Free falling
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I lurk a lot...😋 But you really are inspiring...please come back...let us help...or commiserate..or whatever we can... We miss you!6
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A little update ..... I’ve managed to at least maintain at #170 since this post, so that’s good. I also had a tooth pulled, which I honestly didn’t realize had been causing such pain (since March). To be able to sleep and drink cold water has been wonderful. Hanging on is the best I got right now.27
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Well getting stable is actually good progress. Sometimes you have to stop the bleeding before the wounds can start to heal over. Glad you got the tooth fixed. Chronic tooth pain is awful.
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Your post has really helped reinforce my current weight loss/maintenance plan. You see, EVERY time I've yo-yo'd and regained the weight I lose it was the EXACT same recipe you had. 1) stop exercising, 2) stop logging, 3) stop weighing. You would think after the 3rd or 4th yo-yo I would learn. But, noooooooooo! This time I've decided that the 10 - 15 minutes a day that logging & weighing take are well worth the time. I walk 30+ minutes a day with my wife and play golf or lift weights with my brother 2 or 3 times a week to boot. This time I've dropped 70 lbs and kept it off since starting in May 2019. Here's to NO MORE yo-yo's!24
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I'm a classic yo-yo-er and have been all my life. I lose a good amount of weight, give away all my larger sizes, then regain the weight and have to buy all new clothes.
This last time I've gained back 25#(since March) and was feeling my jeans/even my bras, getting much tighter. I refuse to buy a larger size again.
I've felt a roller coaster of emotions, including being disgusted with myself and ashamed, embarrassed, the whole 9 yds. I've battled depression since I turned 40(now 66) and I realized last year, when I was in control and felt thin/healthy/had energy, that my severe lack of control over food was probably 75% of the cause. And the most success I've had controlling my relationship with food has been counting calories on MFP. I've weighed anywhere between 235 and down to 130(January 2020).
So this is now Day 3 of my return to health journey. I've had to do lots of self-talk to keep me on the straight and narrow and expect it to always be that way.
Use lots of positive pep talks with yourself, be gentle, patient and kind with yourself. But get back on the horse with MFP, start fresh, new numbers, new goals, slow and easy. Having our head in the game is half the battle. Seek out support where it'll be the most helpful to you. An exercise buddy? Someone to share healthy recipes or a certain type of diet with?
Stress will always be in our lives. How we handle it can change. I'm finding I handle stress much better when I feel good about myself so I need to get back to that place; trying to handle stress weighing 25# more isn't helpful to me at all. It becomes such a vicious cycle.
Good luck with your 'back to good health' journey!!!! One day at a time.
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@Katmary71 my problems are certainly minor compared to not being able to use your legs. I’m terribly sorry and hope you’re on the mend and more important, that there’s no permanent damage. It’s amazing to think how much we take things for granted (like eyesight and mobility) until there gone. Please take good care of yourself.
Hey, @nowine4me ! Long time no see. Sorry for the weight creeping up on you! You were my inspiration few years back. I haven't been on maintenance page for a long time, but still hanging around the forum. Just did a quick check and saw your post. Dang... It's always more challenging when there's a health issue involved, especially if it prevents you from your routine exercise regimen. Good thing, you are here, with all the knowledge, so take it one day at a time. I personally ditched alcohol long ago, it makes me eat way more, you lose control and stop caring. And then there are those pesky pop tarts ( or whatever, insert choice of snacks). Before you know, box is empty, hehe. Glad to hear that you are in a stable weight for now, definitely a progress and a great start. Also, cut yourself some slack, if you had to take hormones it had an effect on what happened, hormones can increase appetite and generally mess up our system. Just have to be super cautious with your food intake when taking them. Are you still on Prednisone? Can you run and lift again? Hope to see you stick around, i don't think you would have a problem getting to your goal again. Sucks that you have to though.3 -
I no longer belong in this group, but did for more than years. The past year (12 months) I’ve gained back 40#. I few medical issues that I use as excuses let me slip back into bad habits. After 600+ days of never missing my step goal, I stopped walking. Then started adding back in too much wine, stopped logging, and weighing daily. I hit my scream weight of 150 last fall and today got on the scale and was 170. I’m really disappointed in myself.I no longer belong in this group, but did for more than years. The past year (12 months) I’ve gained back 40#. I few medical issues that I use as excuses let me slip back into bad habits. After 600+ days of never missing my step goal, I stopped walking. Then started adding back in too much wine, stopped logging, and weighing daily. I hit my scream weight of 150 last fall and today got on the scale and was 170. I’m really disappointed in myself.I no longer belong in this group, but did for more than years. The past year (12 months) I’ve gained back 40#. I few medical issues that I use as excuses let me slip back into bad habits. After 600+ days of never missing my step goal, I stopped walking. Then started adding back in too much wine, stopped logging, and weighing daily. I hit my scream weight of 150 last fall and today got on the scale and was 170. I’m really disappointed in myself.
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I no longer belong in this group, but did for more than years. The past year (12 months) I’ve gained back 40#. I few medical issues that I use as excuses let me slip back into bad habits. After 600+ days of never missing my step goal, I stopped walking. Then started adding back in too much wine, stopped logging, and weighing daily. I hit my scream weight of 150 last fall and today got on the scale and was 170. I’m really disappointed in myself.
