I had been doing really well since august...about eight pounds lost and feeling great and healthy! Then school-related stress kicked in and instead of having this great natural motivation, I'm battling with myself, slipping, and feeling lousy. I binged early last week and ever since I've been fighting with myself so much. Last night I popped three cookies and a muffin in my mouth at work and I wasn't even hungry! I just impulsively ate without thinking, and what I did didn't even hit me until ten minutes afterward. I was like 'Whoa wait a minute...WHY did I just do that?!"
I have no time to work out anymore either - MAYBE 20 minutes a day tops but I haven't been making the time when I really need to. Working out really helps keep me motivated, and before my homework got to be too time consuming I used to go to the gym every day for at least an hour and it felt great! But these past few weeks I just don't have that kind of time!
WHERE IS THE MOTIVATION I HAD TWO WEEKS AGO?!
A couple quotes I've seen often in the 3fc forums are:
"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels."
and
"If you trip down the stairs, you don't get up and throw yourself down the whole flight."
They've both been really helpful for me.
also
"There is nothing you can't have tomorrow so there is no reason to eat it all today."
But I need an extra 'oomph!' to get myself back on track!
I'm scared to weigh myself because I know I've put on at least two or three pounds, but I feel like getting on the scale would probably be a good place to 'assess the damage' so to speak...despite how miserable it'll make me feel to see the number go back up.
Things I'm doing already:
-Keeping track of my calories, even on bad days when the last thing I want to do is see how much I've eaten haha.
Things I probably should do:
-Get on the scale and see what I'm working with.
-Go back to forcing myself to have a cup of tea when I'm craving something - lately I've been giving into impulses. ):
-TRY to make time to exercise, even if it's just doing some stretches and running a mile.
How do you get yourself back on the wagon? Where do you start?