I am soooooooooo mad at myself!

If you guys go to my profile you will see that I once weighed 180 and I am only 5'3. I got down to 126 pounds and the last 4 months I have been eating a lot of bad food and I stopped working out. I havent been to this website in almost 9 months! I finally got the courage to weigh myself today and I weigh 142! I wanted to cry... I cant believe I let this happen!

Has anyone else gotten off track, but lost the weight again? I am going back to the gym today but could use some pointers on how you slipped up and got back to goal!

Thanks and I am so glad to be back!

I think it's a process.  I've only gone on a real diet twice in my life, once when I was like 15/16 because I didn't like How I looked, and went from 160 to 130.  The second is right now @ 27, and I was at my heaviest 172 lbs.  So hat means from my smallest in say 12th grade, having kept off my weight for 2 to 3 years, I increased all the way from 130 to 172 lbs.  Now I've been on calorie counter for 2 weeks and Am down to 153.

So what happened to me over the last 10 years???  Putting on 3 to 5 lbs a year.  NOt really watching what I was eating once I got out of college and started working full time.  Once I got out of college @ 20 and started working full time, I'm guessing htat I gained about 5 lbs. a year.  The year I got married I put on another 10 lbs.  Thus you have me @ 172 lbs.

What got me back down to a much slimmer 153?  Counting cals!!  EXERCISING!!  The point is I think that we can fall of the wagon, we can even gain quite a bit of weight, but as long as we catch ourselves before we feel, and look gross, just get yourself back on track, cut back, eat healthy, exercise, and count.

ONe thing I've noticed between my first weight loss, and this weight loss is the fact that for me, once I stop counting and weighing I seem to go off track.  So for me, this time, it means I'm going to keep counting @ weighing.

I see no other way ot keep myself the size I want to be without going overboard.

That and measuring portions.  So yeah, I got off track, gained a bunch of weight, and I'm loosing a ton of weight again.

Take care and hope this helps.

M.

Yes it is possible to lose weight again (I unfortunately have too much experience doing that!).

This time around, I am trying to be more thoughtful about how I go about it. The thing that has helped me the most, which I have read in several posts on this site, is not to let a minor slip become a major binge and derail me. These days, I acknowledge a poor choice, and get back to healthy eating.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

I'm 140 - 142 and 5"2.  I just tried to renew my dedication to getting to 121-123 by the eoy.  I'll keep an eye out for your progress since you are so close to my situation.  You know you have it in you.  Go get'em!

Oh I feel ya, girl!! I was a little worse than you. I was 120-130 pounds when I graduated high school. Then I discovered pizza and beer in college. I'm 25 now. My highest weight was when I was 24- 212 POUNDS! I knew I had gained weight, but WOW! I went on a diet Jan. 1st and lost 20 fairly quickly- but stopped and gained about 10 of it back. I started counting again in September. I was 196 and today I am 174. I get so disgusted when I see pics of me from last Christmas at 212. I was shooting for 130, but I'm starting to think 140 will be just right on me- I don't like to be skinny skinny. But I'm also 5'6" so I have a lil extra room.

Anyhow, I'm just saying I'm there for ya! If you need anything, let me know :-) I'm sure you'll do wonderful this time around. You already look great- I can't wait to take my bikini picture. My boyfriend keeps trying to get me to buy cute things and I keep saying... NOT YET! haha

Ladies: why don't you join the " start fresh" group? basically, the members of this group want a new start after falling off the wagon for a while. it is going to be a challenge for all of us to lose at least 10 pounds by Christmas.

kendraklock: please don't feel bad. I made the same mistake and I am mad at myself too but at this point we don't have a choice other than moving on.

safina1: where do we find this start fresh group? i think i found it, but want to make sure it is the correct one. thank you! :-)

Hello Mandi35: I am glad to know that you want to join. I am going to post a reply there so you can see the post.

Safina1, can you help me find the group too.  I searched the forums and didn't turn up any results.

train hard eat healthy,thats the only option ull have

I am currently in the midst of losing it again. In highschool I got up to 170lbs, and knew I needed to lose weight. I didn't find CC til half way through my first year at university, I was at 145. My goal was to get down to 125. Through not eating alot, working hard and running around Florida that summer, I got down to 136, and was really happy about the way I looked. I came back home, gained weight, didn't keep track of my calories for about 16 months. When i weighed myself in Feb 2007 I was at 145 again... I tried to lose some but only half heartedly. I moved in with my fiance and his family for the summer in 2007 and gained another 20lbs on top of that. So I knew I had to do something. In september I started counting again. I am down to 139 and still am aiming for 125 by May (the wedding), and 136 by christmas this year.

yep I got off track! I was 46kgs, now I binged my way up to 70kgs! I'm mad!

I'm 5'4.

Wowww this is exactly what happened to me. I started calorie count at 5'6 155 in February, and then stopped when I started college (at 130) and from September to November--- TWO MONTHS I gained around 10 pounds. Now I'm 140! I'm glad I didn't let myself go any further but am upset that I gained that...it's going to take a couple months to come off now :( And I realize that I need to actually maintain that weight instead of thinking "well now I'm at my goal so I'm done!" Yeah, the weight comes back on. I just have a problem with binge drinking, so I think that's the main reason I gained weight...plus the cafeteria food.

I'm 5'3" and weighed 319lbs in June -- I'm down to 264.4lbs now. I'm sorry I didn't start my new way of co-existing with food and exercise before, but I don't hate myself for it.

Guilt is counter-productive; focus on better health. Moderation, balance, staying active, and indulgence once in awhile are the perfect ingredients for great lifelong physical and mental health habits.