Back on the Wagon!

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  • JZygmunt72
    JZygmunt72 Posts: 262 Member
    in highschool i would say I had an eating disorder, where as the therapist said i was on the edge of actully having one. my lowest weight was 160. i went to college, i guess I got better, and by the end of school i weighed 210. my highest weight ever. im down to 196 i think, 198 probably, im too scared to check cause ive been off the wagon, and its hard getting on. I want to be happy i guess, but do it the healthy way
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    JZygmunt72 wrote: »
    in highschool i would say I had an eating disorder, where as the therapist said i was on the edge of actully having one. my lowest weight was 160. i went to college, i guess I got better, and by the end of school i weighed 210. my highest weight ever. im down to 196 i think, 198 probably, im too scared to check cause ive been off the wagon, and its hard getting on. I want to be happy i guess, but do it the healthy way

    Welcome! We're all about helping and supporting each other. :)
  • gpsepulveda
    gpsepulveda Posts: 31 Member
    I'm so happy I found this discussion!
    I'm jumping back on the wagon tomorrow. I'm looking forward to getting back to my normal self yet a little nervous too.
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    gpsepulveda wrote: »
    I'm so happy I found this discussion!
    I'm jumping back on the wagon tomorrow. I'm looking forward to getting back to my normal self yet a little nervous too.

    I'm fully back on the wagon today too...logging what I eat, walking consistently....to become a healthier stronger person. :) We can do it! Happy Monday!!!

    Jill
  • Jeyradan
    Jeyradan Posts: 164 Member
    Hurrah for wagon-hopping! I'm committed as well, and for the past few days I've done a good job of sticking to my mini-goals (over 500 calories of deficit each day; in deficit Saturday despite lunch out).

    BUT.

    My company are doing a surprise outing tomorrow, and I've just found out that it's to a chocolate factory, followed by afternoon tea. Ordinarily, I'd just declare this an "event day" out of my control (whyyy are there so many of those), but I've only just come back from a week-long business trip with piles of food and a very unwelcome amount of weight gain.

    What can I do? How can I avoid all the calories and fat and sugar? I've already requested non-dairy/low-sugar for the afternoon tea (although no confirmation yet on whether or not they can do that), but that's literally impossible at a chocolate factory with all my colleagues.

    Any advice?
  • tech_kitten
    tech_kitten Posts: 221 Member
    Jeyradan wrote: »
    Hurrah for wagon-hopping! I'm committed as well, and for the past few days I've done a good job of sticking to my mini-goals (over 500 calories of deficit each day; in deficit Saturday despite lunch out).

    BUT.

    My company are doing a surprise outing tomorrow, and I've just found out that it's to a chocolate factory, followed by afternoon tea. Ordinarily, I'd just declare this an "event day" out of my control (whyyy are there so many of those), but I've only just come back from a week-long business trip with piles of food and a very unwelcome amount of weight gain.

    What can I do? How can I avoid all the calories and fat and sugar? I've already requested non-dairy/low-sugar for the afternoon tea (although no confirmation yet on whether or not they can do that), but that's literally impossible at a chocolate factory with all my colleagues.

    Any advice?

    You can either decide to not eat what they provide that is against your dietary plan (maybe bring your own food?), or you can log everything you do eat while there and move on.
  • Jeyradan
    Jeyradan Posts: 164 Member
    edited July 2016
    tech_kitten wrote: »
    You can either decide to not eat what they provide that is against your dietary plan (maybe bring your own food?), or you can log everything you do eat while there and move on.

    Oh, I know. I was more wondering what tips and tricks people had for resisting temptation, or if people who've been to such things in the past (I haven't, but I know people like @louisepaul16 have) could suggest a) lower-calorie options that might be available or b) ways of avoiding doing too much sampling without seeming standoffish or non-team-building-oriented to my colleagues. Unfortunately, I can't bring my own food, but I'd like to do what I can to minimize.
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    I like counting it as an event day....with a light breakfast and light dinner. Drink lots of water and call it a day.
  • Jeyradan
    Jeyradan Posts: 164 Member
    jm216 wrote: »
    I like counting it as an event day....with a light breakfast and light dinner. Drink lots of water and call it a day.

