Regaining Motivation

I am in the same situation! Luckily I only gained a few pounds over the holidays but my old bad habits have started creeping back in. I have been saving enough calories to allow myself a treat at the end of the day as a reward for staying on track.

Hi. I think it is normal to struggle. And that being the case, we can't let ourselves focus on the bad things when they happen. You know? We have to take it a day at a time and motivate each other to stay on task. I do think that if you want to lose weight, one needs to refrain from over indulging. Easier said than done. Me too! I struggle and really just need motivation to keep myself lifted through the struggles. I think I will repeat the first part of this, we can't let ourselves focus on the bad things, rinse and repeat. Pick ourselves back up, and keep going when we feel we have made a bad choice. Maybe that will help?! 🙏🏻

Count me as another motivation skeptic. Motivation, as you’re learning is fleeting.

Was one of your good habits a food diary? If you make your diary the center of your program you will never be off track. You’ll go over your number here and there, mistakes, bad decisions and mental lapses are inevitable. But if you stubbornly keep your diary through everything, still planning your week, and sticking with your activity, you are still working the weight loss process. The process is more important than the numbers.

If you have leftover holiday treats, the best solution at this point is the trash bin. If they are at work, I fixed that the day I became a germaphobe. I became a germaphobe the day I watched the behavior of my coworkers around the Friday donuts. Try it. I was stunned.

Holiday treats are a problem to be solved. Weight loss is problem solving over and over again. Starting with Halloween there are about 5+ months filled with days that are supposedly special reasons to eat. Usually cookies and candy. If you are going to be one of the crowd, you are going to weigh what the crowd weighs. Look around.

I had this exact problem last weekend. I was struggling to get back to eating sensibly and continuing the weight loss journey as I’d got used to being surrounded by crisps, chocolate and alcohol; it was a real real struggle! In fact, I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to jump on the wagon again but here I am, end of day 4 and feeling lots less hungry and a lot less cravy! The first day was the hardest but it’s almost like your stomach shrinks after that and suddenly doesn’t crave the food anymore! Give it your best shot for the first couple of days, I know it’s tough but you’ll not look back and Christmas eating will have been forgotten about. Good luck!