Your top reason(s) why you fell off track??
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Behxo
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*Top reason(s) why you fell off track*
For me it has always been:
-Hit a plateau
-Didn't like the scales numbers after doing my best
-Got lazy
-Emotional/stressful times caused me to not care
*Reasons why I'm motivated and ready to finally stick with it*
-Everything I've learned from MFP
-Supportive people on the same boat as me
-Want to help myself & others achieve their goals
-I want my story on the "Success Stories" board someday
-I'm ready to better my overall health for myself
Through the help from everyone on here I was finally taught to not become fixated on your weight, that you need to exercise/eat well for your overall health and that in the long run your weight loss will be the big bonus. Create and have the best relationship with yourself, not with the scale.
For me it has always been:
-Hit a plateau
-Didn't like the scales numbers after doing my best
-Got lazy
-Emotional/stressful times caused me to not care
*Reasons why I'm motivated and ready to finally stick with it*
-Everything I've learned from MFP
-Supportive people on the same boat as me
-Want to help myself & others achieve their goals
-I want my story on the "Success Stories" board someday
-I'm ready to better my overall health for myself
Through the help from everyone on here I was finally taught to not become fixated on your weight, that you need to exercise/eat well for your overall health and that in the long run your weight loss will be the big bonus. Create and have the best relationship with yourself, not with the scale.
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Fell off track reasons:
-Tired of not losing weight/plateau
-Cravings
-PMS times
Getting back up:
-Tired of feeling crappy
-Get back into exercise routine
-Think about long-term
-Make a few changes0 -
Mostly after a few weeks of seeing results I slack off. I get into the "I'm just going to rest the next couple of days" mindset which usually turns into a couple of weeks :explode:
This time though, and with all the intermittent nice/warm days we're having, it makes me want to work that much harder knowing that spring/summer are just around the corner and I want to be successful this go around!0 -
Fell of track:
*Got bored with my workouts
*Stress/emotional eating
Reasons I'm getting back on:
*Really tired of feeling crappy
*Really tired of being the heaviest person in all of the exercise classes that I take
*Getting my stomach pain back on control
*Improving my mood (crappy foods make me a very cranky person)0 -
Mostly after a few weeks of seeing results I slack off. I get into the "I'm just going to rest the next couple of days" mindset which usually turns into a couple of weeks :explode:
OMG ME TOO!!0 -
Fell off track reasons:
-Tired of not losing weight/plateau
-Cravings
-PMS times
Getting back up:
-Tired of feeling crappy
-Get back into exercise routine
-Think about long-term
-Make a few changes
Cravings were definitely a big one for me as well0 -
In the past?
- Having a perfectionist "all or nothing" mentality. So if I "fell off track" in a moment by having something "bad", I'd just give up the entire day and swear I'd be perfect tomorrow. Tomorrow rarely came. "Imperfect" days turned to weeks, months, and years, finally resulting in obesity.
- A huge weakness for desserts.
Now?
I dropped the perfectionist mentality and finally realised there was no "track" to fall off. Took away the pressure. Every day is just part of the greater journey, no matter what I do, or do not, eat.
I allow myself desserts, without any moralizing or villainizing. I don't do it everyday in moderation, which doesn't work for me. I have them pretty infrequently,but when I do I allow myself to have as much as I want, guilt free.0 -
Fell off track:
- That "time of the month"
- No support
- Lazy
- I loved eating late at night
- Portion control
- In a lot of physical pain
- Too busy
.. I can go on for a while
Back up and ready to go:
- I have support ( all of you fine people )
- I have a lot more time on my hands
- Extremely motivated
- I don't want to go another summer feeling embarrassed
- Bike season is coming and I'm not gonna be a whale on the back of a crotch rocket
- I want to wear a bikini and feel damn sexy
- Done feeling tired and sorry for myself
- BEING HAPPY
duhhh
- I love hiking, I don't want to be heaving for air!
- I don't want to suck in my stomach 24/7
(I do it so much I don't even know I'm doing it anymore!)
I'm not letting my weight loss goal slip away again!0 -
Beer caused me to fall off the track.0
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Beer caused me to fall off the track.
hah! I'm sure that one goes for a lot of people :drinker:0 -
It got to my daughters 1st birthday and I bought a big cake ... There were not enough people to eat the cake .... I ate the cake. Cake led to biscuits, popcorn, take away ... So on and so fourth. Then my eldest daughter decided to be inconsiderate and have a birthday! ... 'Sigh' ... I bought a big cake ... There were not enough people to eat the cake .... I ate the cake. Cake led to biscuits, popcorn, take away ... So on and so fourth. Then along came Christmas ...... Etc etc etc0
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laziness
selfishness
living in denial
low self esteem
poor planning
wanting to fit in
wanting to "do what everyone else can do"
not keeping what's important in focus0 -
Fell off track:
-Started a new job
-Got sick
Back on track:
-Clothes aren't fitting well, I'm NOT buying new fat clothes0 -
Depression after a series of deaths in my family - and then being completely ashamed of myself for gaining back all the weight I lost
- Took a couple of years and therapy to deal with the grief and then some self work to accept I am where am I am and letting myself slide even further back wasn't going to help - moving back in the right direction now and feel 300% better !0 -
Back on track:
-Clothes aren't fitting well, I'm NOT buying new fat clothes
Same here!! Once I started overflowing in my jeans that I'm already not happy with that definitely got me back on track again, refuse to spend money on a bigger size0 -
After the kids were born, I wasn't making time for workouts. Then came lots of Canadian beer, German beer, eating at my desk, German beer, Canadian beer, cake, Canadian beer... Depression over clothes getting tight in the wrong places, depression over work, more Canadian beer...
Presto! Abraca-fatty!0 -
Fell of track:
*Got bored with my workouts
*Lazy
Reasons I'm getting back on:
*Really tired of feeling crappy
*Hate looking the way i do
*Wedding0 -
Fell of track;
- 10 day vacation in Ont for my sons wedding
- Drank and ate too much the whole time
- Came back and had a big warehouse reno that lasted until Dec
- Drank and ate too much the whole time
- Always feel the need to bulk up in the fall
- Church of the NFL - I'm a seventh day horizontalist :happy:
Starting again;
- Hit 197 - hated the way I felt
- Pants were getting too tight
- Jan 1
- just seems easier in the new part of the year for some reason.
- I actually like exercising and am always surprised at how much after I finish and wonder why I haven't in a while.0 -
Off track :
BAD INFLUENCES!!
Alcohol munchies
Cravings
Tired of not seeing fast results (Which i know dont happen)
On track:
Information ive learned on this site
My wedding in just over a year
Beach trip this summer
Being an inspiration
Health
To feel good in what ever i wear 0 -
Off Track:
Stress
Socializing
2014 has been an extremely stressful year so far. I have had to deal with deaths, cars breaking down, getting robbed, etc. In January and most February I did not take the stress well and would go out to eat or give myself a break whenever I had a bad day. But at the end February I decided to try and control my stress eating. I have not gone our to eat in three weeks and it feels great. My weight loss has been steady and I am so close to 50 lbs I can taste it. My weight loss is not only changing my body but my mind. My self control and emotional strength are getting stronger with every pound I loose.0 -
Fell off:
Time of the month
Cravings - usually due to time of the month lol
Too much overtime at work
Too much assignments for school
Lazy & Lack of motivation
Getting back:
Tired of not liking what I see in the mirror
Looking at pics of when I was fit
Homework dies down0
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