How do you get back on the wagon FOR GOOD?

Don't focus on looking good. My focus is entirely on feeling good. If you have asthma issues, that is a big reason to stick to it. I used to have EIA (exercise induced asthma) every time I tried to exercise. Over time and with some weight loss I have not used an inhaler in years and have only had one or two episodes a year which I was able to breathe through without medicine. My son had asthma when he was younger but now can run 8 miles. You need to do this for your health.

Pick yourself up and dust yourself off every single time you fall down. It's going to happen to all of us every now and then. When you give in to the notion of "failure" is when you've really fallen off the wagon. :flowerforyou:

Well, if you need to lose fifty pounds you could look at it as, "if I don't do this now, in three years I'll need to lose 100 pounds."

You'll feel so much better if you drop this weight. You'll look better and be healthier.

It's worth it. You're worth it.

I know how you feel. Last week I was the same way. I was eating 2500-3000 calories per day and couldn't stop myself. I even blew off my personal trainer, and I had already paid for the session! I always have this reaction about 8-10 weeks into weight loss. Usually I just give up, but this time it was different. This week I am doing better and I am back on track.

What helped me was:
1. Thinking about why I was losing weight...to be healthier and to look better.
2. Thinking about how much better I had been feeling because of the 25 lbs I had already lost. I could move better and I wasn't hurting as much as before. I no longer felt like a beached whale when I was trying to get out of bed! (Can anyone relate to that?)
3. Thinking about my goals. One of my goals was to be able to tie my shoes without a struggle, and I could finally do that! I took the time to review my goals and that helped motivate me to start eating right again.
4. I knew that my sisters were coming in January and I wanted to show them that this time I was going to stick to it! I don't want them to tell me (again!) that they knew I wouldn't be able to do it.
5. I kept logging everything I ate, no matter how much I ate. Just doing this was a reminder too.

Hope some of this helps. I'm sure I will go through this again, and honestly, I can't believe I was able to pull myself out of it so quickly this time. Just remember, no matter how long it has been you can catch that wagon again and get back on. You can and you will! Keep talking to others on here and they will help you. We all go through the same things and you are not alone. Now start running after that wagon!

Yes ma'am, I lost 65 pounds a few years ago and then gained every bit of it back plus 20. I got "back on the wagon" in May and have found it much easier actually to lose weight this time. I don't know if it is "for good" this time, but I have stuck to it longer than ever before and even the holidays haven't really caused me much trouble. Of course I decided not to get radical this time around with crazy exercise or a crazy diet. I kinda eat whatever and simply log it as accurately as possible.

My husband and inner circle didn't care if I was fat either, but I cared.

Realize that just because you mess up for one day, or one meal, you don't have any excuse to keep messing up. You know you screwed up, forgive yourself, and go back to eating right.
Also, don't keep your 'fat clothes', when you get too small for something, get rid of it. Why keep an excuse to gain back weight?