Ok, so i was OP for a good 2 weeks, then as soon as thanksgiving came around I feel so fast and so hard . I just can't seem to get myself back up! Its very frustrating and I could use some encouraging words.

I started at 192 and got down to 184 i think..well now im 193.4!!!! Yikes...I just dont like the sound or looks of that number

So today I am counting all the calories that go into my mouth. I have to! I just want to lose weight so badly! I can't just let myself go like I have been. Holidays or no holidays. Theres no excuse anymore.

It's tough. It really is. I've been doing this for 2 years now and maintained a good healthy bit of weight loss - and even so I fell off the wagon a little bit this holiday. Part of that has been stress related in my life, but part of it has just been ... sloppiness.

The best advice I can give is to KEEP GOING. Don't let eating something unhealthy become an excuse to eat more unhealthy. One unhealthy thing won't hurt. Even two won't hurt. When one or two becomes three, four, five, eight ... then you're hurting.

I'm doing the same as you this week: being strict in counting everything, drinking lots of water, and working out daily. Getting back on track.

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I did the same thing this weekend - I took a not too bad (but definitely not good...) Thanksgiving Day and turned it into a sugar-palooza that lasted until Sunday. I don't want to know how much I weigh today... I'm doing the same thing as PhotoChick - recommitting to counting absolutely everything to get back on maintenance track.

You'll get back in the groove, just keep doing what you are doing and don't beat yourself up too badly for being human.

Amen, Shannon!

I agree!!

thanks everyone! this is really hard

It's always a good thing to be fed up enough to want to stick to a plan, but remember, you can take it too far. If you spend too much time fighting yourself and what's going on in your life (stress? holidays? any little thing can make a difference), then you're going to end up hurting your own plans. It will be much much harder to stick to your plan if you force it. Work on doing what you can right now- don't worry about losing all the weight now, just do what's possible

I'm in the same boat as you guys. Didn't do the best over the long weekend.

But I look at it this way, why throw away the good habits I started and the progress I've made. I screwed up, but time to get back to what I know works.

Monday I was right back to journaling my calories and back in the gym. Feeling good and back in the groove today.

I know it's tough, but remember this is a change that will come with some curveballs thrown in. Just keep on moving forward as soon as you realize you've strayed some. You can do it!

The holidays are hard. I think I will have the first week since I started where I don't lose weight. I know it's from thanksgiving & the weird bing that hit me last night. But like they said, you can't let a couple times of not eating healthy interupt your over-all goal. I know I screwed up, but plenty of people here have & they have still have amazing success. Stay positive with yourself & you will get threw it. :-)

It's hard to stay on plan especially when your colleagues are bringing Christmas cookies and our monthly 'Cake Day' is right around the corner.

I stayed within my calories over Thanksgiving (not counting T-day itself which is an no count day for me) but ate a lot more fried/processed/restaurant foods than normal. I posted a small gain on my weekly weigh in but even with that I thought about how much I would have gained last year and oye that little gain all of a sudden looked really nice compared to my old ways.

You can do it! You're already in Onderland so rejoice in that and make the best choices you can today. One step at a time. Even a small gain can be a victory if the alternative was a big gain.

Ok well finally today I did really good and was 100 % OP. It felt so great! Im finally working towards my goals. Thanks everyone for your feedback

I was doing good too.. then BAM!!! Thanksgiving hit and everything went down hill and I didn't even have dinner at anyone's house. My mom and I decided that our Thanksgiving would be to split nothing but a pumpkin pie all day. Everyday since then I have screwed up in some way.

TODAY IS A NEW DAY!! The best advice I can give you is to keep fighting to get back on track. The slip-ups happen to all of us. Get up each day with good intentions and get back on track. I am focused to get back on track today. Coming here and reading everyone's progress helps, so keep coming back and keep reading...

WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

Dear Calimodel,

In some self-help book somewhere, I picked up the phrase "Failing as fast as you can." The point is that whenever we are pursuing a worthy goal, it is important to experience slip-up and failures and learn how to get back up, dust yourself off and start all over again.....it is the getting up that builds the skills and stamina and strength to acheive your goals and make your wishes come true.

The problem is not in falling down....that is easy. The problem is the refusal to get back up....that is not easy but it is the Secret to acheiving any goal you really, really want.

Be gentle....be kind....know that Life is teaching you a very valuable lesson....experience is the best, and sometimes, only Teacher.

Today is a gift.....that's why they call it the Present. It is possible in this very moment to choose to begin again, again (that's not a typo)....as long as we can begin again, again, we will succeed!

Losers never quit.....and quitters never lose!

best wishes,
thinkerbell

Calinmodel,

I know that links are really not permitted here....but I put a link on my blog that you might like as I think that your original post and what your experincing is such an important lesson.....and I know I will need it in the future because this weight loss journey is full of ups and downs.

Right now I am up......and we all need a helping hand!

BTW, not crazy about the very last line in the link....but we all know that Fred Astaire is a dancing legend...all is well that end's well!

best wishes

I understand completely I have lost the same 10lbs going on three times...its discouraging to see a number you have already lost. the bright side is alot of it is probably water weight so it should come off a bit easier then the first time and if not then working to lose it will make you think twice next time about going op. Just pick yourself back up and keep going...and don't fall off the wagon leaning to far over to look at the sweets...thats my problem lol