Gained it all back...

Don't get down on yourself! Setbacks happen, no one is perfect and they happen to everyone! Just think, its a new day, you have the opportunity to chose how you live it. So let that disappointment fade away and get back on that wagon. You'll be back to where you were before in no time!

yeah, i did the same thing, only i went for months and not only gained it all back but packed on 6 extra pounds. so we are in the same boat. if you keep positive, i will keep positive!

I hear ya!! I hit the ground running in January....lost 12 pounds by the end of Feb.....then started a second job (Internship and YMCA day camp councilor!!) all of a sudden 3 weeks later and I am right back to what I was at x-mas......I am extremely disappointed in myself too.....I was actualy starting to see abs....they are loong gone now......seems like A LOT of hard work...but I know that the minute I restrict my diet I should be fine!!

Good luck to you.....Ive been trying to get back into it for two weeks now :grumble: I hate that summer is just around the corner and im struggling to motivate myself.

I'm right there with you as well. I lost 11 pounds and was so excited. I missed a couple of days of logging and thought "It will be ok just for today." Those couple of days have turned into a week with 5 pounds gained back. :explode: We just can't give up! GOOD LUCK

:sad: I can't tell you the number of times I've been there (I'm there again now as a matter of fact)....I think that those of us who struggle with weight and food issues would all admit (even secretly) that we've been there at least once, usually more. I get going, all guns blazing, and then something happens and I gain back all the weight I just lost and usually a few additional pounds just for good measure! HA! I'm amazed at how philosophical I can be when responding like this and trying to help someone else....try to get me to listen to my own advice? Not so much!

I will admit to you and anyone reading this post that I finally hit what I consider rock bottom. I realized that there is a deeper rooted issue at work here. It's not just a matter of 'sticking with it", I obviously can't do that or I wouldn't be back here on this website. The issues are deeper than how many calories I eat. Deeper than whether or not I exercise. How deep? I have no idea, but what I do know (at least for me) is that there is SOMETHING inside me that is keeping me on this yo-yo cycle and it isn't anything that I can 'fix' on my own - I've tried and I keep going through the same cycle SOOOOOOOO.....about a month or so ago I finally got really honest with myself and admitted that I needed professional help so I called the EAP provided through my employer and got in with a good therapist. Now don't get me wrong, I've "done" the therapist thing in the past unsuccessfully many times (far too many to count). So why do I think this time is going to be any different? Because this time it was MY decision. In the past I've gone because my parents made me (as a teen) or thought it was necessary so I'd go to appease them. And I played the system. I said all the right things while meeting with the therapist but I never spoke the truth. This time is not easy. I don't want to face the things that haunt my past. There are things that I've pushed out of my conscious memory and quite frankly I don't know if I want to find them. However, I've finally realized that if I DON'T find and address those monsters lurking in the shadows I am definitely going to continue on this yo-yo cycle with my weight and I simply can't face that again. Is therapy going to be successful this time? I don't know, I honestly don't know (but I will keep you posted if you want). What I DO know is that I will be able to say that I HONESTLY gave it everything I could, that I didn't play the system, I didn't hoodwink the therapist (or myself) and that, regardless of what happens with my weight, I'm okay with it and I'm okay with me (which I can't say right now).

Please don't get me wrong - I'm not telling you that you have to see a therapist because that is a totally personal decision. But I do know that someone telling me to 'stick with it' is probably going to make me feel worse not better so I'm not going to tell you that either. What I would like you to know is that I do feel your pain and honestly hope that you are able to find whatever it is that will help you get to where you want to be so you can look int he mirror and really smile at what you see looking back! I have faith and confidence that you'll get there. It might take a while, but you'll get there....I don't know how old you are or how long you've been at this battle, but I'm 40 and just now realizing what it is that I need to get me at least closer to that place so hopefully that will give you a little hope that it's never too late.....Best of luck my friend!