I fell of the wagon!!!

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  • nofwordallowed
    nofwordallowed Posts: 10
    I beat myself up when I don't eat right either. My best motivation has been that when I eat crap, I feel like crap. It tastes soooo gooood but I feel soooo badddd.

    I made the mistake of trying to do a Turbo Fire workout after eating fast food. What I was able to give in my workout was reflective of the fuel I put in my body. When I eat well, I feel GREAT!

    I don't really deprive myself but I always makof having things that I enjoye sure I stay within my calorie goal as much as possible and try new healthy foods to keep life interesting!

    Good luck!
  • foleyshirley
    foleyshirley Posts: 1,043 Member
    It sounds like you made a lot of drastic changes. You need to decide if they are sustainable. If so, then dig deep and look for what motivated you to do that. If not, then modify those changes, make them sustainable and while you're at it, make your life easier. Plan and prepare as much as you can so those chaotic days are easier. 17lbs is nothing to snub at and you deserve to keep that off.

    It's ultimately your choice. Do you want to the same New Year's resolution next year as this one? Or do you want to be the person who accomplishes their goal and moves on?

    Well put.
  • AnneEngland1958
    AnneEngland1958 Posts: 10
    Hi all

    When we have a 'fall off the wagon' day, should we even call them 'bad' days? Should we define healthy eating as 'good' and not-so-healthy as 'bad'? Because ultimately that's judging ourselves. Sure, healthy food is good for you, unhealthy food is bad for you - but only in the long run AND if you do it day after day. If you eat healthily and exercise 80% of the time, then the other 20% is the slack you cut for yourself.
  • LoseItToWin
    LoseItToWin Posts: 52 Member
    Maybe you can look at it this way...you have found some things that help you lose weight, but still might need to find ways to make eating healthy more sustainable for the long term.

    That said, 4 weeks and 17 lbs down and a week off with 3 pounds back is STILL ahead of those sitting on the couch that have done nothing. The great thing about the wagon is, even if you fall it is easy to get back on. Take the expereience and learn from it.

    Try again.


    Great advice!
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    pop
    For some reason, my dysfunctional brain read "pot"....

    LOL its calorie free
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    You changed a lot of things.
    Then life got in the way and you found that the way you changed things was not sustainable.

    You set yourself up to achieve a lot and only got some of it done. That's ok.

    Now look at those changes and see which make sense and which don't. Personally, a lot of your changes would not make sense for me. Stick to the most essential ones. You do not need to live the a life of denial like some Tibetan monk (I've spent time with them) unless you want to be the monk.

    Choose a few changes, that make deep sense, stick to them, build on that.

    If you fall off the wagon, you are still on the road, get up, go on foot. Or crawl. Move.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Wagon is still ther hop back on.

    I do have a question though. Why did you make such a drastic change with your diet so fast? Seems you bit off a lot and when life happens makes it harder to bend.

    Did you cut out gluten because you have an actually diagnosis of celiac's? Maybe change one of those things start with simple portion control and logging or start with exercise and then add all those other things later.

    Get back on though wagon is waiting for you. Cant wait to take you on the rest of the trail.
  • youngandbeautiful
    youngandbeautiful Posts: 9
    My doctor said something to me that made me put the whole "falling off the wagon" thing in perspective. She said, "If you're late to work, do you say the day is ruined and get to work even later and get fired or do you do your best to get to work as soon as possible?" The same principle applies to food. Everyone is going to have a bad day now and then but you can't let that bad day turn into several days. Just pick up again the next day and trust me, it will get better. I had a bad day last Sunday but I spent the rest of the week eating right and exercising and I still lost 2 pounds. The last 4 weeks cannot be undone in just one day.

    Also, as someone else posted earlier, I do not have cheat meals or days because they are guaranteed to turn into months and before I know it, I've gained 50 lbs and am desperately out of shape--again. I also feel like crap when I don't eat clean so not feeling like crap is another incentive for me to eat right every day of my life.

    Great job on the 17lb weight loss!

    That is all very motivational and i wish i could easily pick up from a bad day its just that i seem to have 2 or 3 in a row and although i do try half a day, its seems that something happens throughout the day that i give into but then there are a days 4 to 6 days a week where i manage healthy eating without noticing, i guess even this is natural, especially if its a life long thing. Sometimes u can control it, others u cant ...
    who/s in the same boat?
  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    I think you eliminated too much stuff at once. Don't 'diet' or you'll feel deprived and give in. Eat whatever you want, but stay under your cals for the day and log everything. Pay attention to the calories in the food you eat, then gradually, one at a time, make changes in your diet as you exercise and you'll still lose weight.
    When I did that, I was mortified at how high calorie and how low the nutrition was in the food I had been eating. I also realized that I wasn't eating enough food. Once you eat healthy, you get a lot more food for the amt. of calories. It's totally worth it.
    Don't give up. You can do this!

    I completely agree with this. Diets do not have to be so complicated and restricting!
  • mic1mam
    mic1mam Posts: 33
    My doctor said something to me that made me put the whole "falling off the wagon" thing in perspective. She said, "If you're late to work, do you say the day is ruined and get to work even later and get fired or do you do your best to get to work as soon as possible?" The same principle applies to food. Everyone is going to have a bad day now and then but you can't let that bad day turn into several days. Just pick up again the next day and trust me, it will get better. I had a bad day last Sunday but I spent the rest of the week eating right and exercising and I still lost 2 pounds. The last 4 weeks cannot be undone in just one day.

    Also, as someone else posted earlier, I do not have cheat meals or days because they are guaranteed to turn into months and before I know it, I've gained 50 lbs and am desperately out of shape--again. I also feel like crap when I don't eat clean so not feeling like crap is another incentive for me to eat right every day of my life.

    Great job on the 17lb weight loss!

    That is all very motivational and i wish i could easily pick up from a bad day its just that i seem to have 2 or 3 in a row and although i do try half a day, its seems that something happens throughout the day that i give into but then there are a days 4 to 6 days a week where i manage healthy eating without noticing, i guess even this is natural, especially if its a life long thing. Sometimes u can control it, others u cant ...
    who/s in the same boat?
    I don't think of this as a diet at all. I've done alot of diets, now I just eat what I have in the past with some modification. Better portion control, more healthy choices more often. Today was tomato sauce with ravoli for lunch, eggplant with sauce for dinner. Worked both into calorie goal and still was under for the day. This is the first time that I have lost weight without being bored with my food.
  • pinkeclipse
    pinkeclipse Posts: 9 Member
    No I have not been dx with celiac disease, but have had GI problems for years. So when I started reading about the problems I was having it pointed towards gluten intolerance. The pop I gave up 4 months ago and the red meat back before christmas (it also gave me GI problems). So really the only new things are the gluten, high frutcose corn syrup. I have kind of given up on cutting out soy just cutting back. I have also been reading that if you dont have celiac disease there is no heath benifit in givin up gluten?

    Laters, Kim
  • LJSmith1989
    LJSmith1989 Posts: 650
    Dust off your knees...and climb back on the wagon.....

    I like that

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