is magical like that. :wink: "

    It's not the end of the world, just pick up and start over again, I suppose. :smile: You've got this!
  • gboybama
    gboybama Posts: 53 Member
    For me, not logging = instafat. I've proven to myself that I can't stay on track unless I'm using MFP religiously.
  • WalkingQueen1979
    WalkingQueen1979 Posts: 119 Member
    edited May 2016
    You can do it I am scared sometimes of gaining the weight i lost and i still have 60 more to go. but I have to remind myself of how much better I look and feel. Feel free to add me
  • kissedbythesunshine
    kissedbythesunshine Posts: 416 Member
    So she should log for the rest of her life? That's crazy but I guess that's the only way to be certain you're not eating over allowed calories.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    kissedbythesunshine wrote: »
    So she should log for the rest of her life? That's crazy but I guess that's the only way to be certain you're not eating over allowed calories.

    Some people have to.

    I have logged for 5 years through losses and maintenance and only now am able to eat at maintenance and not log and not gain, which I am putting down to the fact I'm exercising loads through half marathon training!
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    You could either weigh or wear that outfit a little more often, like once a month instead of once a year, to see if you need to adjust your eating. That way you can make adjustments after gaining only 5 pounds or so.

    A very fit woman I work with has her "test outfit" (shorts and a top that aren't made of stretchy material). She says in the spring after being less active all winter, especially if the lack of snow has made for a short ski season, she tries on her outfit to see how much winter weight she has put on. I'll notice that she brings a noticeably lighter lunch to work for a few weeks.
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