Weight Gain..After the Wedding

kas1317

Hi everyone!
I got married march 25th and was at my goal weight (which with nerves of approaching wedding, wasn't hard to do). I was pretty restrictive for a few weeks leading up to wedding but it was worth it because I felt beautiful and confident that day!

Fast forward to now, and I stepped on the scale and I am up over 9 pounds. Now, mind you, I haven't been logging and was kind of taking a break from worrying about my weight after the wedding. I was shocked to see the scale up that much in 2 months time! YIKES! I guess I need to get back on the logging and get it off before I really do some damage.

Does anyone have any tips for staying motivated without a big event approaching? After dinner, it is so tempting to sit in front of the TV and "oh, 2 cookies aren't bad" "ill have a few chips"... then it turns in to a free-for-all!

I am quite disappointed in myself for letting this happen...

RelCanonical

Getting back on track is the best thing you can do. Some of it may come off pretty quickly as water weight. It's hard to tell how much since it has been two months, but if your diet has been higher in salt, you may be retaining some water. It's easier to gain weight, but if you were losing 1 lb./mo. before, you would have to eat around 1000 calories over that deficit every single day to gain 9 lbs. of fat in two months.

ninerbuff

Not uncommon. People always want to lose weight for events, but don't often do it because they just should. Also, getting married, it's also a normalcy for wedded people to gain weight. They aren't trying to attract suitors anymore so they are more comfortable just doing what were instinctively supposed to do.............store energy for the body.
Just figure out what your TDEE is and eat slightly under it to get back.


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burntoutphilosopher

9 lbs over 2 months?

...you got off easy!

junodog1

Log it all. Get back on the wagon.

animatorswearbras

Been there done that although it took me nearly 4 years to come back on here properly (after I gained back all my "wedding diet" weight and then a bit for good measure), trust me you've caught it early, it's easier to get back those 9 pounds than 25 or 30, just log, do it slow, set your goals for 0.5 pounds a week and then stay on here for maintenance.

Consider me the ghost of Christmas future! Remember this is a lifestyle change now, not a diet, you'll kick yourself if you end up being like me and slacking off until you're over your starting weight and have to do the whole ruddy thing over again! ;P

cwolfman13

I'm primarily health focused. I didn't lose weight for an event or aesthetics (though that's nice)...I lost weight because I was overweight to the point of just being obese and that's just not healthy. I had a lot of bad blood work going on so I was highly motivated to get all of that under control.

I've maintained more or less for four years...I enjoy regular exercise and I enjoy eating well, and I like going to pool parties and beach vacations and walking around without a shirt and not feeling like a whale.

Moxie42

Whenever I've tried to lose weight for a specific reason (an event, because of a mean comment someone made, etc.) I haven't succeeded for very long. It's like the more pressure I put on myself, the more it backfires. What works best for me is focusing on the fact that I just want to physically feel better and avoid bad feelings of bloatedness, heartburn, upset stomach, etc. When I see it as trying to improve my overall health and life, I feel positive about the changes I'm making. Otherwise, I just feel pressured and stressed about it.

Obviously different motivations work for different people but personally, that's how I finally started to break the weight gain cycle after getting married.

It sounds like you're at a point where just getting back to logging and portioning can get back on track, without any massive lifestyle overhauls. Just make sure you don't go back to being overly restrictive, as that isn't likely to be sustainable and you don't want to end up in a "yo-yo diet" cycle.