I'm doing it again...sigh

I know exactly how you are feeling!

Good for you for getting back up!

I get bored fast so trying new foods and different workouts is what works for me the best. Staying motivated....start with giving yourself mini goals and mini rewards fo those goals. What if you try something different like you just did by writing it down.,,,maybe start a blog.

I get rid of the halloween candy asap! lol That si just me cause I just can't have one or two...lol

Good luck!

Your story sounds so very familiar to me!!! I feel like this time around for me is different. What is different this time??? I have decided that I will only focus on one pound a week weight loss. Before when I have tried to lost weight I have tried to lose 2-4 pounds per week. The first couple of weeks were great, but then the weight loss would stall out. I would not see results fast enough, get depressed, and give up all together. This time I am not allowing myself to get discouraged. If my weight goes up one or two pounds all of a sudden, I know it is not because I am not following my diet and exercise plan...it has to be water retention from salt, an extra hard workout or TOM. I just give myself another few days for that weight to go away. Don't get me wrong...I HATE to see those pounds back on, but I am no longer using it as an excuse to give up! And, there is always the bonus of the weeks where I DO lose 2 pounds or more because I am kicking butt at the gym, but I no longer expect those extra pounds from myself.

With regards to the candy...we have all been there! There are days I eat right up to my calorie limit and I am not completely satisfied, but I make the choice to get busy with something (anything...cleaning the bathrooms seems to work for me!) to kill some time and get my mind off of eating. I am so proud of myself come morning, versus feeling defeated and dissapointed in my self had I chosen to indulge.

Don't give up...YOU CAN DO THIS!!!

I lost 20 lbs, gave up and gained 2. That is my motivation at the moment. You shouldn't have just ONE motivational factor. Tell yourself...."The only way I can get my next pedicure is if I lose 3lbs, and I don't care how raunchy my feel look" Theres a motivator. "No chocolate for 2 weeks and I can go buy that new CD/book. I was wanting" Also This was given to me the other day and I'm going to copy and paste it to you..............

here are some tips below

1.Have faith that all your hard work will pay off if you don’t give up too soon.

2.Understand that you didn’t gain weight over night so you won’t lose weight over night

3. if you think you will over eat eat in front of a mirror

4.Avoid alcohol

6.hang your new too-small-clothes in the front of your closet where you can see them

7.Distraction - clean the house when you feel like binging, if you still live at home, your mum will be so
happy about you maybe she'll nagg you less at dinner time plus u'll be burning off cals

8.when you feel like junk food Chew sugar free gum or mints constantly. I am never without one or the other in my mouth. The benefits are endless: it kills cravings, keeps your mouth full so you can't binge, burns calories by chewing

9.Buy a pair of expensive jeans at least one size too small. Try them on right before you eat. You will either not want to eat or will eat less. When you lose enough weight to fit into them properly, reward yourself by buying another pair, again one or two sizes too small.

10.Don't eat in front of the telly that way you wouldnt see all them food ads

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ - When going out, take only the amount of money you'll need and nothing extra. That way you won't be tempted to spend it on food. OR GO GROCERY SHOPPING WHEN/IF YOU'RE HUNGRY.

11.In between each mouthful of food that you eat, take a sip of water. It fills you up and slows down your eating so that you stay in control and the meal doesnt turn into a flat-out binge.

12. Write a note to yourself listing all the reasons you are finally ready to lose weight. Keep this letter with you at all times, for inspiration.

HERE ARE SOME QUOTES TO HELP YOU -

~If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you dream it, you can become it. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.

~No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

~Above all challenge yourself, you may be surprised at what you can achieve.

~I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It was there all the time.
~Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

~If you keep at it, one day something that seemed impossible will become merely something very difficult indeed.

~No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively have the power to change.

~My world is expanding as my butt is shrinking.

~You have got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.
~My life tomorrow will be the result of my attitude and the choices I make today.

