Started over..

I've recently 'come back' to MFP after gaining around 12 lbs. I'm not ashamed of myself, you know why? Because I'm a human. I'm not going to punish myself or feel ashamed for gaining some weight. I'm not a robot, I fluctuate. Life happens. It isn't realistic to sit and log every last morsel for the rest of my life (in my opinion). I've gained back some of my weight whilst in Eating Disorder recovery - with these few pounds, I found happiness again. I found what it means to have a meal with my family and not obsessively calculate what is in each piece of food. I can sit at a bar and order Pino Colada's with my boyfriend and snack on the peanuts in the bowl beside us. I can stop off at quaint little cafe's and order frothy cappucino's whilst reading my book for hours on end. Yes, I've gained my weight back - and yes, I am a little heavier than I am happy with - but.... in the grand scheme of things.... who the hell cares? We'll lose the weight. Because we know how this is done. And because in life - our weight will go up, our weight will go down. You're absolutely fine.

Hey.... everyday, we start over even if we have had success, each day we wish to change our weight, we start over. That means we have a chance at success, every day.

Everything that happens to us teaches us something - its up to us as to whether we learn our lessons or ignore them. Only ignoring them is a waste of your time. Every day is a new lesson!!

Don't be to hard on yourself . Dasher602014 is right everyday is a reset day. We don't ever wake up and say to day I'm going to eat to feel guilty. We just eat and feel the effect of it after. One thing that has change the way we have the yucky stuff in the house is by not bringing it to the house like ice-cream. My family and I refuse to bring junk food to the house that include my kryptonite "juice". If we are going to have its outside and it stays outside. I was nearly 400 lbs and I had lost 125 lbs but gain 40 lbs. Now, I'm back on track and moving forward so far I have lost nearly 17 lbs. Don't loose hope just live the now and your goal will come.

Also, don't think of it as starting over - it's a continuation of your journey.
If you were driving from LA to NYC and you got sidetracked & went down to see friends in Dallas, you wouldn't go back to LA and start your trip over, you'd get back on the highway to NYC just by another route!

I went off track for a few months and gained all but 5 pounds back. I didn't reset my starting weight, I just logged my current weight. That's because this isn't a do over, it's a continuation of my journey. Yeah it was a blow to see my progress go down, but I learned a lot and am in a better place than I was last time I was at this weight.

I slacked off the last week of summer and gained back a bit. Today after I drop my daughter off at school I'm off to the gym.

Forget everything that happened before today. Change your weight to what is currently accurate, forget about yesterday, and concentrate on doing better tomorrow.