Anyone who has recently fallen off the wagon.....

I was away from mfp for about four months but i am back after handling the stress in my life and gaining 15 of the 40
I lost back i am back and in search of those who are dealing with the same and can help to motivate me and vice versa!
Friend me!!

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  • lukewind
    lukewind Posts: 177 Member
    I lost over 100lbs with walking and diet and then I tore my Plantar Facia in my foot so I could not exercise they way I wanted to anymore. It took quite a while for it to heal and once it did I stepped on the scale and found that I had gained back around 30 of the pounds I lost. It was truly devastating for me, I was so happy with my progress and the thought of trying to lose all that weight over again just so I could start where I was at a few months ago made me very angry and depressed. Realizing how far I could have been if I just would have stuck with it gives me reason to beat myself up, but now I can look at it as a positive experience.

    I call it positive because if something like this happens again I know that I can now handle it and I won't make the same mistake twice. The best thing you can do is learn from the mistakes. No one loses a bunch of weight without falling flat in their *kitten* a few times. It's all about getting back up and realizing that the past is the past and there is no reason why you should repeat it.

    So don't beat yourself up for too long because that is not healthy. Acknowledge that you had a small failure and strive to keep from failing again.