So today is day 2 of my recommitment to my diet. I basically wasted an entire month by stress eating and binging. It was extremly disheartening to see that I had not lost a single pound in an entire month! Urgh. But I have no one to blame but myself...I'm the one who chose to eat the pizza/brownie/chips etc. I have to learn to say no to temptation! I do so well when I'm alone and no one is offering me sweets...but the second someone offers me a sweet or asks if I want to go to lunch my resolve crumbles.

Yesterday, for the very first time, I said no to a brownie! I was actually kinda proud of myself. I just wish I'd found that resolve about 3 weeks ago so I might have been able to lose some weight in October. Sigh.

So I've decided to be honest with myself and reset my ticker to the 150 lbs I currently am instead of the 147 lbs I WAS at the beginning of October. I've started a new page on my food journal, and notified all my friends that I am on a strict diet-which they have all gained some weight so they're with me. haha.

Anyone else fall off the bandwagon?

I did, but like you, I'm back. Since reaching a new high in Aug. I'm now lighter than I've been in over a year. In the last week I haven't had a cookie, soda, chocolate of any kind. (My big downfall is a big fat mug of cocoa.) I will return to the once a week celebratory meal. It helps me fight off feeling sorry for myself, and stay op the rest of the week, which is a LOT better than being off plan all week. I reached onederland on Sun. and plan to stay here.

Congrats on saying no to the brownie. I do know that was tough.

Congrats to you ladies for getting back on the wagon. I've slipped up more this past week than I have in a long time, which I attribute to the lack of groceries and an abundance of Halloween candy! Good luck girls

Yay! Congrats on coming back you guys!!

Yeah, I fell off the wagon when my boy was here from Ireland, going from 159 to 164... and even when he left, after a month and a half, I was only able to drop to 160-161...

So, I recommitted and actually started to throw my efforts into weight loss, and I weighed in at a low of 154 this morning!

Yup. Me!

I was struggling for a few weeks, then chucked it all for the last 2.5 weeks. That meant no working out, eating whatever I wanted, not tracking my calories, and feeling pretty cruddy about it.

So, I re-booted myself yesterday.

I have no idea how much I may have gained, since I'm too chicken-shiznit to look.

I know I should probably find out where I'm at, but I don't want whatever number I see to get me discouraged or angry with myself so I'm going to leave it a mystery for now. But, based on the fit on my clothes, I know I didn't do too much damage.

I'm on Day 2 of my recommitment too! Unfortuanately, I lost sight of the wagon a while back and only now caught up. So really I've been eating whatever I wanted and not working out for about 3 months now. Went from 170 to 183 -- pretty close to where I started. boo that.

Good for you on resisting! Especially when sugary foods are in abundance. And excellent idea getting your friends in on the plan.
Good luck on the rest of the adventure!

I'm the same as preppingbride, I've been off the wagon since school started back up in September and I'm back almost to where I started. But we're back today and that's all the matters!

Yep, me too. Welcome back, Rachie!

I totally fell off, too. I feel like I gained 20lbs after all the Halloween parties and candy and eating out I did last month. Today was my first day back on track. The whole month of October I went nuts. I gained back the 5 pounds I lost on Weight Watchers in September =(. BUT...I ate great today and worked out and I feel soooo much better than I did yesterday! Now, all I have to do is keep it up...thankfully we can all do it together, right?

Yep! I'm in there with you guys. We can do this. I had a great summer, really worked hard and passed up the chips at the bbqs and limited my beer (oh beer how I love thee far too much). As soon as fall hit, it was like "diet, what diet?"

I don't know about you guys, but when I'm doing so well, it makes it far easier to justify eating something I shouldn't. So, I've gained a few pounds, but am starting over. For me this is day four.

We can do this girls!

Day 3 is done and feeling good! Managed to hit up the gym for the second day in a row and ate pretty healthy. The thing about my watching what i eat and exercising is that it makes me feel thinner. So that's motivating, right?

haha, one of my friends that started with me on Mon was like "my diet is making me so grumpy!" I guess I understand that. But for me dieting makes me happy. Bc I feel like I'm in control and that I'm working towards somethign. So I can honestly say that dieting doesn't make me feel the least bit grumpy...

Rachie:
I'm the same as you. Do you ever wake up in the morning when you're eating well, and feel REALLY good, and much thinner than before?? Even if during the day, I feel normal as usual, I really feel a difference in how sluggish I feel in the mornings.

I'm glad you're motivated, and sticking to it! And I'm glad it makes you feel happy and not grumpier, lol. If something's making you grumpy and upset, it's not likely you're gonna be able to stick to it forever!

I know how you feel! I have been where you've been but I fell off the wagon for two and a half months and I gained about 6 pounds. But it's really admirable that you've said no to your trigger foods and you are recommitting yourself to your journey. Keep us posted on how you're doing! We'll back get on track together!

Thank god I'm not alone here. Since school started back up I stopped excercising completely and have stressed like crazy I haven't even gotten on the scale yet but I know it's bad. I'm going to weight watchers tommorw to fix it