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Fell off the band wagon

Frostbitten007
Frostbitten007 Posts: 84 Member
edited February 5 in Motivation and Support
I was doing great about eating good and working out until about 2 months ago. I started eating crap because I wasn't feeling good about myself, which resulted on me gaining weight. Because of the weight gain, I felt even worse about myself. I have such a busy schedule resulting in me getting home late. Since I get home late, all I want to do when I get home is sit on my butt and relax. I know I will not lose any weight sitting on my butt doing nothing and eating junk food. So, today I started to become more productive. I decided to walk around the apple orchard picking apples. Of course, I decided to buy a blueberry pie while I was there. But, I decided to only have a small sliver of the pie. I had a pretty healthy dinner of a chicken thigh, cherry tomato, and an apple that I picked. But, I was a little under on calories. I ate a little over 1000 calories today. I set my calorie goal to 1500. I found if I eat at 1200 I feel hungry and rundown. But, I am trying hard to get back on the right track.

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  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,854 Member
    I was doing great about eating good and working out until about 2 months ago. I started eating crap because I wasn't feeling good about myself, which resulted on me gaining weight.
    That pretty much describes why we gain weight. We use food to make us feel better. Breaking that cycle is the trick. Easier said than done of course. What works for me is to think before I eat: How will I feel shortly AFTER I eat this. The answer is always: I will feel remorseful and angry at myself. When I avoid temptation at night, I always feel good about it the next morning. I've never woken up and thought: Man, I really should have had that dessert last night.
  • Drkchyld
    Drkchyld Posts: 63 Member
    If you need a friend and some support feel free to add me
  • joannagadzinski1
    joannagadzinski1 Posts: 12
    I am going through the exact same thing except I stopped for 4 months and went from 141 to 153. I do not know why I stopped, but I did. I'm at school all day and some days I don't get home til 7-8 pm. On these days specifically, I started waking up 40 mins earlier and I do 30 minutes of Zumba at home. I find that just the idea of going to a gym is hard so I purchased some workout equipment for my home such as training videos as well as a bike. The bike is great because whenever I feel like watching TV, I keep my hands busy by working out on the bike instead of eating. You can do it, it's all in your head. Good luck :)
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