Wow, I have put on some pounds since not working anymore...and I hate it. I have really fallen off track over the last month....not watching what I eat, not drinking water, not exercising at all. And I guess I'm really kinda depressed over it. I have decided to get back on track...because I HAVE to. I always think that I'm so tired of being overweight, but am I really? Is there anyone who is in doubt like me? Just needing some support.

Hi sgregg, I know how you feel. I was doing great and lost 15 lbs this spring, and I kind of gave it all up and ate myself back up 13 lbs after losing my motivation. Every day I say to myself that I'm going to start, and it seems like I do well until I get home at night. I have been half-assedly going to the gym for the past month. I think it's harder this time because last time, I was highly motivated and the weight just started to fall off. This time, it doesn't seem to be going as quickly. I think I have lost and regained the same 3 lbs for a month now.

Im there too , I lost down to 175 and gained 20 so I am back to 195 and iIREFUSE to let myself get back to 230! I did the same things , my motivation and willpower hit the floor going 100mph and I havent been able to recover it , I stopped drinking my water , I stopped excersizing and portion control , WHAT portion control!...So yes I am right here with you needing support and motivation!

I was just telling my mom the other day that I need to loose weight and make a change in my life. I was also telling her that sometimes I feel like well I dont look to bad or I dont really feel that big. But the truth is I am and somethings got to change. So yes I understand how you feel. I always say im sick of being this big and then I go eat fast food or something so im contradicting myself and that alone is a hard habit to break but we can do it. If we didnt know we could then we wouldnt be in these forums searching for answers. Right.

I know how you feel. Last week, I was crying about my lack of progress and eating cake. Yeah...I know, lol.

Try to re-capture your source of motivation. That one thing you were most excited to achieve. Put pictures on your fridge and keep that goal in mind when you want to slip. 9 times out 10 that keeps me on plan....just tell yourself I want to achieve my goal and I will.

Do you track your calories on The Daily Plate (my preference) or Fitday? I also fell off track this summer, luckily I didn't do too much damage. However, I found that as soon as I started tracking everything I put in my mouth again I was 100% more likely to stay on plan. This may not work for everyone, and it might be something you are already doing. It works for me, when I know I've already consumed the amount of calories I need for that day, it motivates me to put down the junk food, simply because I don't want to plug it into daily plate!

You can add me to the list of loss of motivation last month or two i gained only seven pounds though. so far this month i have exercised twice in a row yesterday and today. over the weekend was not good though i did not even weigh myself to see what i gained over the weekend and usually i do just because i am curious about it. so saturday when i weigh myself for the week will be interesting.

as far as what got me going again i do not know but am glad to be back at it.

I need to plug myself back in to my "Motivational Pull" again to get my head back in the game....Hopefully this site is just what I need!

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one...of course, I knew I would be I don't know why I just can't do it...well, I know I can, but I wish there was a way to really get it in my head. Maybe I haven't reached that point of really WANTING it. I don't know. I mean I want to be healthy...I guess it's called being lazy..right?

me too -
i keep seeing these pictures of myself and I am thinking - wtf did I let happen - I was doing so well - and then I came tumbling down - I don't think I have ever weighted this much - its more than my ticker says - but I am too depressed to weight myself.
Yet the fact that i'm huge and feel awful isn't kick starting me - what will?

I wanna be the skinny b*tch - as other post is titled

sad sad sad

I lost my job in May and I gained 20lbs from then to last week (20lbs in 4 months!) First time EVER I have gained weight without being pregnant. I was questioning myself a lot until I went to put on some of my clothes that I had been so excited to buy when I went down and they DIDN'T FIT! Nothing fits. That in itself was enough to motivate me to get back to it. I have no clothes that fit anymore and I absolutely refuse to buy bigger clothes, won't happen!!

I am starting from scratch, ignoring the weight I've already lost and making like I haven't lost anything and I feel it's motivating me more than seeing that big number. I feel like I see that and tell myself it's ok to slack a little "cause I've done so much already" know what I mean?