~You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

~The only person who can stop me…is me…and I can take her.

~Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

~Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

~There isn’t a person anywhere that isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.

~Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to achieve it. The time will pass anyway.

~Never, ever give up!!!

~Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

~To lengthen your life, shorten your meals.

~It’s a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself

~Shoot for the moon….even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars

~Winners are dreamers that never give up

~Eat for the body you want, not the body you have.

~It’s never too late to be what you might have been.

~There is no strength without struggle

~One should eat to live, not live to eat

~You can’t change the past but you can change the future

~When you look in the mirror you are looking at the problem. You are also looking at the solution

Don't give up what you want most for what you want at the moment

Most Importantly ----~The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do

First I would say stop thinking "sneaking". It kind of sets the wrong mindset. Sneaking sets a negative tone, then possibly you feel like you need to be punished or you let yourself down. As said before, "diet" seems temporary.
Motivation? I go to the gym every day so when I am questioning whether I should eat something, that ^&)(*^%*$ little voice says, "Really, you want to undo everything you just did?" If I at least eat it, it limits how much I eat of it.
But when I am bad, I am bad and I kind of take pleasure in it vs thinking I let myself down. It seems to work for me.

Get the candy out of the house. Give it away. Toss it in the trash.

Track the fun size bars you're eating. 5 or 6 fun sized candy bars does not a failure make.

When you're reaching for food for ANY reason other than hunger, ask yourself why you're really eating. The most common reasons are stress, fatigue and boerdom. If you're stressed, relieve stress another way. If you're boerd, do something else that is fun. If you're fatigued, rest.

Your pattern of sabotaging yourself also suggests that you're not truly ready to let go of the weight. Something about being over weight or having the distraction of a battle with your weight is working for you. What is this struggle with weight distracting you from feeling?

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

Charmagne

I normally don’t post blogs or discussions but in order for me to continue to lose weight im going to have to be honest with everyone.

Usually on a “diet” I end up giving up or sneaking in junk food…eventually I stop all together, gain the weight I lost and feel super depressed.
Honestly im getting like that again, I have been sneaking in my daughters Halloween candy (damn Milky way’s) and thinking since they are ONLY the fun size bars It wouldn’t hurt…no it wouldn’t hurt if I would just stop at 2 bars, but I end up splurging on 5…6 throughout the day.

Im giving up on myself and starting to believe (once again) I can’t do this. I am naturally big bones (no really I am!) and realistically will NOT see anything below 145 lbs without my bones/ribs sticking out and looking terrible. Actually I would be freaking happy with weighing at 170 lbs!

So my question to you, how do you keep motivated???? Losing weight isn’t a problem for me, its staying motivated and believing in myself is what my problem is.

Ok I feel better be open and honest with everyone about this. If I keep it to myself, im not going to accomplish anything…im trying!

The first major step towards recovering from a fall in your eating plans is to take responsibility when you eat stuff you know you should steer clear of, especially when, as you stated, you crave more and more if you have just one or two bars.

I was addicted to chocolate in a big way, I had to cut the lot out, otherwise I would do EXACTLY as you have done, in fact, when I read your posting, it was like reading a re-run of my own experiences before I lost my weight.

Once you take the responsibility for your own fall (which you have most certainly done via this thread), you then need to really look at what you have so far achieved. What a damn shame to let it all go to waste! You're worth more than that and can definitely succeed.

You know which foods, that once you start, you crave more of, steer clear of them, give yourself a chance. Some people can have just the one or two, however, you and me, it's difficult to do that, have the one and think "oh well, I've broken it now, may as well make the most of it!" and the binge begins!

Fill yourself up with foods that are going to do you good and not be empty calories, if you feel fed you may find it easier to avoid or resist the crappy stuff.

Whatever the case, do you really want to go round and round in circles? I know I didn't, I was sick of it in the end.

You can do this, you are not weak and feeble - you just start off on the wrong grub at times and that starts your downward spiral.