Falling off the wagon

Read your quote in your profile pic! You can have a bad day or bad week-just remember how important you are and worth achieving ANY challenge life hands you!

Don't let it get you down. After the diet I'd had the past few days I gained 7 lbs within one day. Obviously water retention from sodium. We all go through the plateau. Remember, to keep your weight in check it's a lifestyle, not just progress. Try to keep your workouts up and food choices healthy. Let yourself eat pizza sometimes without feeling guilty. You can do this!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

honestly, this might help with your plateau. when i started on mfp i was at 190 and stayed around the same weight for a long time. then started tracking cals and exercising right and dropped. eventually made it to 180 and plateaued and same thing at 170. i heard that if you tried to vary up your diet and have a few days with calorie spikes and not work out for a few days (once i went almost a week), then get back into it, it will help break it. so i tried that and thats how ive been dropping each time i plateau. granted, everyone is different so you have to try different things. i always have the fear of "if i do this and eat a lot more than usual ill gain", but it has been working out in the end for me.

ok, pal -- deep breath. now take another one. and again.

now ... you know what you need to do, right? (trick question; you've already done it.)

so get up, dust yourself off, and start changing what and how you're thinking.

what's done is done; can't change that, right? but you CAN absolutely change what you do next.

so ... go drink a big 'ol glass of water right now. take a walk, head to the gym, pop in a workout dvd ... whatever you do for exercise. even 10 minutes of exercise now is going to start turning things around for you, because you'll be taking action.

i'm basing this on my own experience, when i'm struggling mentally. what i've learned is that doing small, positive things helps me feel better about everything, and it starts to get my head in a better place.

i encourage you to let go of your frustration and disgust; there are WAY better ways to use that energy.

you can do this. you've done it. you know what needs to be done. so like nike says, just do it.

i have total and complete faith in you. rock on!

There is no alternative. You either keep on keeping on, or you go back.

There is nothing more than this ^. This is perfect. This is what I keep telling myself every day.

You didn't fall of the wagon...you jumped. You weren't pushed and it wasn't an accident. So get back on it and hold on, strap yourself on if you must but stay on there.

Like another poster, I've been on a plateau for almost a year. I'm not at my goal - still 15 pounds shy - but despite doing everything exactly as I was, logging every bite, exercising, etc.. I haven't lost an ounce in almost a year. Does that give me reason to jump off the wagon?? not at all. Am I committed to my new healthy lifestyle no matter what the scale says? Absolutely! I am treating it like maintenance. I mean, once we get to our goal, we have to maintain it which is just as hard and takes just as much commitment, right?

So, stop jumping off the wagon. You can have results or excuses....but not both.

Unless those 2 slices of pizza had 3,500 calories each they didn't cause you to gain 2 pounds. Drink a lot of water, take a good D, and forget about it! One slip up isn't going to ruin anything. In fact, some people have planned days/meals when they allow themselves to indulge in a little something extra. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just don't make it a habit.