Lost 10 lbs and decided it was time to sabatoge it all!
Petal27
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So last week at this time I was approaching my 10lb mark from the first of the year. It has been a long time since I lost 10 lbs. That is 10lbs of the 90 lbs I want to lose. So Thursday I hit the 10 lb mark, I looked in the mirror and I couldn't tell you where the 10lbs was, then Friday the depression of my weight set in, and the eating commenced. Most of the weekend too. I'm trying to get back on track today but I have been so mad at myself for allowing it to happen. The first weekend my boyfriend (who is so supportive of me) has been out of town all year and I fall off.
What is everyones trick for getting back on when you have fallen off? I so want to lose the weight this time and keep it off!!!
What is everyones trick for getting back on when you have fallen off? I so want to lose the weight this time and keep it off!!!
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My #1 trick is to just get over it!
Focusing on the regret and shame of "falling off the wagon" will only depress you. Try to focus instead on your goals and accomplishments. A 10lb loss is wonderful, it is a major milestone so you need to own it!
I find that the best way to keep myself in check and to keep those off days to a minimum is to make sure that I am tracking every single calorie, even on the days I go way over. Keep your diary public so you aren't able to hide anything and make sure to track every meal, snack, and indulgence.0 -
Hi there! Pick yourself up, brush off and start again! It's worth it. :flowerforyou:
I have been losing the same 5 pounds out of 20 again and again.
This time I am determined to lose all the 20 lbs.
I am losing weight for my 30th bday!
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I know how you feel
I started last month and have had a few bad days aswell, but that doesn't mean that you have failed so please don't look at it like that, just learn from it when I have days like that I eat until I feel guilty then stop when I think about my reasons for doing this in the first place a few days aren't going to set you back much just start again and recognize the reasons it started in the first place, also do you have many supportive friends on here? Asking as I wouldn't have survived my binges without having my fit friends on this, they have been there to keep me motivated and tell me what I need to hear, I do hope you get to where you want to be but remember only you can do it! No-one has a magic wand to help you only support and cheer you all the way 
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The weekend is over. Today you have a decision to make. Are you going to work towards weight loss or not? It's totally up to you. What do you want?0
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I think you need to remember that just because you do not see the difference yet, it does not mean it isn't happening. You strayed this weekend because you let yourself get upset over a lack of visual change. Did you take a picture at start and compare it to the 10lb loss? You might not see any drastic changes for a while. That doesn't mean they are not happening.0
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The weekend is over. Today you have a decision to make. Are you going to work towards weight loss or not? It's totally up to you. What do you want?
This!!!!
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Measuring is key for me, the scale hates me!0
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Just climb back on the wagon. Write out your goals. Break them into manageable, forward-looking chunks. Don't be unrealistic and change a bunch all at once and make it easy to fail. Baby steps. Slow and steady.
And forgive yourself. Been there, done that. Better to get back to it 3 days in rather than 3 years into a downslide!
Brainstorm and write out plans of action for when you are facing tough times. Go over them again. And again. Be proactive about the planning so when stress and temptations occur, you've already gone over and determined how you're going to handle it. And have the fall back plan of how you're going to handle it if you fail (hint - it includes forgiving yourself and just getting right back into the right swing of things).
Take pictures and measurements once a month, weigh weekly, and never let it get you down if there aren't dramatic changes or if you fluctuate a bit here and there. If you are accurately weighing and measuring your food and eating at a deficit, you will start seeing differences eventually.0 -
When I used to go to Weight Watchers meetings, I had a leader who once said "If you trip down a couple stairs, you don't throw yourself down the rest of the staircase." It cracked me up and really resonated with me. So if you have one meal or one day or one weekend that's a failure, just stop and regain your balance and then keep going! Don't throw away all your progress because of one slip up. It happens!0
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I've lost over 55lbs and even with pictures I can't see any differences to when I started and I've got about the same again to go. Really drains your motivation but if you give up early on you're never going to see any changes at all.0
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I have worked really hard to change the mindset that you going through right now. I have finally taught myself that the past is the past and what matters is right now, this minute. So if you can't use this past weekend to motivate yourself, then forget about it and start with a clean slate from this very minute. I hit a plateau at around 55 lbs down and I am working to get past that and not let everything I've done go. Who knows, maybe this time will be the time. I'm driven by a TV commercial for stopping smoking....It doesn't matter how many times your try to quit smoking. Just so you keep trying to quit. And I've adopted that mindset to losing weight.0
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One of my favorite inspirational quotes is....."Look up....get up.....and don't ever give up."
