I gave up.

There is always an obstacle we must overcome, especially when it comes to weight loss. Where do you go from here? You have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back into the routine of things that brought you as far as it did. Make TODAY the day you get it all back, you can't fix "yesterday", what's done is done. I used to say "tomorrow" I'll start, "tomorrow" I'll smarten up, but tomorrow never came then, on my 30th birthday, I told myself and anyone who would listen that "today" was the day I was getting me back, my gift to myself was that of health. You are human, you will falter, what makes you successful is getting back up when you fall. The worst thing, for me, is to be home with the temptation of food. You have to be accountable to yourself, nobody's watching. I heard a quote a little while ago..."Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels". If you must eat, eat healthy, eat things that are full of fiber, water, etc., and stay hydrated, drinking keeps you full and, if you're full, you don't have room for empty calories.

You can do it, I may not know you but I believe in you!!!

Diet breaks are good and good for you. They're better if you plan for them in advance, but it's not the end of the world if you didn't. You use the time to get in micronutrients that you might have been missing while restricting, repair your muscles a bit, reset your metabolism... all kinds of useful things. And then you can reevaluate - did you take the break because you were trying to restrict too much? Work too hard? Deal with too much stress?

Once you've done the physical part (eat... but hopefully not binge) and the mental part (figuring out what needs to change to point you back towards success) you go back to your eating and exercise plan, incorporating the stuff you learned while you were taking your break. I mean, you're going to have to learn to maintain sooner or later, it's not a bad idea to practice along the way rather than getting to your goal weight and going, "oh crap, what do I do now?"

I know how you feel. Im having a crappy "give up" day too. The only way to go from here is up, just keep thinking that. You didn't fail. You just hit a little snag. You can do it...just keep telling yourself that.

I took a break off and I actually lost more weight. It happens. Get back in the groove of things

I gave up. A little.

Ever since spring break started, I haven't logged or gone to the gym. Nothing more strenuous than walking to the dog. I was making such great progress, and now I've started binge eating again.

The scale says I've only gained a pound or three, but I still feel like crying. I don't know where to go from here.

Start over again. I gained ten pounds during Christmas and New Years because I was stress/binge eating and not exercising due to traveling and family obligations. I got back into my eating and exercise habits on January 2, and I've lost those ten pounds plus another twelve pounds.

If you don't start again, you won't lose anything, and you may gain. Just take a breath, realize it isn't the end of the world, and start again.

Whenever I go on vacation or have more than my 3 days off. I hit the gym hard and I eat really really well. I have the mentality of trying to loose 10lbs in that 1 week. I figure there is nothing stopping me but myself. No work no responsibility I can have all the time in the world and not rush. And boy wouldn't it be nice to go back to "work" and someone says damn did you loose weight?!

chin up, and start again. each day is a new day....forgive yourself for the slip....and mentally psych yourself up for success....weight/eating/working out is ALL mental. if you write yourself a successful story, believe in yourself, you can make it happen. if you believe in failure....and predict it, that too will happen. only you have control over you....spring break is over....head up and move forward.

Everyone needs a little break now and again. To make this a lifestyle change you can't be perfect all the time. You will have good days and bad days. The difference between the bad days and just totally giving up.....is just waking up, getting your oatmeal, egg whites and water out, then picking up where the last good day left off.

These are my two favorite quotes:

"I may not be where I ought to be; I'm definitely not where I could be; but I strive to be better than I was yesterday"~ unknown

“I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.” ~ Tom Hopkins

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Hey, you said "No, it's only Tuesday. I don't go back to campus until Sunday, and classes don't start again until Monday. I'm off work until Monday again, too, since I work on campus."

It sounds like you don't have anything to do for Spring Break. Is this the case? If so, you have to find something to keep you busy/active/mentally stimulated/etc. Otherwise, you will eat. Same thing happened to me.

Try a hobby, volunteer, or call up a friend. Or do what I did since all my friends lived out-of-state, which is meet new people on Meetup.com. Hope that helps

Look up "flexible dieting"--sounds like something you might try. The idea is that you diet for a few weeks (or months), then bring your calories back to maintenance for a couple of weeks, then resume dieting. It's sustainable, and some argue more effective than dieting nonstop for months. There are both psychological and physiological reasons for doing it this way.

I started back on my weght lost program in the beginning of Jan and I did really well until the middle of Feb..... And then I fell off the wagon for about two weeks with no dieting or exercise......On the beginning of march I got going again..... Everyone gos thru spells of bad times but you just have to force yourself to get back with the program:flowerforyou:

Quit your whining....suck it up, and get your Azz back to the gym before you've gaineds 5 or 10 lbs back. :laugh:

See how easy it is??

I like your bluntness.

Its the same thing I tell myself when I have days (weeks) like that!