I'm not gonna lie. I didn't do so well at the holiday party I went to Saturday. The holidays are much harder for me this year. I'm trying to be extra good to make up for the weekend. Everyone did go on about how good I look and wanted to know how I'm doing it, but that still didn't keep me from going off plan. There are always those people who say "you gotta cheat sometimes" or "one night isn't going to hurt". Regardless, it was my choice. I gave in, so now I will be in this thread longer than I planned.
Mandydawn, it happens and now you just have to get back on plan and you'll be in the 240s in no time! Yay for you in getting all those wonderfull compliments! Use that as your motivation now, the pressure of the yummy food plus those food-pushers (worse than drug pushers in my opinion!) can be so hard to resist.
My sister (skinny of course) is always telling me I can go off plan, cheat a day, etc. I want to believe it's not said in a sabotaging nature but....sometimes I think it may be. I use things like that as my motivation. She said she's never been in a 14 even when she gained weight, but for me getting into a 14 is my dream size!! Maybe she's just afraid I might be the new skinny sister if I lose too much.
ugh. I decided to weigh myself this morning and I'm back to 260, that's even worse than what I thought it would be! I have got to stay on track so this weight gain doesn't get out of hand.
Hugs, Mandy, stay on track, you can do it!!
I also let myself go a little. I've had some major stress in my life in the past week and I went up to 1800-1900 calories per day and didn't exercise at all.
Now I'm back again, trying to stay around 1600-1700 and exercise for 20 minutes at least.
Still, I'm proud of myself, I didn't overeat once during this stressful time and only went over 2000 calories once (it was 2020).
Congratulations Susie! I've done terrible this month. There's no hope of me getting out of this thread until after the holiday parties. It has been scary for me to step on the scale lately, but I braved it this morning and it said 261. I have put a lot of weight back on this month. I haven't had any self control lately. I stupidly bought some awesome chocolate chip cookies that were on sale at Reasor's and I've been eating them every day since.
Hello! May I join in? I started at 312 and am now down to 266. I'm so happy to be out of the 270s!
I'm one of those lifetime dieters. Now middle-aged, I got to 312 by gaining about 5 pounds a year for a decade without taking it off. I'm almost back to where I was when that started (260) and that will be a big milestone for me.
I restarted (South Beach) at Thanksgiving and have lost 5 pounds since then. I'm very determined to get this over!
I'm a high school teacher, no family, glad to meet all of you
I started in Aug but after a great start I fell behind. I had two big issues happen in my life before I started...and they finally took me down. My dad died after a tragic accident and two weeks later I was laid off my job.
So far I haven't gained back any weight I had lost but I rarely work out or eat right. I need to get back to it because I think part of the reason I haven't been feeling right wasn't only the mass of holidays and special days this past few months but that I wasn't working out or eating right....All these first birthdays, holidays, anniversaries...ect in this short few months without my dad kind of hit me hard...nothing like getting your first birthday card that only is signed "Love Mom....."
So back to it for me...I hope all of you have a wonderful holidays and here is looking forward to a WONDERFUL New Year!!!!
This was my first small goal, so it's a great victory for me
Yay, Elvislover, that's great, congrats!!
