I WANT TO CRY

More than likely what you have gained is water weight due the sodium in the food that you ate..Do not panic this will come off,,you need to drink a lot of water and one thing that I do when this happens is to eat a banana a day for 3-4 days and that helps get rid of some of the excess sodium..Don't worry all your hard work has not gone away

Unless you've eaten 17,500 calories over your maintenance calories, you haven't gained 5lb of fat. It's going to be mostly water. My advice to you; get back on it, and that weight will drop off as quick as it came on.

Words of motivation: this time next month, you will wish you started today. Don't undo all your hard work for one slip up. We are all human, and we all do it. The trick is to jump straight back on the wagon.

I agree. Just keep going. You can't be perfect all the time, but you can keep trying to make yourself better each day.

If you have no motivation just now, just act like you do and get at it - eventually the motivation will come. Fake it til you make it!!

You shouldn't penalize yourself. .. one little bump on the road isn't going to make you stop driving right?

This summer I have worked so hard eating healthily and excercising everyday. I went to a festival last week and I don't think I've ever eaten so unhealthily or drunk so much solidly for 5 days. I've put on 5lb and I can't express how disappointed in myself I am. I've literally lost any sort of motivation I had before. How do you bounce back from something like this? any words of advice or motivation would be greatly appreciated

I am going to quote Anne of Green Gables here if I may...

"Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it." Anne Shirley

Today is a new day...start fresh and don't look back...or you might walk into something. Cheer up

Consider it a lesson learned. Try to limit the "crazy days" to under 5. Realize that eating crap will pile on the water retention. And, get back to the behaviors that brought you the positive results. Can't undo the past. Just have to learn from it.

Words of motivation: this time next month, you will wish you started today. Don't undo all your hard work for one slip up. We are all human, and we all do it. The trick is to jump straight back on the wagon.

^^THIS! Very well said!

Everyone deserves one day to relax and enjoy themselves without constantly counting calories. I allow myself one day out of the week where I don't count calories, and I do not weight myself the day afterwards because all it does is bring me down and with it self-loathing. Quiet frankly, that's not fun! lol So do yourself a BIG favor, let go. You enjoyed yourself, you had a great time, so allow yourself that. Today is a new day and you have us on your side to keep you motivated.

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” ~Zig Ziglar

Been there! I worked so hard before the cruise and then blew it while gone! I knew that I would lighten up and wanted to enjoy the vacation, but it has been so hard to get back on track since being home. Once you begin old habits, it is hard to break them. I am still struggling with this, but I felt so good 10 pounds ago that I am determined to get it off again! Mind over matter. Good luck!

Drink water, water, water! Flush it out! Don't get down. Don't let the slip become a fall!!

Awh,, dont cry and dont be sad,, i know what u feel and i understand u,, well u know in the world of healthy and fitness lifestyle,, failure and success is completely natural like me i often gain weight and lose weight because of success and failure of my diet and exercise,, but in the end i am nearly reaching my goal because of my optimistic attitude,persistent,motivation & never give up,,

because quitting is not an option and quitting can never be success or reach ur goal,,

but failure is an option and realize that u should be more discipline on ur diet and hardwork on exercise, so many people who got fail are ended up being successful but to the people who quit they ended up failure in there entire lives


so cheep up,, think positive,, always be happy and smile,, u can do it and reach ur goal,, its not too late,,, and feel free to add me for more motivation,support,,,tips,,advice,,etc,,


and i hope someday when u reach ur goal,, i will reach my goal too :flowerforyou: :glasses: :smooched: :blushing: :bigsmile: :happy:



P.S dont mind or feed the troll or negative people thats what my fellow positive people friends here in mfp advice me and tell me about that,, dont let negative people ruined ur thread,post,day & ur goals,, dont worry if u are nice or positive person,, well we got ur back

How about this: If you come back to your car to discover a ding or scratch on it, do you think it's not in top condition anymore so the best thing to do is to drive it off a cliff? Probably not.

Why do you value your car more than you value yourself?

I did the same thing...except my vacation was a little longer and I gained 16lbs!

After getting into my exercise and normal eating groove, 10 of them just dropped right off. It was mostly all water...and it was totally worth it.

As everyone else has also said, it's probably mostly water weight. Just drink A LOT of water over the next few days and get back into your regular routine.

Everyone has a slip up at some point whether it be a vacation or the holidays or just a bad day where we make terrible choices AND THAT'S OKAY!!!! We're all human and we're bound to slip up at some point.

What's not okay is using it to give up when you've put so much work into getting where you are. Get back into your healthy groove and it will come back off.

Remember, you lost it once, you can do it again!!!!!