The "Get back on track for good" group

 I'm sure I am not the only one in this situation. I had been maintaing for only a week or so before the holidays and have fallen off the wagon ever since, gaining 3.5 pounds back (i only lost ten, so that's almost half!) So who wants to join me in shedding the excess pounds and getting back down to our maintenance weights (or just back on track to weight loss in general, doesn't have to be maintenance)?! We'll have weekly weigh-ins, but also any time anyone has even the smallest success in regaining control, post it here!

Maintenance weight: 100 lb.

Current weight: 103.5

Goal weight: 100

*small success: they didn't have the low-calorie whole grain cereal at the dining hall this morning, but instead of saying "what the heck" and eating the high-calorie sugary cereal, I grabbed enough fruit to equal the amount of calories in the healthy cereal. :)

so yesterday i ended up around 1500 calories, which is good. plus i had a run club workout which consisted of an 800m warm up, 5 timed 800's, and an 800m cool-down. I haven't done speedwork in like 2 years, so needless to say i was pooped!

small success for yesterday: in addition to the killer practice, i ran to practice, which was another 800m!

today is day 7! i'll keep you all posted.

so i have a definite challenge this weekend... 3 friends are coming into town so i KNOW they are gunna want to do dinner and such, but i am going to try my best to stay on MY eating routine because today i lost more weight (woohoo!) and because next weekend is valentines, i planned on treating myself then! so wish me luck, and small success today ** ran 4 miles, and plan on doing bike class this afternoon...

good luck!

wow jinderbitzen thats one hell of an active  day! just think about how much better of a mood you will be in on v-day knowing you've controlled yourself so well this whole time! that'll be a much more enjoyable day with your significant other than if you were down on yourself about this weekend.  good luck!

hi guys, its been a while, but im back!

I havent binged for about a week, made myself a spreadsheet to keep track of my exersize and intake (because internet too slow now), and i made calculate if i have a deficit, and keep calculating over a period of time. so a deficiet now and then might not be so bad, but if i have a too large deficiet over a period of a week, ill see that im undereating (since i wanna maintain, etc).

two days ago i went to the gym, and yesterday and today i went jogging, so my motivation to be healthy again is a bit up. im not gonna let some stupid mental/emotional/stress/watever issues mess up my health!

look at all the positive vibes up in here!! great job girls!! We're doing so well!

alyssa- awesome work with that exercising! keep up the binge-free days! i'm sure it's getting tough, but you can do this!!

jinderblitzen- good luck this weekend! also a great job with the exercise and stay strong with your motivation :) you can do it!

sk33ny- I also have a spreadsheet to keep track of my cals, it is so helpful! glad to see your motivations is in full force! staying healthy is where it's at :)

KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WORK!!!

everything is the same over here! not much exercise b/c I've been so busy/tired. Last night when I babysat my nieces (one is 3, one is 8 months) I got them both in bed by 830! My sister was so excited! So that made me excited :) I did a quick weigh-in yesterday morning and was 138.6... but I'm going to wait and see what Sunday says since that's what I'm basing my loss off of.. we'll see! :)

talk to all of you later!

So last night i had a bit of a relapse, but i don't consider it a binge. I had a LOT of tortilla chips, but I had undereaten for some reason yesterday, so my cals only ended up between 1800-2000. So i still had a deficit. And i ran yesterday. I also ran this morning to kind of make up for it. i weighed this morning and haven't gained, so...i'm considering yesterday another neutral day. So I guess today is day 8? I ate past the point of feeling full and was still full this morning but I really don't feel all that guilty. What do you guys say, binge or no binge?

i say that is not a binge at all. especially cuz you ran... you did great! it is so hard to say what is normal, but i think that is a pretty normal thing to do! and you did great, and did not let it get out of hand, so well done. Keep up the good work!

well i definitely had some trouble tonight! i ate like 4000 calories today... my friends are visiting and of course her mom packed us home made goodies and we had california pizza kitchen.... i did do 30 min on the bike and played in an indoor soccer game.... how much damage do you think that did? i plan on being pretty strict all week and working out twice tomorrow... should that help balance all those calories? AND i decided i dont need any treats next weekend haha. i have 5 lbs to go, so im hoping this wont hurt me too badly. thoughts please!! and i hope everyone did better than i did for their saturday night!!

how is everyone doing? i hope well! happy almost valentines day :) 

This is exactly what I need because it's exactly where I'm at.

Last year in October I got down to 116 lbs (I'm 5'4"), I felt incredible. I was eating so healthily and exercising everyday and felt so good about my body, it was awesome.

Then Thanksgiving came. And then Christmas. I started going out with friends, ordering dessert. And then during the holidays I would scarf down slices of cake one after the other. Then I realized I was up to 125 lbs, even more than I had been before I started my exercising last year. Now I'm trying really hard to get back to that good routine of exercising and eating well but it's harder now.