You can keep looking in the rear view mirror at what happened....or you can look ahead, be proud of what you have accomplished and get to work again. Losing weight is hard, but so is being overweight. Which one will choose to work on?? We can not make that decision for you, but we can encourage you to keep moving forward and keep working on being the person you want to be for yourself.
My hope for you is that you get up....and don't ever give up.0 -
10 pounds is great. Even if you overate this weekend your weight is still less than when you started, so think about whether you want to go forward and continue losing or whether you want to go back to where you were and keep gaining weight from there (unless you were eating at maintenance at that point).0
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When I used to go to Weight Watchers meetings, I had a leader who once said "If you trip down a couple stairs, you don't throw yourself down the rest of the staircase." It cracked me up and really resonated with me. So if you have one meal or one day or one weekend that's a failure, just stop and regain your balance and then keep going! Don't throw away all your progress because of one slip up. It happens!
LOVE THIS!!! Someone else posted last week that giving up on your plan or goals is like slashing your other 3 tires because of a flat! This stuck with me, especially the past weekend when I ate movie popcorn which put me over my cals ALOT! Today I got right back on plan and refuse to let myself quit. I've done that my whole life. Now I will use these 2 visuals to guide me on my journey, I think of how stupid it would be to toss myself down a staircase, or slash my tires and as the above poster mentioned...its funny to envision that and puts things in perspective. Hope this helps!0 -
With what everyone is saying, a minor setback does not undo your progress. Realistically you did not eat an extra 30,000 calories over the weekend so you aren't back to square 1. Pick yourself up, brush off the crumbs, and start the week with a new attitude. As a side note, if you are tall and/or have a large body frame you might not be able to see results in the mirror until you lose 20 or 30lbs. The bigger your structure, the more surface area over which lbs can hide. It's frustrating, but hey, you know you're losing the weight.0
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Gaining back 10lbs in 2-3 days seems very unlikely. Can you provide a list of the things you ate?0
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Forget it, tomorrow's a new day. Just go one day at a time & forget the scale, just tell yourself each morning, "Today I'm going to eat well & burn some calories." Get through that day & do the same thing the next morning.........0
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it took years to become over weight you won't lose it overnight
if you really want it-you will do what it takes! Period!0 -
Just move on and get it back together. We are all guilty of making excuses for why we fail, start bucking that system.0
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The good news is that much of that 10 pounds of weight loss probably wasn't fat anyhow. That's supported by the fact that you gained it all back in 2-3 days, which would be almost certainly impossible.
How much of a daily deficit are you at? Or if you don't know the answer to that question, what is you daily calorie limit? A frequent cause of "falling off the wagon" is trying to eat too few calories.
This process takes a while...certainly longer than 5.5 weeks. Assuming your deficit was too high (which is admittedly just an assumption), adjust your daily calories to a more moderate deficit and set your sights on a longer-term goal. You'll find it's a lot easier to do when your deficit is more reasonable too.
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You sound a lot like me, eating a whole pizza because I am already fat and not trusting that I might be losing weight. So I threw out everything with a long ingredient list and filled the house with whole foods and produce.. binge on that sucka xD (me not you).. And it has preventing my binging 100% even on shopping days. I still 'splurge' on shopping days but good luck ruining my diet getting into the new fruits and vegetables. I shopped yesterday and I 'binged' on sugar snap peas and juice diluted with coconut water. I was so full before I did much damage. The more clean food you eat the better it tastes. That I promise. Also if it isn't there, you wont eat it.
