I fell off the wagon.

You can do, you have do it before so get back on track from tomorrow. Making better food choices is a lifestyle change, as you've learned once you go back to old eating habits the weight just comes back on. Remember how confident you felt in yourself when you were smaller. Come on lets get back to that. It may take a few months but it will so worth it. Everyone is here to support u xxxx

You fell off the wagon - now you get back on the wagon. You've acknowledged where you went wrong - be sure to avoid that next time.

It's so important to get back on the wagon right away - and it's also very important to reflect on what you did right, wrong and how you can changed those.

Good for you for getting back on! I fell off 3 years ago - and I'm just now getting serious about a weight loss I've been working on since November. You'll get there!

I've lost and gained 30 lbs a bunch of times for the past 6-7 years. This time, I hit my all time high in early 2013, and what a gift that was! There's nothing like hitting rock bottom and getting back up again. That's the sign of true resilience. You have a clean slate ahead. You've done this before, and you'll do it again. Be kind to yourself - negative self-talk is so damaging. Embrace all of it as part of the process.

The MFP commuinty is amazing. Keep posting, logging - make friends, and read the posts. When you want to overeat, remember all this food will be here next year. Good luck!

It happens. I've lost 70 pounds...twice. After I gained it all back, I felt like the biggest failure. For good reason though, I'd worked incredibly hard to lose the weight, made poor choices for months, and ended up back where I started. I was humiliated, sad, and obese (again!)! Now this may not make you feel any better. It just reinforces how you feel. But that's ok. You shouldn't feel good about it. You messed up. I messed up. Just like anything else in life, you have to learn from it.

The good news is that it's a new day, and you get a new chance to do it all over again. Yea it sucks and it will be hard. But you won't let it slip away like last time will you? You'll cherish it when you get there, because you know how easily you can just let it go. Yes it sucks. Yes you messed up. But you can't wallow in it. That will get you nowhere. All you can do is make it happen again. And this time don't look back.

Best of luck to you!

Quoting this advice because it's so accurate. I just now achieved that mentality - "Yes, I messed up. But I'm not gonna make the same mistake twice."

I might actually save this for reading on a bad day.

I have been on a dedicated weight loss journey for 3 and a half months. I am steady losing weight, even with relapses, give up moments, can't stand myself nights crying in bed. My fat is a symptom of my emotional pain, losing weight I had to find coping mechanisms not food related. I am losing weight the same way I always have but I feel different because I have developed new tools to succeed, not only in weight loss but in life!

1. Get rid of guilt, shame, self loathing and fear. We have given in to those naturally occurring feelings before when it came to weight loss and all it did was make us fatter! Got a flat tire? Instead of fixing the flat go on and slash the other three tires with a box cutter... makes no sense... dump guilt!

2. You lost weight before, you know how to do it. Now we have great apps and web pages to help us along the way, losing weight is not the problem. Knowing when you are off track and redirecting your energies is one of the issues. Have a messed up day, messed up week, went to hog heaven on vacation, stress binging? Step back and give yourself a break, your only human, take it easy! We didn't gain it all in one day and it's not going to come off in one day. Have faith if you do what you need to do for mind and body, your body will follow your healthier lead. Your body will respond to being treated well and love you for it!

3. Plan ahead, planning ahead is annoying at first but once you get the hang of it, its so easy! Planning ahead is preparation over willpower! Willpower has a limit, don't lean on it too much.
I plan my food the night before, if I want to eat rich foods like pizza (2 slices because its just too good), fast food (Los Doritos Tacos anyone?), or comfort foods (Mac and Cheese, 'nuff said) I plan those in advance as possible and work them in to my daily food. I plan ahead and leave a little wiggle room calories, because I like to socially eat/snack and the opportunity for that is always popping up. Is your eating style is to snack right before bed? Give in to it, but plan for it.

4. I have gained and lost hundreds of pounds, I was a food addict. Food is a addiction that no food addict can quit cold turkey like other drugs. We must eat to live. Processed foods are created to have you jumped up like a junky? That's how they keep up coming back for more when we know they are nutritionally devoid foods. In the beginning I did a lot of swap outs. Eating crappy food does not leave room for the nutritional food and less processed foods I ate the less I craved them, now I eat whole foods and actually love the way it tastes, and save frankenfood for occasional treats.

I have been morbidly obese my young adult to adult life. I am already enjoying my weight loss and lifestyle. Took me to be 35 years old to finally get on the path to wellness, but I appreciate being a late bloomer in life, my best time is now and ahead of me )

I have done the same. A couple of years ago I lost 60 pounds, which brought me right down to 200, the lowest I have been in years. I then began to gain the weight back and not too long after I had gained about 120 pounds. After a couple years of dealing with my size and family matters I decided I had enough. I began to lose weight again, and lost 90 pounds. I have been at a plateau for nearly a year and have slowly started to gain the weight back.

I noticed this change when I took a second job, which made me sedentary for a huge chunk of my day. I work seven days of the week, and they are all 16 hour days besides Sunday which can get up to 8 hours. I'm hoping that once I leave my second job before schools begins in the fall, that this will become easier again.

Just don't give up. This is a life long struggle and something you will have to learn to handle sooner or later. Good luck to you!

And so it goes.. I do the same thing. I'm great for so long and then something happens and I lose it all. I also recently "fell off the wagon" and am looking to get back on track. Add me if you want.

I know the feeling of impossibility, but what is the alternative? Give up and do nothing at all? I don't think so. Falling down over and over is frustrating, but I know I will always keep trying. I have to.

I am the queen of falling off the wagon, so I definitely feel you there *hug* Even if the situation isn't ideal... guess what? When is it ever really ideal? Life happens, and that's okay, you just have to work with it. You have your goal, you know what you want, so just take any obstacles in stride.

Figure out the things you -can- do, instead of focusing on the things you can. Find little changes you can make that will sustain you for life. Even if you can't log 100% accurately, if you have or gain knowledge of portions in general it can help you to log the best you can. There are always things you can do to help yourself along, you just have to figure out what they are

Oh don't worry, we all go through that. The important thing is that you are here and willing to make a change. 20 lbs is so little, you can totally do this, not to mention you have done it before!