gaining weight again and need some motivation to get back on track

I found this website at the beginning of the summer and did fantastic! i lost 10 pounds, started feeling great about myself, especially when all my university friends came back into town and showered me with compliments. However, school started, which came along with stress and anxiety. And i stopped coming to the website, and began slowly gaining the weight back. Tonight was probably my worst. I started feeling sorry for myself and ate more than i needed to.

I need to realize that food is not the solution, and i don't know why it provides such comfort. I want to work out, but am having the trouble getting the motivation. I know how wonderful it feels to be in shape and love yourself...so why can't i try harder?

Just leave some stories of your experiences, lessons learned, friendly advice, or motivation. It would help me a lot to know that i am not alone. It is hard when you are the only one in your group of friends who struggles with their weight. I find it very embarassing, and i wish i could solve the problem.

Thanks!

My 'lesson learned' is that if you're enjoying something you need very little motivation to keep doing it.   You felt good being in shape but maybe you didn't particularly enjoy the process of getting there enough?  Maybe it was a bit of a grind rather than a pleasure?  If you find activities you enjoy you'll do them.  Think outside of the box.  If you don't especially like going to a gym, how about joining a dancing class?  Or getting a bicycle

Another 'lesson' I could pass on.  It's not a bad thing to get comfort out of food.  But you can just as easily derive happiness from healthy food in small amounts as you can from large amounts of junk.

Finally.... you mention loving yourself.  Always love yourself, regardless of your size.  If you only love yourself when you're slimmer then that's a kind of nasty, conditional type of love... and you can waste an awful lot of your life waiting until you're 'perfect' and being unkind to yourself in the process.   If you waste your time being resentful or embarrassed that you're a little bit heavier than your friends, you'll never break out of the feeling-sorry-for-yourself rut and you'll never develop.   If you decide to love yourself the way you are now you'll feel more inclined to look after yourself better, stretch yourself, boost your confidence and find joy in a healthy lifestyle. 

And that's why I love CC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

It would help me a lot to know that i am not alone. It is hard when you are the only one in your group of friends who struggles with their weight. I find it very embarassing, and i wish i could solve the problem.

 

 I  hear that, just had dinner with one of my effortlessly skinny friends. But she eats healthy too and has never used food as a comfort like I do.