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    Whoops! Putting it all back on!

    Posts: 6
    edited February 23 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
    I lost 52 lbs brilliantly by eating sensibly and exercising but now I've put 24lbs back on. It was great to lose so much weight and I still feel pretty good but I've stopped exercising and started eating too much! I am just about to grow out of the lovely size 10 clothes that I bought after losing so much weight and I haven't kept any bigger ones so this is urgent now. I must get back in control! Motivating speeches please!

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    • Posts: 109 Member
      You can do it! You did it once before and know what works. A 50 pound weight loss is a huge accomplishment and you can get back to it! Just go back to what you know :) Good luck!
    • Posts: 213 Member
      According to National Weight Control Registry, the vast majority of people (percentages shown) who keep substantial weight off (average 66 pounds) over the long term (longer than a year) do the following:

      Exercise 90%
      Eat a healthy breakfast 78%
      Step on the scale at least weekly 75%

      excerpt from Diary of a Fat Female
    • Posts: 15,267 Member
      WTH...how did you do that?

      Did you stop logging? Maitenance isn't about going back to "old habits"

      Develop better ones this time. Ensure you don't do the following:

      To big of a deficit
      Give up foods you love/crave just have them in moderation
      don't stop logging/weighing food
      don't stop weighing yourself...allow for a maitenance range and when you are hitting the upper range take a good hard look at what is causing it...

      Do however choose an exercise you love so it's not "work"
      Do log/weigh/log accurately
    • Posts: 6
      That's good - because I suspected as much! My breakfast remain great and I do plan on using exercise to turn things around.
    • Posts: 6
      I just signed up to MFP but never logged anything on it. Had a nice little flowery notebook instead for recording weight, food, water and exercise. Lost 2lbs on average per week but weighed every few weeks. Then after maintaining for about a year (until Christmas just gone) I stopped weighing. Was a bit surprised last week to find out my new weight.
    • Posts: 51 Member
      Katrina, it happens. All the time. You can get back on the horse, though, that's what I am doing! Friend me if you like. :wink:
    • Posts: 2,144 Member
      yep, I lost 40 lbs, turned around and put 15 back on right after the holidays. I now weigh daily and do my logging. It can sneak up on you quickly. I have developed some self control after was told I needed it by some of ya and it made me mad but it was true. It takes a lot of discipline but worth it. It is simple but hard, log your calories, have healthy foods in the house where there is not a lot of temptation. You can do this.
    • Posts: 1,115 Member
      Look mate you just need to know one thing. The lifestyle change is permanent. Unless you keep a healthy diet and exercise regime you are ALWAYS going to put the weight back on. And you will end up yo-yo dieting which is probably more unhealthy than simply being a bit overweight. So you need to decide where your priorities are.
    • Posts: 94 Member
      Its a journey not a marathon- and you have taken a detour. No big deal!!! Time to get going in the right direction. You have weighed yourself- now focus on what is going right and build on that.

      I know for me I am slipping when I stop preparing meals to take to work. I am then grazing on the community snacks we share- the chips, the candy drawer, and the occasional everyone chips in for pizza. Shortly after exercise becomes a chore and "I will get on it tomorrow." Uh huh....

      Get loaded up on your arsenal of what you need to be successful- a good healthy trip to the grocery store. Commit to your exercise and add opportunity to take a walk in addition to what you have been doing. You will feel much better in a few days and will be re-energized to reach your goals.

      Good luck! You can do this!!!
    • Posts: 759 Member
      It's part of the learning process. Figure out where your weak spots are and put systems in place that will correct them.

      I've always been active, but I eat too much. I got almost to goal last summer, and then I gained half of it back again throughout the holidays. I was under the mistaken belief that after eating less for 6 months, I had developed the ability to maintain new habits. Wrong! I will never be an "intuitive eater." I have accepted that I am someone who needs constant data- I need to log daily and weigh daily or I very, very easily go into denial.

      I learned my lesson, and now I'm inching back towards my goal and I will not stop logging or weighing once I get there.

      Start logging and weighing, and then you can use the information to change whatever is getting in the way of your success.
    • Posts: 3,602 Member
      WTH...how did you do that?

      Did you stop logging? Maitenance isn't about going back to "old habits"

      Develop better ones this time. Ensure you don't do the following:

      To big of a deficit
      Give up foods you love/crave just have them in moderation
      don't stop logging/weighing food
      don't stop weighing yourself...allow for a maitenance range and when you are hitting the upper range take a good hard look at what is causing it...

      Do however choose an exercise you love so it's not "work"
      Do log/weigh/log accurately


      ^^This! Great advice!
    • Posts: 12,942 Member
      I lost 52 lbs brilliantly by eating sensibly and exercising but now I've put 24lbs back on. It was great to lose so much weight and I still feel pretty good but I've stopped exercising and started eating too much! I am just about to grow out of the lovely size 10 clothes that I bought after losing so much weight and I haven't kept any bigger ones so this is urgent now. I must get back in control! Motivating speeches please!
      I'd lost 70 pounds about 10 years ago, put 30 back on in a five year span, and started on MFP last year to lose that 30 pounds.

      I didn't lose the 30 pounds......












      I lost 42!!!!! :bigsmile:

      If I can do it, you can to! :drinker:
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