Have Regressed a bit

I think the first way to get motivated again would be to stop dwelling on your slip. Think of today as a new start to start making better decisions.

Sometimes I think if I had kept going by now I should've lost more weight and it upsets me, but I know that if I think like that then I'll be punishing myself instead of starting and continuing up again. I try to think in a few months from now if I keep with it, it will be worth it.

Start again and don't look back

check out some success stories....they always help me to get back!

I gain some pounds back over Christmas as well. I have been between 5-10 pounds from November til now.
You CAN do this!
Think of the progress you have made! If you did it before you can again. My softball coach always said, you have to want it to win it! I know personally that I want to be healthy more than I want to be fat.

So I made my decision. I'm really watching my diet for 3 days, and restricting my calories to purify/detox. I started Monday so tomorrow is my last really restricting day.

Find a little something that will motivate you that is not food. Set a small goal first. Like, if you log your food and follow your plan for 1 week, you can go shopping. Even though I have not lost enough to go down a size, I figure if I'm good, I can allow myself to buy shoes without worrying about my waist!

You are describing my life. I'd lose 60+ lbs and slowly regain it, start the journey again, and slowly regain it all the while saying, yelling, SCREAMING....I do not want to do this!! Read!!! Read everything you can get your hands on about overeating, binge eating. Google and read "hydrogenated oils, the silent killer", check out "The Daniel Plan", read, read, read, and get yourself back motivated before you wake up and have to start from the beginning.

To the OP:

I feel your pain. I lost 50 lbs last year, then had a family tragedy right before the holidays hit and it resulted in a 20 lb weight gain - almost half of my total loss. But, now I am BACK with a vengeance, determined to turn my setback into a TRIUMPH.

First, don't let your small gain turn into a bigger gain with bad thinking of yourself. You are still ahead of the game with a net loss, so be glad about that and try to look at your glass as half full.

Second, here is how I decided to handle my "relapse" pounds. Instead of mourning the gained pounds, I woke up one day and weighed myself - I took that weight (my highest weight since my relapse) and said to myself, "I am starting over from here".

So, now I look forward to my weigh ins again and I am happy to announce that I have lost 7 lbs so far. See, I had to stop looking at it as trying to catch up and re-lose my 20 lbs that I had already lost once.... and start looking at it as a fresh start from a different "beginning" weight. It really changed my mindset - hope it is understandable what I am saying here.

Basically - forgive yourself - and get back to the business of losing weight and flood your mind with all the information you can get your hands on regarding relapses, healthy eating, exercise, whatever interests you in particular in relation to losing weight. And stop dwelling on the fact that you had a setback. You can overcome this obstacle!

This is EXACTLY what I am going to do! Start fresh and make it my new beginning. I am officially at 0 pounds lost and look forward to my next weigh in!!!!

Thank you! That truely helped!

Ah, good! I'm so glad!