[Jen]

It is 8 weeks and 3 days until the end of my challenge and I've GAINED!! At this point I am more than where I started with like 5-6 weeks ago when I started the challenge. How discouraging is that?! Last week I was trying to fool myself into thinking I had put on a few lbs because of water due to TOM and the humidity. Okay that is over. I am 'owning' the number of what I actually weigh and I'm going to do something about it. Today (well later on today as it is midnightish) I'm back on the Dr. Phil Rapid Start Plan and hopefully it will jumpstart my weight loss efforts. I'm going to use this post to record my efforts.

Please feel free to jump in with your own remotivation efforts or thoughts or general comments.

P.S. I may be owning up to my weight but I'm not changing my ticker until Monday when I do my regular weigh in.

[MistySeptember]

Jen-I am right there with you. I did great Thursday and Friday morning and afternoon. Then I have been on an icecream fest since Friday night. BAD BAD BAD!!! So, I know I am higher than when I started this challenge too. Ok so how do we get back on track? I seriously need a kick in the butt.

You've had alot of stress latley. It's understandable if you've coped with that stress with old habits. But now you have a plan now. The rapid start plan worked for you before and you will be successful with it again. Just focus on Monday. Get through Monday and you'll feel better, more in control. Then you can concentrate on Tuesday. You can do this!

You are worth the time, effort and concentration this takes. I know you have to take care of everyone else in you life as well and you have so much to work on, but you deserve the time and care everyone else does. You've been such a support to me and everyone else here. You are a great friend and you deserve to treat yourself with the same thought and care you do everyone else.

We'll get through today, do our best. We will renew our Spirits then Monday we will focus on making sure we care for ourselves as well as we care for others.

~misty

[Jen]

So Sunday was pretty good and today has been great so far. I've been to the gym and my diet has been good. I feel very positive about getting back on dr. phil's plan and I know that the lbs are going to start coming off like crazy!

Things do get stressful around here but I need to learn how to cope other than filling my face or not exercising when I have the time. I need to make my gym time a priority and be more conscious about what I am eating.

[Jen]

I think the past few days have been good, I think I've cut back a lot on some of the stuff I was eating and really shouldn't have been eating so I'm confident that next week will have a loss. Also I've been a lot more regular to the gym lately and started to do more weight machines to build some muscle that is going to help me boost my metabolism and burn fat.

I know Misty is back with WW, anyone else doing some recomittment/remotivation efforts?

[Jen]

So here I am back again and not gotten anywhere in the last almost 2 weeks since I started this thread. Well I had a good think last night when I had some free time during work about what I am doing and what I am doing wrong. I printed off some stuff that is in the library forum here, 50 dieting mistakes and 50 secrets of the fittest and I read through that. There are a lot of behaviours that I need to change and I started right off by dumping the rest of my big bottle of Coke that I was drinking to keep me awake last night. So there's a few hundred calories I won't be drinking! Also this morning I started back with my food journal. It didn't always work for me but I"m going to try harder to keep up with it and hopefully I'll be a bit more aware of what I am eating.

I'm so sick of being fat! I was even looking at a weight loss clinic web site last night even though I know we can't afford it and gosh darn it! I know I can lose the weight without stuff like that.

So I'm not gonna wait until Monday to get back on that wagon, I'm back on today! I'm trying to decide if I should weigh in on Monday or not. I think that I really lost motivation after I saw that I had gained this past Monday after I felt I had done so well. If I'm being honest with myself I hadn't done really that well. Going to the gym a few days doesn't make up for 3 or 4 days of poor eating. I may only weigh in every other week or even once a month because I don't seem to do well when I don't see results even though I know realistically that 1 or 2 lbs is about the best I should expect. I'm going to think that one over and decide later.

At least if I keep up honestly with my journal I will know whether I've had a good week or not.

Take care all, have a great weekend.