I got off track, cuz i didnt have the right foods available..

Now i am having a **** of a time getting back on track..

When i dont eat exactly right i am hungry all the time! I hate it!

How does everyone keep themselves on track and get back on track when you get off?

I know i need to, and i know im gona die if i stay like this.. but i just am having a hard as **** time getting back on track this time

I get so sick of drinking so much water.. And i think thats a HUGE part of my problem getting back on track..

I just dont get thirsty and drinking just 10 ounces a day is a HUGE accomplishment for me..

When i was doing good, i was drinking 80 ounces a day and that isnt even enough but its all i could get down..

But now.. off track im lucky if i get 10 ounces down for the whole day!

And i dont drink other stuff.. nothing at all.. no sodas, no tea, no coffee, absolutely nothing else to drink and i just dont get thirsty!

I'm just in a big RUTT and havin a **** of a time getting out! HELP~!

Aint i a pathetic one!

Hon, first things first - you are not pathetic!

I hope it's ok that I'm posting here, I'm not a regular on this board, but I read your post and feel for you. I think we all have those days/periods. I wish I had some perfect words for you to bring you back to where you were and on-track.

Is there something that you do, like an activity, a ritual, going somewhere, doing something, that helps you stay or get back on-track? Like looking at photos, journaling, reading through the boards here, etc. The other day I went clothes-shopping and that just about killed all of my cravings! It's simple yet it worked.

I'm sending you lots of positive weight-loss vibes Hang in there, YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!

Big Booty- You are so not pathetic LOL The thing with water is it's BLAND!! Boring and bland........ something that has SAVED me- are those lil add in drink mixes, I don't do crystal light but I use the walmart brand- They have cranberry apple, grape, lemonade- yada yada with nothing but sodium.... as long as you watch your sodium intake you should be able to have these once a day or every other day lol

I find however, if I eat more bad carbs I want more flavored drinks.

This isn't something you can be completely perfect with, it's constant back and forth between what you know you need and what you want... Don't beat yourself up, take note of what you feel bad about and make the next decision in your favor. When you go to grab something from the kitchen, ask yourself if you're grabbing it because it's easy, or if you're getting it because it's good for you.

Give yourself a break and know that this is probably the hardest thing you're having to deal with in life because it is so affected by outside influences

Take care of you-
Red

Three little words that I tell myself when I stray from my program: Just Do It!

No excuses, no whining, just get off my butt and get back to eating healthy and exercising, end of story!

Some people may not fare well with that approach, but for me it works!

Best of luck and remain focused and positive.

You do need to drink more liquid than 10oz a day, forget weight loss, for your health. Certain chemicals need to be flushed out of your body, so even if you can't drink 80oz, start drinking more. Although flavour packets might be a good start, try them half strength or every second or third bottle or something. You mentioned unknown gains in another post. If you aren't drinking enough water your body will hold onto every last drop (because it's afraid you're not going to take more). That is going to mess with your weight loss far more than food will.

I can't think of anything to motivate you. Do know that at my top weight I was pretty close to where you are, and you can lose it. Go shopping for the right foods.... right now. Not tomorrow, or the next day, but now. No last gasp where you eat up all the crap - pitch it (if you live alone). Put it somewhere else if you don't (ie. pick one cupboard where hubby can put all the things you don't want to eat... then don't open it).

Good luck.

Thanks girls, i appreciate all of your replies! I am working at drinking more and doing more and eating the right foods!! I am trying! Even tho im soooo off track! I will get there!

Stop calling yourself pathetic! That is an order!

Sometimes our bodies can mistake hunger for thirst, which is partly why it is a great idea to get enough water. That said, if it is something that you have a lot of trouble with, why start there? Start somewhere else and work up to it. Please don't expect to be perfect overnight. There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle of health and weight loss and some take longer to put in place than others. You don't start off on day one knowing everything you need to know and doing everything right. It is a learning process where you start doing and refine as you go.

If you are feeling hungry all the time are you 1) allowing yourself enough calories, 2) eating enough protein and fiber? Those two things are key to keeping you full and out of hunger temptation danger.

Great tips everyone.. THANKS!!

I will drink more water, i will drink more water! That is what they should have made me write on the blackboard at school when i was a kid!!

I hate to say but i think school really screwed me up bigtime!

That is why i quit eating normally.. i know its no excuse but that is how it effected me.

That is when i stopped eating breakfast and lunch and then starved by the time i got home, and parents both working, so i would just eat whatever i could find!

I actually remember being thirsty in school but had to wait to have a drink, soon that feeling went away for good!

I think they should make sure kids drink often in school and they should make sure they all eat too cuz once you get into a new schedule and you dont eat and dont drink.. you are screwed and i sure knew no better at that time!!

Hi there! I've been reading your posts for a while now and finally feel comfortable enough to post.

Hon, I really feel your pain! Motovation and me have never been friends!!

I find that keeping a line chart on my fridge really helps. I plot my weight every Monday, and every Monday the line goes down or stays the same. I can never deny that I actually lost the weight, and there is the proof, in black and white! I also have a food and water ledger on the fridge too.

Just some thoughts.

Thanks that's a wonderful idea!! I'm gona do that today! Thanks so much for posting!!! XOX

I was off track the last week too. I skipped meals.. then ate the wrong things.. I was too busy to drink water... which starting tasting gross.

So.. I'm back to planning my meals a day in advance.. and drinking water with crystal light. I dont have the energy to do cardio yet... I guess I've been off my routine too long.. so today I committed myself to do pilates. baby steps to get me back on track. you can do this!

40 ounces water a day good enough? What do you guys think? Anymore than that and i feel like im trying to drown myself! Whats a good amount to drink? I dont buy what we read about needing so much according to our weight.. if i drank that much, i would be drowning myself! That would be 200 ounces! I would be drinking non stop all day every day! UUUGGHH!!

Your title really struck a chord. You "feel" doomed. Remember that emotions lie to us! Emotions are not reality and not the truth. Something that helps me is I picture a train with three separate cars.

Truth- actions- emotions

Which one do you want to pull you? The truth or your emotions? Whatever one you choose, the others follow. Any time I start being pulled my emotions (which happens all of the time) I stop myself. I try to see what the truth is and believe that first. The truth with you is, you are getting healthy. You are making right descisions to make that step. You need to drink more water. So your action is to drink more. Your emotions will follow. You'll feel better because you are making a right step towards your goal. Does this make sense? Sorry, I'm kinda rambling. Let me know if it doesn't.

Definitely the TRUTH! If only my body.mind would cooperate with me!

I do really care about the guy.. but he really does drag me down alot.. I try so hard not to let him.. But my mind wont cooperate!

Yes you make sense.. i just need to get tougher i guess.. You would not believe how hard i try.. I have wirtten him several letters over the years explaining my feelings.. and he always seems to know just what to say to change my mind... sometimes i didnt even change my mind... but he just came back and acted as if nothing had happened..

His family totally rots.. im glad that i have a family that is forgiving and not like his.. because everyone makes mistakes, and you should always be able to count on family if nobody else, right?

He is a good man most of the time, if only he could stay out of the booze

Hi there! Just thought I'd ask how that line chart went.

As for water, don't try to drink too much if it makes you uncomfortable. Everyone has a diffrent level. Water should be your friend, not enemy.

Keep up the good work!