Essentially the same thing happened to me. I am on my way back and have cut out wine completely. I now allot myself 2 Michelob ultras per day (with a lime) offset by a sound eating plan and plenty of exercise. This seems to be helping quite a bit. Good luck to you.
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supercpa999 wrote: »@nowine4me
I no longer belong in this group, but did for more than years. The past year (12 months) I’ve gained back 40#. I few medical issues that I use as excuses let me slip back into bad habits. After 600+ days of never missing my step goal, I stopped walking. Then started adding back in too much wine, stopped logging, and weighing daily. I hit my scream weight of 150 last fall and today got on the scale and was 170. I’m really disappointed in myself.
Essentially the same thing happened to me. I am on my way back and have cut out wine completely. I now allot myself 2 Michelob ultras per day (with a lime) offset by a sound eating plan and plenty of exercise. This seems to be helping quite a bit. Good luck to you.
When I get back on the losing weight bandwagon dropping alcohol is the first thing I do. The calories are just too many to justify it when I really want more food!
Now, that being said, I'm in maintenance now and it's MUCH easier to fit in a few drinks (or more sometimes...). I can bank a few calories for a few days and then have fun, or just eat at a deficit for a few days afterwards to balance it out.
I think that's the key in maintenance: finding a way to balance "normal" life with having a calorie goal. I posted in another thread that my weight chart in maintenance looks like a seismograph during an earthquake! I'm all over the place! But as long as I'm averaging out where I need/want to be it's all good!
@nowine4me hopefully you are finding your new balance! We are all sending you good thoughts and positive vibes!
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How are things going?2
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Y’all. I wish I had a better story to share. I’m up 24# in the past year, but I’m still here. 1613 days. Still weighing. Lost my way on logging. Intend to find my way back. But. Still. Here.30
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Wishing you success. I think many of us get here at some point. The key is to recognize it and then put some form of plan together.0
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I am so glad to see that you are still here @nowine4me So encouraging to me. Yeah up 24 is not good but you haven't backslid to where you started plus more? Still weighing is good altho perhaps it is discouraging you from other action at this point. Wish I had words of wisdom to help. Eventually I think you will find your way back. You are way too smart not to figure it out. And it may be different than before. I know that when I yo the next effort absolutely looks different than the others. Best of luck to you! 1
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Do you want any feedback? Are you looking for any? I know how rebound weight gain with friends can sux the life right of you. Are you open or not. I'll wait for your reply.1
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ahhh I remember when you hit your scream weight. All you did since then, was gain the 15 to 20 the rest of world has gained since this god awful pandemic.
You are not alone. You are human. we are all trying to get that weight off.
you've been a powerhouse around here. Just take a while to think on it.. and go back to doing the very same steps you did when you lost the weight last time.
After I gained covid weight . and I found myself trying to lose it differently for some reason. Allowing wine.. some cheats.. thinking I could do it in a different way. As soon as I stopped doing that.. and remembered exactly what I did last time ( like not drinking during the week).. the weight is coming off.
Pick yourself up.. dust off.. get back in the saddle you'll be yourself before you know it!
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Do you do better with hugs or a kick in the pants?
Because you know whatever you need we're more than willing to type that out!
I think logging is the #1 tool for me. When I stop things go sideways for me pretty quickly. I have bounced around in a six pound range since lockdown, but I'm on the higher side in winter anyway.
I've had to become even more careful since the virus appeared. I've pretty much stopped my random grocery store runs and now that I'm only going once a week it's easier to be disciplined and not go down the aisles where the goodies are. I keep my freezer full of meat and vegetables and fruit so I don't even have room for treats.
I don't drink at all, that would be tragic right now. I'm afraid I would lose my way entirely in life if I picked up alcohol at this point.6 -
elisa123gal wrote: »After I gained covid weight . and I found myself trying to lose it differently for some reason. Allowing wine.. some cheats.. thinking I could do it in a different way. As soon as I stopped doing that.. and remembered exactly what I did last time ( like not drinking during the week).. the weight is coming off.
Yep that happened to me too! I can maintain with more loose guidelines, Now that I'm trying to lose a few pounds again I have to be strict and count every 1/2 calorie or I lose nothing
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cmriverside wrote: »Do you do better with hugs or a kick in the pants?
Because you know whatever you need we're more than willing to type that out!
I think logging is the #1 tool for me. When I stop things go sideways for me pretty quickly. I have bounced around in a six pound range since lockdown, but I'm on the higher side in winter anyway.
I've had to become even more careful since the virus appeared. I've pretty much stopped my random grocery store runs and now that I'm only going once a week it's easier to be disciplined and not go down the aisles where the goodies are. I keep my freezer full of meat and vegetables and fruit so I don't even have room for treats.
I don't drink at all, that would be tragic right now. I'm afraid I would lose my way entirely in life if I picked up alcohol at this point.
I'm personally a swift kick in the @ss, followed by a slap to the head, and finished with a hook to the baby maker...
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Our health and fitness journey presents many battles along the way. If it was easy everyone would be in perfect health/shape. When you see you are slipping away you recognize it, own it and press on. Don’t let this drag you down, focus on where you want to be and put behind you what has occurred. It is a lifelong challenge and there will be ups and downs. Focus on the fact that how you rebound what you view as a failure can provide inspiration to many others. The fact that you are here posting about it is encouraging. Keep fighting for your goal and hold your head high while you press on to obtain it!!!4
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