Restarting: AKA Second Time's The Charm
 

Hi everyone,

I made the difficult decision to restart at phase 1 with my coach 15 months after reaching my goal weight in the fall of 2011. I did pretty well maintaining as long as I saw my coach once a month. She didn't suggest that I keep coming in periodically and it didn't occur to me that I might need to do that to keep my weight down. As soon as I lost that external accountability, I slowly started regaining. I had some limited and short-lived success losing some of the regained weight with alternatives that I purchased online but kept regaining.

Now, of course, I wish I had restarted with my coach sooner when I only had a few pounds to deal with instead of waiting until I had regained 15 of them. My goal weight is now 6 lbs less than it was last time. My coach thinks this will actually make it easier to maintain because I will have a higher lean mass to fat mass ratio.

Since I restarted, I have done well but I feel guilty having to shell out the money for IP products again. To make matters worse, the cost per box has gone up $1. Yesterday, I felt kinda sorry for myself and I felt kinda angry that I'm having to go through all of this again when I felt so sure I'd never have to.

I know I'm not alone in my situation as I know others of you have regained some or all of the lost weight. How did you deal with it and get through it?

Thanks,

Karen

I know there is a thread on here called Maintaining and need a short reboot. You might want to check it out as you will have tons of support from those going through the same problems you are facing! :hug:

Thanks, Mightbe. I will check that out...

Karen

Here's the link referred to above - the folks here definitely share your situation.
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/idea...ne-else-7.html

Thanks, Evepet. I didn't think to look there before because I, clearly, need a bit more than a "short reboot"... :)

Karen

I regained a bit and am now about 15 - 20 over...I'm using all alternatives. It's working well for me. I'm visiting this site daily to check in and read how others are doing... You want it so you'll get there again!!! :)

LOL!!! I just read this. Yeah, quite a few of us in there need more than a "short reboot"... :) I also like to go back to the daily chat... Keep checking in and reading!!!