starting AGAIN! :(

I was doing excellent! I lost 35 lbs since June and than the last week or so I have been eating like I never ate before.  I have been soooo hungry and I dont know why. 

I was down to 270 (from 305) and now today I stepped on the scale and I am 274.4 lbs.  I guess it could have been worse, but I need to get back on track and serious about losing weight again. 

Any advice? Im so upset with myself!

It always seems like weight that goes on quick, comes off quick. So get right back on track. Learn from this. If you want to weigh less, you simply can not eat like you used to eat. That is history.  To weigh less you have to eat less. To maintain a lower weight, you permanently have to eat less food. At a healthy weight, you might need half the calories to sustain that lower weight.  There really is no magical away around this. You can change your behavior, gradually alter your taste buds,  get used to eating less... eat more filling high fiber foods, use better strategies.  This des not mean people of low body weights are suffering... I'm 128, and rarely hungry.  But I had to learn some new strategies a long the way.

I congratulate you for your 30 pounds of weight loss!  Don't worry! You haven't ruined anything... yet.  Just get back on track and put the past behind you.  good luck!

Yeah it's always discouraging to put on a few pounds.. but I think you'd be hard pressed to find somebody who has consistantly lost weight without any little set backs. 30-35 lbs is something to be really proud of, you just have to keep it going!! I always find renewed inspiration by looking at fitness mags and changing up my exercise routine a bit. Good luck! You're doing great!

I have been there and slips are hard and they are going to happen.   You have come a long way so far.   When  I have a slip in the wrong direction,  I try to increase my activity to get back on track faster.  

dont be upset with yourself, just get focused on getting back on track.  

I have been there.. re this.. it may help ease the feelings and understand why you may have been so HUNGRY!

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Kelly you are my identical twin!!! in all ways! I started at 300 and last week was 271, then had a bad weekend and was back up to 274 too. I too get so discouraged and here I am today starting again, trying not to let it bug me too much!!

I just keep telling myself that its a bump in the road and i DON'T want to have to start again from 300 or over, but now I will start right here, right now from 274!

So far today i have had a good start.

So just let it go and lets move on!

I have done something pretty similar - was down 16 pounds and then in the last week I have eaten all kinds of crazy stuff I shouldn't - obviously cheated a little too much becasue for the first time in months I was up 2 pounds when I weighed myself this week - eek! Now back to the counting calories and eating reasonable portions.

The good news is that you knwo HOW to lose weight when you want to - we are halfway there! Now we just have to stay inspired!

Good Luck!

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. I was doing good and them I really slacked off. I was down 13 lbs and now I've gain 3 of those back. I'm starting over again and adding more exercise to help with my goals!
I've added you to my friends list!

i too have been struggling with the loss - but please dont give up.

ok - you will have the odd bad day - but dont let it get you down or fall off the wagon -

i am determined to carry on - i know that you can do it too

I have gotten way off track myself!  Started at 290lbs in January and am now 230lbs but for the last month I have felt myself slipping. I hadn't logged food on here in over 1.5 mths, I've gone out for an ice cream cone, had popcorn at the movies AND drank 3 margaritas in one night and this wasnt the first of the 'oh well I can eat more on the weekends and it will be OK'. 

So far, I haven't gained but I have went from losing 1-2 lbs per week to losing like 2 ounces!  I think it's because my friend who was doing this with me now has a boyfriend and goes out to eat a lot and so I find myself eating more...

Well, as of Monday I got back on the treadmill and I actually logged in my food today and will try to get back to they way I was.... after all, I have 100 more lbs to go!  yikes