    Good advice! The afternoon tea caterers said they would leave the butter off my sandwiches and replace some of the cakes with fruit, so that was lovely of them (and they'll have a milk alternative for me, too, but that's unrelated to calories). Hopefully between that, dark chocolate, and a healthy dose of self-restraint... if I can find it... I can keep the day reasonable!
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    Enjoy yourself today, Jey! We're proud of you for thinking things through in advance.

    Jill
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    Today it says I've logged for 50 days. I call this a mini milestone. I've not been perfect... And this is hard for me being an "all or nothing" person. But, I'm working on being perfectly imperfect.

    Jill
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
    I've been lurking here for the past couple of weeks. Very inspiring. Just when I needed it. Thank you.
  • Jeyradan
    Jeyradan Posts: 164 Member
    jm216 wrote: »
    Enjoy yourself today, Jey! We're proud of you for thinking things through in advance.

    Thank you for being so kind! The caterers actually kind of messed up the afternoon tea so I didn't get the dietary adjustments I was promised, but I didn't eat any chocolate (other than the scrapings out of the bowl, which I logged as "one truffle"), had hardly anything else to eat, and went on a two-hour walk tonight, so while I certainly didn't make my 500-calorie deficit goal today, I'm at least a little bit under! Tomorrow's a new day.
    jm216 wrote: »
    Today it says I've logged for 50 days. I call this a mini milestone. I've not been perfect... And this is hard for me being an "all or nothing" person. But, I'm working on being perfectly imperfect.

    Fifty days is a long time and a nice round number! Congratulations! Not long now until you'll be in triple digits.
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    lthames0810 wrote: »
    I've been lurking here for the past couple of weeks. Very inspiring. Just when I needed it. Thank you.

    This is good lurking! :D

    Jill
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    Jeyradan wrote: »
    jm216 wrote: »
    Enjoy yourself today, Jey! We're proud of you for thinking things through in advance.

    Thank you for being so kind! The caterers actually kind of messed up the afternoon tea so I didn't get the dietary adjustments I was promised, but I didn't eat any chocolate (other than the scrapings out of the bowl, which I logged as "one truffle"), had hardly anything else to eat, and went on a two-hour walk tonight, so while I certainly didn't make my 500-calorie deficit goal today, I'm at least a little bit under! Tomorrow's a new day.
    jm216 wrote: »
    Today it says I've logged for 50 days. I call this a mini milestone. I've not been perfect... And this is hard for me being an "all or nothing" person. But, I'm working on being perfectly imperfect.

    Fifty days is a long time and a nice round number! Congratulations! Not long now until you'll be in triple digits.

    Way to go Jey! Mind over matter... So proud!
  • Ennaelangels
    Ennaelangels Posts: 73 Member
    Ooh, more wagon-hoppers! I'm not looking forward to losing another 8kg, but I feel so much better when the weight is off.. so here I am again. Great to see there is so much support.

    And Jeyradan, you sound so strong resisting all that chocolate!
  • Jeyradan
    Jeyradan Posts: 164 Member
    jm216 wrote: »
    Way to go Jey! Mind over matter... So proud!
    Ennaelangels wrote: »
    And Jeyradan, you sound so strong resisting all that chocolate!

    Hilariously, the owners of our company surprised us with a catered lunch today. Surprise meaning I wasn't able to plan in advance or check the calorie counts of anything.

    Suffice it to say, I'm going to our local rink's discount ice skating session tonight to burn off yet another treat. Fortunately, this should - should - be the last one...

    I admire all of you guys so much. You all seem so put together and make so much progress on your goals and have so many great accomplishments to post. Congratulations to all of you!
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    Ennaelangels wrote: »
    Ooh, more wagon-hoppers! I'm not looking forward to losing another 8kg, but I feel so much better when the weight is off.. so here I am again. Great to see there is so much support.