I just started a new internship on MWF which makes it harder for me to work out on those days. On top of that (of course) it's the kind of place that has donuts for breakfast on Friday's and catered lunch meetings with pastries and kolaches. I've tried to be strong but twice now I've caved. And the problem with caving is that I don't just eat one. I eat a million. Bad foods are like a gateway. I don't even enjoy the sugaryness or the white flour and the way it makes me feel bloated and lethargic but for some reason if I eat one I eat ten.

Anyway, I really need to regroup and refocus and recommitt. I don't want to be 125lb anymore, I know it's not fat but I just don't feel good about myself.

its been so quiet on here... i usually like hearing from everyone. i am hoping that the lack of posts is due to a lot of good success! 

My best friends new boyfriend just brought home cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory for us.

There were donuts today at work but I resisted. 1 of 2, can that be counted as like... neutral instead of a failure? Ugh, I suck.

alanah, it's better than what you would have done, right? that's the point of this group! small successes will eventually lead to big successes and result in being back on track!

in the lobby of my dorm, they had sugar cookies and cookies decorations....for free. i could have made as many cookies as i wanted and ate them all. but i had grapes instead! i'm trying to cut back on refined sugar for reasons other than just weight loss/management anyway so this was really good for me! also, instead of my usual 3 cups of coffee loaded with splenda, i had green tea with no sweetener of any kind. gonna try and quit coffee!

I went through a phase of drinking coffee twice a day but as of about 2 months ago I've completely quit. For me, it has nothing to do with health, and it's really hard to resist the smell. It just made me feel bloated and gassy (sorry for the grossness, but it's true) and it made me feel uncomfortably full.

So now at breakfast I just have black tea with a splash of half and half. And before bed every night I have green tea. My favorite is Tazo Zen.

I just want to be back where I was exercising every day and feeling amazing and never even wanting to eat cheesecake.

Good work on resisting the cookies! When I lived at the dorms every semester during finals week they had free cookies every night.

What's funny is that... back before I even realized calories really existed I just kind of ate everything in moderation and had a very average/thin body. When I started exercising and reading up on calories I got obsessed and I got down to 116 but then when I found myself around sweets I ended up eating 8 brownies and 5 slices of cake. I need to reconcile my ability to treat myself in moderation instead of compeltely cutting out and forbidding bad foods that I will end up bingeing on when they're in front of me.

hey girls! all is well over here :) Lost 2 pounds last week! I want to see 138 again this week... had a neutral week... very tired and lazy and had a wonderful homecooked meal last night that shot my weight up something nasty.. lol.. but I don't really care :) I really enjoyed myself!

alanah- I have the same issues with the cutting bad food leading to bingeing on bad food... now I try to have what I want in moderation and it seems to help :) I just have a hard time not stuffing myself! but I'm taking it one day at a time and constantly improving :)

wtg on resisting all kinds of treats ladies! keep up the great work! and I love coffee with no intentions of not drinking it anytime soon :) love it!

thank you for the support, it really helps to know there are people struggling with and committing to the same things you are.

i guess taking things one day at a time is really the only way to go.

today i did 30 minutes on the stationary bike and took a 45 minute step class. i made a smoothie for breakfast and have an apple with me for a midday snack! tonight i'm going to dinner with my sister and best friend, i think we're going to eat thai. usually i would get a heaping plate of greasy pad thai and i know i'll get a huge eye roll for this but i'm going to get a salad and fresh spring rolls (not fried!).

one day at a time!

just so everyone knows my stats:

height 5'4"

current weight 125lbs

goal weight 117 lbs

i made it down to 116 lbs before the holidays happened! i think for my body frame that's the lowest i'll healthily get because that was through exercising 5 days a week and eating extremely healthily.

Oh gosh. I for sure need this.

Current weight: 128-130

Lowest weight: 118 lbs

Goal weight: 115 lbs

I've had a LOT of trouble staying on track lately... hopefully this will help me! You guys seem to be doing really really well with this, and I hope I'll be able to keep up! ;)

alyssa... nice job on the cookies! sometimes its easier just to walk away than even use moderation... at least for me anyways! what is everyones plan for v-day? I am currently 123 lb still.. goal is 117 so im getting there, hoping to hit 122 this week. anywayy... my plan is to not build up any expectations for this weekend and if temptation arises i am just going to say no thanks or take one bite and try to avoid over eating at all costs. hopefully this will be do-able because i work so hard, and do so well all week, and i hate to think i could ruin that effort from one weekend. glad to hear from everyone, keep up the great work and motivation :) 

you guys i completely lost it today. i had 4,678 calories. i seriously just want to break down. i can't believe i do this to myself. i'm sitting here bawling because i had gone two whole weeks without a binge and i just completely blew it. i'm so disappointed in myself. i really need some comfort right now.

i did that on monday!

i went to work, probably ate at least 10 pastries, went out at night, at fajitas, drank 2 margaritas and a huge rum drink with pineapple juice...

i was so disappointed in myself. but remember! one day is only one day, tomorrow is a new day and you can recommit. you know how much better you feel when you exercise and eat well so just put this day behind you and recommit yourself to the new you tomorrow. don't beat yourself up, it won't accomplish anything!

we're all in this together. god give me strength to resist the breakfast pizza at work tomorrow!