[sunshyne]

Hello - I am new to the forum and thought that maybe that some outside support would help me stay on track and shed some of this extra weight that I have gained. I am so disgusted with myself because I need to exercise and eat right and all I do is sit around feeling sorry for myself and eat junk food to counteract feeling sorry for myself.

I was doing so well, going to the gym 6 days a week, lifting weights and running and now I am so consumed with eating terrible junk food that I can't seem to stop. I don't know what to do, I have this vicious cycle of eating bad then feeling guilty and then eating again because of the guilt.

I have tried a food journal and just can't seem to find the time to keep up, or maybe I don't make the time, I just need some words of advice or wisdom from people who have been here so maybe I can find it within myself to move forward and break this cycle.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get back on track or at least start heading in a healthy direction?

[ValMarie]

I was the same exact when I started all this. I decided to look at it as lifestyle changes instead of dieting, and tried to just let go counting calories so much, and more paying attention to what foods worked with my body, how I felt while I was eating, (the big one right here-) STOPPING when I felt full (isnt that the worst one..Ive always been trained to clear my plate lol)

As for motivation, I have to always have a goal. I want to shed this much by this date (but not beat myself up), I want to get into this size (realistically) soon, I want to be able to zip these jeans up.

And I save a couple pairs of my beginning size pants. When I REALLY need the motivation, I yank those suckers out, look at how big they are on me, and remember how tight they were on me and how small they looked back then and how TINY the stuff Im wearing now looked back then!

I really stick to my guns that weight loss is so much more psychological than anything else. I think that the physical part of it is what it is, but if your mind isnt there, its pointless. Im fighting the same battle myself, but hang in there, we can do this!! Dont kick yourself for falling off thewagon or you wont wanna get back on!

If you need support or a buddy, feel free to pm me your email or just talk through here. I have finals coming up so Im pretty busy but I will get to checking event.!

[ValMarie]

One other thing- do you wanna know the exercise "program" I created for myself? Well, taking all the aerobics, step, etc classes stuff Ive learned, I kind of just did stuff, put on the most hard pumped music, BLASTED it, and danced my *** off! I locked myself in my room where noone could see me, wore really skimpy clothing and pretended I was the hottest thing since sliced bread and danced like it. It really really helps, helped me build my confidence some, and I can kind of shake my booty now :P I call it my freestyle workout routine :P But you need nothing special to do it, jut put on a string of good music timed out to like 30 minutes and keep dancing, moving, just moving! Grooveshark.org (might be .com) has a really easy to use music streaming thing and you can save playlists in there and stuff.

[Onederchic]

Hi and welcome to 3FC!

Maybe you could check out the Chicks in Control section here for some tips and encouragement - http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chicks-control-64/

Good luck with your goals. You CAN do this

Hugs
Michelle

[sunshyne]

Thank you, it makes it easier to cope with things when you find other people just like you out there in the world.

I have to get back on the wagon, I was doing so well and then I hit a plateau and from there I have regressed and now I can't seem to find any motivation to start up again. You would think losing 25 pounds would motivate you but when you lose and gain the same three pounds for a month and you are working your butt off it makes it real hard to stick with it.

I have told myself that Monday I am going to eat better and then go to the gym after work and run, I have even scheduled the appointment on my phone so I will stick with it. Hopefully this helps, I did this for the week to see how it works, that way not to overextend myself and quit.

I am taking baby steps to get back on track but I have come so far and now that I have been eating horribly and not exercising I feel terrible and my weight is creeping back on and that is not what I want to happen.

[sunshyne]

WOW!!! That is awesome that you have lost that much weight!

[Onederchic]

A couple months ago, I was stuck with a 5 pound loss/gain. I upped my calories and it seems to be working. Maybe you should try upping your calories or calorie cycle?

Thank you very much!

Hugs
Michelle