I need encouragement

hi! great job on working out! how is your diet? you have to get some calories in (not necessarily from oreos;)) or your body goes into starvation mode, and you hit a plateau. the food journal page on here should tell you how many calories you need every day. i started running recently in addition to all the other working out i am doing, and i had to up my calorie intake. its working, i am dropping easily 1-2 lbs a week.

Don't let a couple of off days set you back permanently. (I'm saying that as someone who has done that!)

I think it is normal to have a couple of off days every once in a while... could be TOM, or getting sick, or just needing a break from working hard! The key is to not let those days set you back for good.

You are doing great so far! I don't know about you, but I find that I (almost) always feel better after I exercise, even if just a quick walk... even if I was so tired I just wanted to lay on the couch the whole day. (Obviously, being sick is an exception to that!).

Edited to add: Oreos are a huge weakness of mine! I can't keep them in the house!

Just keep going, you are already doing so great! Try not to focus on the scale so much; it really is such a small part of being fit and healthy. Weight loss fluctuates, and take time. Eat right, continue to exercise and you will lose inches and lbs, and your clothes will continue to get bigger

Try eating foods that will give you energy like cucumbers that I know of. Look on the internet for the fruits and veggies that do that and maybe that will help and I think it is ok to have a snack now and then that way maybe it would be less likely to devour more sweets than you should I know it is very hard. I look at our vending machine at work and use all my willpower to walk away.
Hope this helps.

When I talked to a gym last week they told me that you will have days like this. He also said that we are aloud to have cheat days at least 1. So just make that day a cheat day. We all still have to live a lil' hun. Keep up the great work and you will get there. Last year I started a weight goal for myself of 150 lb. I was 204 lbs. I lost 28 lbs in 12 weeks and I was 167lbs which was my pre pregnancy weight with my daughter. July I found out I was pregnant and I was 167 lbs lol. I just had my son 3 months and 1 week ago. 3 weeks after he was born I was 156 lbs way past pre pregnancy weight. That same 3 weeks we found out that my milk breast milk was bad so we had to put him on formula. I have been so depressed about it and I have gain over 30 lbs back. Tell me your secret please.

You can eat anything in moderation. Take it easy with the biscuits though and don't starve yourself.

I find i can get bored easily. Immersing myself in these boards, searching for new recipes, trying exercise other than walking and finding little ways to keep me motivated are helpful such as a picture of me in a dress currently that i hope to rock by August. Maybe in your case, finding a walking buddy to keep accountable might be helpful. I would also get rid of the oreos haha! GOod luck, you can do this if you decide its what you truly want. I would also maybe try keep a log, of your feelings and how you are feeling when you do binge and lose motivation. perhaps you can find some trends, such as weather, menstrual cycle or if its 'emotional' and if certain situations in your life are better avoided (this helped me a lot, cut lose some toxic friendships).

You sound like you're talking about me. I tend to lose a little and then feel like I can slack off, which results in me gaining some if not all back. Then I get discouraged and its hard to start again. What I'm trying now is giving myself a focus point( like they teach in lamaze classes). Maybe an old picture of what I used to look like posted on the fridge, anything that keeps me focused on my goal.