I've gone off the rails... How did you get back on the rails?

Dazzler21

My profile pic is from 2015 and whilst I am not fat yet I am certainly at least 12 months away from getting back into my best shape.

I want to ask what people have done to re-find their motivation and desire to eat well...

That's the only place I have fallen off the wagon but as a result have gained over 2 stone and I just desperately want to get my eating back on track.

A prime example would be that today I was bored when I went to lunch and ended up eating an over 1000 calorie lunch...

Work has been pretty boring of late and as such I find whenever I get home from work or if I go out for lunch I choose *kitten* food.

I really dislike how it makes me feel. (And that my love handles and muffin top are returning)

emmies_123

I went off the rails after I hit my previous goal date, was off for about 6-7 months.
I got back on the rails by giving myself a new goal - to get stronger/fitter in general. (Previous goal was just to lose weight according to scale, did not work entire body to tone up what remained.)

I don't have a goal date in mind this time, and I have found routine that works for me and that I think I can keep up for some time to come. Hopefully if I get bored of what I'm doing, or outgrow it, I will also have mindset to find a new routine instead of saying "well that's it, I don't have to try anymore" and go back to old habits...

88olds

You keep a food diary? It’s a pain at first but gets easier. Just get it in your head that if you eat or drink it and it has calories, you’re going to log it.

There are no cheat days. Have a high calorie meal or a high calorie day if you want, but it all gets logged. Mistakes, lapses, missteps? All go in your food diary. No more wagon. The only way “off” is making a conscious desciion to quit. Don’t.

You will soon find that to eat in a deficit and hit your number, you had best have a plan. Plan for each day and each week. Consider what potential problem situations may be on your event horizon. If your plan doesn’t work out, problem solve to make it better. The weak points will alll be recorded in your diary. A plan you won’t actually follow is not a good plan. Fix it to make it livable.

And you don’t always have to pick “clean” eating, you just need to account for higher calorie picks. You only need to chose better, not perfect. An idea that helped me- perfect is the enemy of the good.

The heart of successful weight loss is problem solving. Not beating yourself into living with an eating austerity program. Trust the process. It works.

mrsallenmoore

Same thing happened to me! I gained about 25 pounds in a 4 month period. The worst of it was knowing how hard it is to get back to it . I think what made me come back was instead of focusing on how much I had to relose I gave myself a new start. I don’t think I lost 10 of what I regained I look at it like wow I lost 10 pounds!

psychod787

I stay on the train.......

jemhh

mrsallenmoore wrote: »

Same thing happened to me! I gained about 25 pounds in a 4 month period. The worst of it was knowing how hard it is to get back to it . I think what made me come back was instead of focusing on how much I had to relose I gave myself a new start. I don’t think I lost 10 of what I regained I look at it like wow I lost 10 pounds!

I think this is really key. At least it has always been for me when I've backslid. Starting anew (while keeping in mind lessons learned) has kept me going on a positive note.