Starting again and from behind

Welcome back. I have been on MFP for 3 months, starting my 4th. It's the best decision I have made in many years. I have lost weight with diets many times before, but it was never a lifestyle change. This time is different; it's a lifestyle change, not a diet. Good luck on your weight loss journey. Please feel free to add me as a friend; we can help motivate each other.

I'm in a very similar boat. I was doing well, losing weight, then I had a bad injury and fell apart on my motivation. It happens. In fact, it has happened to me more than once! I'm trying to get back into my routine after my latest injury and time off where I gained back all the weight I had lost and then some. I was having a difficult time this summer with this latest set-back. I kept telling myself, "why did you let this happen?" and "you could/should have...." Of course, this didn't help, didn't undo the weight I had put back on or get me back into shape.

Now, I try to tell myself to: forget the past, it is done; focus on today; be gentle with myself (and my mistakes); and enjoy being physically active again. It is very easy to get discouraged and give up - I fight this urge a lot lately. The bottom line is: I just have to get back on the horse and so can you! Good luck.

Whew,
I totally know exactly what you mean. I lost pounds and was doing great. Then my hub got fired from his job last year
and did get another one for 3 months. That was the start of a down hill slide! SIGH!! Then I tried to do the food diary
last week..and nothing came off! I was quite discouraged. This week has been so hectic that I used the chores as an
excuse to not work out or eat healthy. Now I am working on finding my footing. I look back at what I ate last week and
see that while I did not lose pnds I ate more carbs than anything else. I will tweak that and start the working out. I had
a major accident a while ago that snowballed into a discovery of spinal desease. That led to lots of meds for pain and one doctor saying that I could be in a wheelchair in a few years.. I
finally grew a brain cell and took a hard look at what the meds side effects were doing to me and the life I wanted to lead. I opted out of the meds
and opted in to a healthier lifestyle. Losing the pnds after being on those meds has proven quite difficult...but not
impossible. We will all get discouraged in our efforts to get healthy and lose pnds. But I will be here to help encourage anyone who needs it! Dont let the pnds keeps you down. Know that you are human ;-]
jac