    And Jeyradan, you sound so strong resisting all that chocolate!

    Welcome! Together it's way more fun.

    Okay... I look forward to cutting the grass tonight... Weird, right? I see it as steps and also a chance to hatch my Pokemon Go egg... :D

    Jill
  • wenkell22
    wenkell22 Posts: 25 Member
    Such a great thread! I'm getting back on the wagon…tonight! Not even gonna wait until tomorrow! :-)
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    wenkell22 wrote: »
    Such a great thread! I'm getting back on the wagon…tonight! Not even gonna wait until tomorrow! :-)

    Love the attitude!
    I jumped fully back on yesterday...and it felt great. Sometimes I try to see how much I can get away with being half on the wagon...and that's when the roller coaster ride is crazy...it's time to fully commit to feel better and have more energy!

    Jill
  • MeganMcK11
    MeganMcK11 Posts: 117 Member
    Just came across this thread... Love it!

    This has been my cycle of losing gaining over the last 9 years:
    Lost 60
    Gained 20
    Lost 15
    Gained and gained until I hit what I thought was rock bottom
    Would lose 5 or 10 lbs here then promptly give up and put those back on plus 10-15 more to where I ended up at my high weight of 240.
    This time around has been different though. I've been logging for 60+ days and have been active and watching what I eat for about a month before that. I've lost 30 lbs in the last year but almost 20 of it lost in the past 3 months. I've got goals and I've got plans to get there. :)
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    Awesome, Megan!!!
    Welcome <3
    We love your determination. B)
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    Day 2 of really being back on the wagon... Feels so much better to be fully committed.
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    Happy Friday! This is today's theme song:
    <3 Jill

    https://youtu.be/ru0K8uYEZWw
  • louisepaul16
    louisepaul16 Posts: 261 Member
    Great to see this thread is still going!! :D this whole not being able to weigh myself is killing me!! I'm quite sure I've gained weight, but I don't know how much. Grrrr.... On another note, I'm pretty proud of this from my Fitbit the other day..... yj0csc2syg2k.png
  • louisepaul16
    louisepaul16 Posts: 261 Member
    And yesterday I did he equivalent of 62 flights of stairs in San Fransisco! Those hills are a killer!!!
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    louisepaul16 wrote: »
    And yesterday I did he equivalent of 62 flights of stairs in San Fransisco! Those hills are a killer!!!

    Way to go, Louise! We've totally missed you, but glad you're walking and climbing....
  • louisepaul16
    louisepaul16 Posts: 261 Member
    I will be properly back in about 10 days once I get home. It's just too hard to log and weigh myself and food etc when I'm not in control of what goes in it, plus I'm enjoying myself! Haha. Can someone pleeeease tell me Panda Express is the healthiest take out in the world and I'll be happy?! Hahahaha.
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,964 Member
    louisepaul16 wrote: »
    I will be properly back in about 10 days once I get home. It's just too hard to log and weigh myself and food etc when I'm not in control of what goes in it, plus I'm enjoying myself! Haha. Can someone pleeeease tell me Panda Express is the healthiest take out in the world and I'll be happy?! Hahahaha.

    :D Gotta love Panda Express! You're still eating your veggies...and walking a ton...and having fun...so how bad can that be?

    Enjoy your Saturday!

    Jill
  • louisepaul16
    louisepaul16 Posts: 261 Member
    jm216 wrote: »
    louisepaul16 wrote: »
    I will be properly back in about 10 days once I get home. It's just too hard to log and weigh myself and food etc when I'm not in control of what goes in it, plus I'm enjoying myself! Haha. Can someone pleeeease tell me Panda Express is the healthiest take out in the world and I'll be happy?! Hahahaha.

    :D Gotta love Panda Express! You're still eating your veggies...and walking a ton...and having fun...so how bad can that be?

    Enjoy your Saturday!

    Jill

    Hmmmm, well my waistline is saying otherwise haha. Anyway, it will be fine I'm sure. Once im back I'll cut out the sugar again and get back on it!!!

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