Anyone gain back the weight you lost?!?

Haha yes, multiple times. Basically each time we had a baby I gained weight with my wife and then some. I guess the stress got to me and I turned to eating.

So you gained the weight back, big deal, you can lose it again. You probably already know how to lose the weight since you lost it before. Use whatever method worked for you and then switch things up when it comes time to maintain.

I've come to the conclusion that I can no longer "splurge" or "slack off" and get away with it. I used to be able to in my 20's, not in my 30's with a desk job though. So I've decided to just make exercise and eating healthy my way of life and still allow myself to eat some fun foods now and then as well (i.e. cake, cookies, crackers, fast food, etc) as long as I don't go off binging.

Don't let the stupid scale rule your life. Stay off it for a few weeks, start making some healthier choices, do some exercise when you can, and weigh yourself later. Once you get some momentum it'll be easy to continue and then make sure you stick with a healthier lifestyle going forward to keep the weight off for good.

This has happened to me few times. Usually an event such as a death or tragedy would make me give up my healthy eating choices and gorge on the comfort of my favorite foods. It would mend my pain and also fill me up because I just felt completely empty. Other times, it was because I was so TIRED of counting calories, logging my food, and being in constant hunger.

The only way I would snap out of this was just by acknowledging what was standing in front of me when I looked in the mirror. It was evident that I was gaining a helllllllllllllllllllll of a lot of weight. (I went from a slim 140 to 198...big weight gain there.) So the only option was to stop punishing my body and hating it and start loving it with nutritious food. No one was going to do it for me. I had to do it for myself. I was sick of the cycle of gaining and loosing the same pounds over and over. Now whenever incidents or laziness kicks in, I give myself just one cheat meal a week. And the rest, I find alternatives to fill me up. Eating low cal can be very fun when experimenting (cauliflower pizza! yummm) and these alternatives help me stray from going back to weight gain. This is just my experience and my point of view, I hope it helps!

well at least you got back on the scale and on here after gaining only eleven lbs. I have been down this weight loss road three times before, got down to goal then just did the same as you: got comfortable and stopped paying attention or even weighing myself. Eventually I ended up gaining it all back. I lost 80 the first time, 48, then 56 last time.. this is it for me: its really and truly my lifestyle change now. You are doing good.. you faced the music now its start over time. Take it one day at a time, watch what you eat, exercise ... you know the speil. Good luck honey and don't be so down on yourself, pat yourself on the back for not waiting too long. it will come off again. then when it does you can chalk this up to a learning experience of why you want to eat right and be your goal weight. I almost forgot to add how I and why I snapped back into reality and got back to it: it was looking at a picture of myself thinking "that just cant be right" and the fact that almost none of my clothes were fitting me. Yep that was it.

Yes! I'm doing that right now. I went from 220 to 170 almost effortlessly. I lost the last two pounds to drop me to 168 by pushing hard and severely limiting my caloric intake (500 calories a day sucked!) I even managed to lose another three pounds while on vacation! Then I got sick with a nasty upper respiratory infection, the weather turned cold and disgusting keeping me from doing my favorite exorcise that didn't feel like a workout, and my work schedule had me in at 2:30 pm and out no earlier than 10 or 11 pm at night. My nightly living room Zumba sessions gave way to an extra hour of sleep so that I could get up early enough to do my daily activites before work.

I'm slowly creeping back up and I'm well north of 170.

I agree with everyone that every day is a new day. I'm here to have people that can inspire me to do that extra 15 minutes even though I'm going to be exhausted the next morning. I'm trying to get back on the right track and I know you can as well. You can do it!!!

Read this - awareness of the trap will help you...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumption_trap

Sure have. I lost 20lbs a few year ago, and it took me ages to do that but I was so happy when I got that far. I was able to maintain that loss for a little over a year, but then I moved to a new country and started a new life with my husband. I got lazy and really depressed because I was so far away from home. I've been a member of MFP since I moved here but really never used it to the full potential. I stepped on the scale a few weeks ago and knew it wouldn't be good and was faced with the fact that the hard work I had put in was all gone. I'm still struggling getting going because I'm a slow loser and have been discouraged with no weight loss. Things have to change now for me, I need to take control and just like you starting this thread I feel like I'm taking another step to being accountable to what I've done.

OMG Yes!

I lost about 25 pounds, then lost my job. I started eating what I wanted, but guess what, I only gained a few pounds back.

Flash forward 6 months and I get a new job. Eating the same as I was when out of work, I gained about 5 pounds in about 6 weeks!

It turns out that all the cooking, cleaning, and errands I was doing when out of work were burning many more calories than I realized. I've been back on the healthy train for almost two weeks and I'm already feeling better.

Yes, through a pill I got introduced too!