Now looky here. I gave a 10000% recommittment on January 1 at 201 pounds. I started walking! Biking! Counting all my carbs, calories, protein! I was energized! I was doing awesome! Just fantastic! Two weeks later, scale said: 201 freaking pounds!
Ate a bit more than I should for a couple of days, then screeched on the breaks and have been counting! Logging! Eating on plan! And now I weigh... 202 pounds.
But I know, and you know, the scale WILL respond when our bodies KNOW we are through screwing around. The weight HAS to come off if we stick with it and stop doing this whole 10 days on, 3 days off thing... we need to be consistent to get consistent results and get out of this nightmare.
Every day you are on plan regardless of what the scale says and regardless of how your clothes fit. You are on plan. Why? Because the ultimate plan is to be on plan for life anyway.
One question - did you keep your bigger sized clothing? If you did, I'd say to get rid of it all this time as you go down. Lin
Gosh. I KNOW it seems as if that would be a stark reminder, right? I DID get rid of all of my fat clothes. My winter coat won't zip and I'm only wearing stretchy clothes-- I haven't bought anything new.
The thing is, some clothes have 60lbs worth of stretch in them, so I'm not entirely naked. But if you want a very visual idea of what it looks like, look here. 2011 vs. 2012. It's depressing, but there it is.
having lost and regained before, I have to say I can relate to how frustrating it is to be back - its bad enough to have to lose weight the first time and to go back (and climb even higher - WAY higher as I did) makes me wanna puke just thinking about it.
But you know what... we cannot go back to the beginning and change the past, but we can begin now and change the ending.
Stop kicking yourself, cause it is unproductive and just close your eyes, take a deep breath, start rebuilding the body you already know you own, and change that ending of how the rest of your life goes.
uber, you're really hard on yourself. It doesn't matter what you've maintained, lost or gained, git yerself some purty clothes that fit, and esp a coat -- it's freezing, woman! self-deprivation and beating myself up over mistakes has never made me feel like sticking to an eating and exercise plan.
I've spent a big part of my life being really out of shape and big, I think it's very impressive you accomplished what you did, and having a set back and regain doesn't take away from it, to my mind. It's more like a message that you have something more in the process you have to take care of. Like many of us! Hang in there.
Gosh. I KNOW it seems as if that would be a stark reminder, right? I DID get rid of all of my fat clothes. My winter coat won't zip and I'm only wearing stretchy clothes-- I haven't bought anything new.
The thing is, some clothes have 60lbs worth of stretch in them, so I'm not entirely naked. But if you want a very visual idea of what it looks like, look here. 2011 vs. 2012. It's depressing, but there it is.
Once again, you are describing me. I too ditched all my fat clothes, because I was never going back there. No way, not me! I refuse to buy new pants, so I am squeezing into too-small skirts and tugging at hems constantly, and wearing out one pair of size 16 jeans because I refuse to buy any 18s. Winter coats...ugh. I don't want to talk about it.
