Constant cycle of starting over every Monday. Help?

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  • michelleepotter
    michelleepotter Posts: 800 Member
    Thank you for all of your answers! Some of these have been very helpful. I just need to suck it up and really gain my will power back. I got close to my goal once before, I can do it again.

    You can! The first time I was here, I lost 25 lbs., and I only had 10 more lbs to go to my goal. Then I had some emotional stuff going on, and I just didn't have time to care about *anything* but that, and I gained back all but 6 lbs. I came back when I got pregnant, just concentrated on eating healthy (not trying to restrict anything), and started losing again after the baby was born. She's 7 months old now, and I am about 2 lbs away from my original goal!

    This time, when I get to my goal and I'm ready to take a break from logging, I'm going to keep trying to eat reasonable portions and keep weighing myself so I notice right away if I start to get off track.
  • rosnz
    rosnz Posts: 91 Member
    Plan around your treats. I lost 10kg and still had a glass of wine and 2 chocolates every night. At that stage in my 'journey' I wasn't at a point to give them up so I made sure I had them within my allowance. Further on I began to find that I didn't feel deprived without them so just began to miss them out. If you put them into your meal plan while not saying it makes a perfect nutritional plan it does make it a lifestyle plan that is sustainable
  • ukaryote
    ukaryote Posts: 874 Member
    Like most efforts, weight loss is mostly head work, not body work.

    No, you do not "just have to suck it up." That is being hard on yourself again, and again you may think you failed and perhaps give up.

    Maybe you could forgive yourself. "I had a whole bottle of wine last night. That tasted great! But I remember the first part of the week I did really well. I'll bet I could do the same for the rest of the week!"

    You have so many, many days of success! Keep it up!
  • Spreyton22K
    Spreyton22K Posts: 323 Member
    I think it's because you have this all or nothing kind of approach and thought process here...you drink a beer for example and this derails you? There's nothing wrong with drinking a beer...I drink plenty of beer and did so while I was losing weight.

    There's not magic here...you just eat a little less and you move a little more...you don't have to suck on celery sticks and salads and do upteen million hours of exercise per week to lose weight. You can eat healthfully and eat enjoyably all at the same time...you don't seem to understand that.

    I would also add that nobody is on 100% of the time...I've been around here going on two years...I lost 40 Lbs and I've been maintaining for over a year now without logging or anything...but that doesn't mean I'm spot on all of the time...I have good days and bad days...good weeks and bad weeks...you have to realize that this is all a part of life. It's not about starting over, it's about continuing on and realizing that this whole safari is going to have plenty of bumps and dumps along the way...that's life.


    QFT.....this says it everything I wanted to say but better!!!!
    Good Luck :flowerforyou:

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