So far I like what I am eating but I have no clue if it's working. I do know it helped the binging and I feel better though. It feel like the blind leading the blind but I can tell you one thing right now. The food guilt has nearly completely stopped in the last couple weeks and I stop telling myself I am fat and gross nearly as often because I am trying my best.0 -
After I hit a weight goal, instead of celebrating by eating I do a 36 hour fast to take off more weight. Of course, almost everyone who posts in my topic thinks I am "doing it all wrong" and gives me crap for fasting. Ah, the bitterness around here.....0
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I agree with fasting. It gives your body a break to repair and clear out toxins. As long as you don't shock your system with abrupt stops and starts. I fast when I am not hungry. It is a sure fire way for me to tell my body needs nothing but a break. All I drink is water to prevent my stomach from burning. Even after 1 day I feel lighter, happier and emptier.
I am a binger, I believe if I didn't fast once in a while I would be twice the size and probably very sick.0 -
You can do this!! Everyone has had one of those weekends. Forgive yourself, know it may happen again, you don't have to be perfect, and move on! Good luck this week and don't be so hard on yourself!0
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It isn't that I gained all 10 back...I only gained like 2. It is the fact that I was dwelling to long. I am bad about not tracking on my days when I know I am off track. I need to do that no matter what. I guess part of my problem is to that yes I have some friends on here but no one that is really trying to lose as much weight as I am. I came home from work and cooked all my healthy food for the week that I was suppose to do yesterday. Each day is a challenge and a struggle and I can't let one bad day or 2 get me down. I guess I need to start using this site as more of a support group too. I've only really used it for the tracking!
Thanks to everyone who replied back. It really does help hearing from people who have gone through it or are going through it!!0 -
I would bet that the 2 you gained were water weight, if you binged on not so healthy stuff there was probably a lot of sodium. A few days back on track, drinking some extra water & you're back to where you were. You DO need to log, especially on the days you go off track - you will see it & it will make you more accountable to YOURSELF - you don't owe anything to anybody but yourself, you're doing this for YOU. Each day IS a challenge, but it DOES get better......0
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Name one.I agree with fasting. It gives your body a break to repair and clear out toxins. As long as you don't shock your system with abrupt stops and starts. I fast when I am not hungry. It is a sure fire way for me to tell my body needs nothing but a break. All I drink is water to prevent my stomach from burning. Even after 1 day I feel lighter, happier and emptier.I am a binger, I believe if I didn't fast once in a while I would be twice the size and probably very sick.
I would propose that your fasting likely causes or at least exacerbates your binging habits.
There is nothing wrong with occasional fasting when your relationship with food is otherwise healthy. I don't believe this is true when it isn't.0 -
First off it is OK please forgive yourself and move on. Second off I'm sure you didn't eat 35,000 calories to completely ruin your progress so far. When I have bad days I think of it like this I wouldn't cut my leg off because I stubbed my toe, just because I had a bad weekend eating doesn't mean I should give up. YOU CAN DO THIS! Feel free to add me for support 0
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The weekend is over. Today you have a decision to make. Are you going to work towards weight loss or not? It's totally up to you. What do you want?
Exactly. I've had days and weekends where I messed up. I'd eat my way through half my pantry and all my emotions. Or I'd have friends/family over and decide enjoying myself meant more than logging every single bite. Regardless of the "why" I got back up and kept going. One mistake (even one hundred mistakes) doesn't mean you should give up.
And as several have already mentioned, just because you can't *see* any major changes doesn't mean they aren't there! I struggle to see changes in myself sometimes, but I have to trust that my progress is truly that; progress. Are you take body measurements to see if you are losing inches? There have been times where my weight plateaued (or I even gained) and my measurements were steadily decreasing. If you are gaining muscle the scale won't move as fast or as much, but that doesn't mean you aren't doing something positive for your body.0 -
Oh man... :blushing: I totally did this too. I was down 50, but when it wasn't helping me conceive, I stopped caring and put 38 of it back on. It's hard to get these dang emotions in check! Even this past weekend I feel like I ate like a pig, cramming whatever I could find into my pie hole. You're not alone!!
I told myself on Sunday that I wasn't going to get back into those bad habits. Stuffing my face wasn't making me feel better, so I finally got off my keister and did a short workout. It wasn't much, but I didn't carry the emotions and behavior over into Monday. Small victories!0
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