Oh my! It's such a relief...

graceire

...to be back! I already know that I can do this, I've already done it. But then I went and undid at least part of it. Lost 80 pounds, lost my job, lost (one of) my dogs, moved, life, etc, etc. All just excuses. Not gonna lie, I rather enjoyed 2.5 years of basically eating much of what I wanted to. The damage was only not more excessive (regain of about 30 pounds) because I kept exercising. I'll never let myself be as weak as I was 4-5 years ago, even if I was over-eating.

Now that I'm done deluding myself into thinking I can do this without any sort of accountability (always my issue...'can't see me eat! doesn't count!') and resources, back on the bandwagon. I've regained enough that I'm back into my two-sizes up jeans...and they're starting to feel tight. I felt like crap, looked like crap, was healthy as crap at my highest weight. Going to nip this upward trend in the bud while I'm still optimistic about doing so.

So no more fat-logic for me! "Just one won't matter" has been my philosophy for 2.5 years. Have to create a new philosophy now.

PrincessMel72

Welcome back! I'm in the same boat - back again after big losses (100+ the first time) and regained 65lbs. Let's be accountable and get it done!

pinuplove

I did something very similar The great news is, it was super easy to get back into the groove at MFP again!

graceire

pinuplove wrote: »

I did something very similar The great news is, it was super easy to get back into the groove at MFP again!

I think you're right! I tried Spark People for a couple days, but really didn't like it. Not as user friendly, the food and exercise databases were...not that great (to put it lightly, especially the food one). It took a while for me to "get up the courage," i.e., suck it up and admit it, to re-join MFP, but it really is great to be back. I felt out of control for the last few months so its nice to see a path forward again.