Climbing back on the wagon.....

We will get through this together:happy: Today was the first day I had ever gone over my calories since I started. I blame it on not being able to sleep last night and I started breakfast a 3am.:happy: Back at it tomorrow:bigsmile:

I feel the same as you. Honestly....just imagine, I feel like someone who has almost fallen off the wagon and is barely holding on....its like my pant leg is stuck to something and I am just holding on for dear life. That has been me for two months now and I am trying so hard to lose some weight, any weight! I think now that the weather is getting warmer, I am going to go back to yoga. I used to do it all the time and while it may have not shed the pounds, it sculpted me in great ways.

I feel the same as you. Honestly....just imagine, I feel like someone who has almost fallen off the wagon and is barely holding on....its like my pant leg is stuck to something and I am just holding on for dear life. That has been me for two months now and I am trying so hard to lose some weight, any weight! I think now that the weather is getting warmer, I am going to go back to yoga. I used to do it all the time and while it may have not shed the pounds, it sculpted me in great ways.

oh shoot sorry i must have dripped my crazy glue on your pant leg :laugh:
j~

I've had a pretty rough last few weeks.:grumble: I have been at a plateau for over five weeks and the scale just hadn't budged. I tried different things-eating more calories, eating less, exercising more, calorie shifting, drinking more water-nothing really did the trick. So this week I was completely disheartened by the whole thing and had pretty much given up. I only went to the gym twice, ate like crap and didn't record a thing....it was not pretty!

But, I've decided that tomorrow is a new day and I am going to do whatever it takes to climb back on to that wagon and hang on tight! Hopefully I didn't do too much damage....

Anyone have any motivating words?

The really good news is: You have probably unwittingly done exactly what you needed to do! When I hit a plateau, first thing I do is stop exercising for 4-5 days. Hopefully some exercise guru like mbarnum or songbyrdsweet or neverbeenskinny will read this and have the explanation again as to why this works.

I was at a plateau for five weeks right around Christmas time and just said, "Eff it: it's the holidays, I'm just going to eat and then start over."
I ate everything for two weeks, and of course gained 3 pounds since I wasn't working out much.

Then I got honest with myself, and increased the amount of exercise above what I had been doing, and started eating OVER the calories suggested by a hundred or so. Bingo-bango weight loss. (.....angels singing...). Now I'm sticking to that amount of exercise, and dropped down to the recommended calories again.

I heard Jillian Michaels say this week on "The Biggest Loser" that "the body is extremely difficult to figure out." Jillian! She's the trainer. If she can verbalize that, I think we can expect that what we do sometimes works, and sometimes needs to be re-evaluated.

Keep trying. Don't give up! Eventually you will find the magic that will work for you. :flowerforyou: Keep reading and do what sounds right to you. And know that we have all been at your frustration level, and we understand!

~Cheryl

Move over ladies........I'm coming on the wagon too! Can't wait to ride the bumpy wagon with everyone! Remember: spring is just around the corner!