Ok so...i'm getting back on with my calorie counting and cleaner eating! Trying to stay positive by focusing on rebounding from falling off...lol

I am positive I've gained some weight back now as I wore a suit yesterday and it did not feel quite right! I am ashamed, but I will have to just kind of move past it. I pray I haven't regained it all back. The suit wasn't unwearable, but definitely not as comfortable as it was when I was losing before. I have these times when I'm extremely focused and then it all comes crumbling down one day...I have a roomate and he is all for me losing, and is strict on me when he's able to actually observe me doing something wrong, but he's been busy lately and when I've had the apartment to myself i've indulged in some fast food...(Taco Bell is my low-brow guilty pleasure )...and some soda...It's been so long since I took the time to plan my meals ahead of time instead of just throwing something together or picking something up...

SO this forum, my goodly group of men, will be my accountabilty tool. I need something more than my absentee roomate and the support I can get from people that are doing or have done what i am trying to accomplish is far different that what I can get from my athletic-bodied best bud. He's never been fat..in fact he stuggles to keep weight ON... so not fair

Thanks for the encouragement, man...I really appreciate it...

Falling off the wagon's not good but we're glad you didn't stay off it. Glad to hear you got back on and were all here for you! Good luck.

Slow and steady is how you want to go, starting out all gang busters and dropping the hammer is what everyone thinks needs to happen and what they try to do, it's to much of a shock and one gets burned out before they even get going.

Try to focus on eating healthy and just eating what you should be portion wise and calorie wise, don't worry about anything else until you have a handle on this, then slowly try to add other aspects to your lifestyle that benefit health and diet.

Just my two cents.

How's it going today? You still on the wagon?

Thank you all...
I am still on the wagon lol...it's going ok, just tough being limited when I get a craving for something. Like today I really want a cookie for some reason!

Your 2 cents is invaluable, you're a true inspiration...

Hardly, but yeah i was willing to die rather than fail, still am actually. Two steps forward one step back ... Not every day is going to be great but if the majority are good it's steady progress.

Make each day an island unto itself and fight to make it the best damn island you can. Rinse and repeat.

Golden. Really, it is. Thanks so much man...that is a great way to look at it