I FELL OFF THE WAGON...

Okay well the biggest thing to remember is that unless you want to gain it all back, there is no wagon. Once you realize there's no wagon, every day is just another day and there is no right or wrong, only a spectrum of choices. Some lead to a more healthy life style than others. But they build or fall apart incrementally, so each day is but a small piece in the context of a life well-lived or a life unrealized. So just make a plan for tomorrow and burn the wagon.

Yep - it happens. I've done the same thing and gained 4 lbs back. I've found it's true that you cannot out exercise a bad diet. I'm back at it myself. We can do this!

Okay well the biggest thing to remember is that unless you want to gain it all back, there is no wagon. Once you realize there's no wagon, every day is just another day and there is no right or wrong, only a spectrum of choices. Some lead to a more healthy life style than others. But they build or fall apart incrementally, so each day is but a small piece in the context of a life well-lived or a life unrealized. So just make a plan for tomorrow and burn the wagon.

Well said!!!

If I eat somehting.... not so healthy, so be it. I try not to let it continue thru the whole day and turn into a week. I think it's fine to go out to eat and have something not exactly healthy. Or eat a couple of Christmas Cookies. It took me a while to realize just because I had 2 cookies and "fell off the wagon" doesn't give me licence to eat crap the rest of the day. I still struggle with that but I try really hard not to get derailed by thngs like that cuz they can snowball.

Good Luck!

So have I. Before the holidays but I'm restarting my healthy eating. Came back to mfp for motivation. You can do it just take a day at a time & dont dwell too much on what you gained back. Concentrate on getting back on track.

Okay well the biggest thing to remember is that unless you want to gain it all back, there is no wagon. Once you realize there's no wagon, every day is just another day and there is no right or wrong, only a spectrum of choices. Some lead to a more healthy life style than others. But they build or fall apart incrementally, so each day is but a small piece in the context of a life well-lived or a life unrealized. So just make a plan for tomorrow and burn the wagon.

Absolutely this!! It's a lifestyle not a diet...every single day is a new day so forget yesterday and concentrate on tomorrow.

Well better get up and run so the wagon doesn't back up and hit you again. In the grand scheme of life, it's just a blip on the radar. Pick yourself up and keep going. You have two choices, either to keep going the route you did since you "fell off the wagon" or dust yourself off and keep going the direction you want to go.

The good thing about getting off the wagon, is it's easy to get back on.

Thank you for posting this, I thought I was the only one. Starting this morning you bet I'm getting back on! I'm in this to see it through. I have a picture of a healthy and fit me in my mind, and 2013 is the year I achieve it!!!!

I hate to call it "falling off the wagon"... one dietary faux pas doesn't constitute a failure. We ALL veer off the path from time to time. In the past, I made the mistake of saying well... I screwed up today.... I'll start fresh again tomorrow, and then proceed to pig out for the rest of the day because of that one slip up. If you screw up, acknowledge it and then get immediately back on track. Don't say you'll just pick it up tomorrow... or next week... or after the holidays. That's giving yourself permission to build on that one tiny slip up and make it into a big, steaming pile of slip ups!

Some people make the conscious decision to cut themselves some slack during the holidays because it IS a time of temptation for those of us who have food issues. That's ok, within limits. You can't give yourself carte blanche and just go crazy or you'll undo all the good you've done. It's VERY hard to get back on track when you've veered too far off. What I do is say, I'm going to Event "A" tonight (and I actually AM doing that!) and I will allow myself say, 150 extra calories. That's a cookie or two, depending on the size. I won't go over that. I will feel ok that I've stayed within the boundaries I've set up for myself and at the same time I won't feel deprived.

Good luck! We're all in this together!