I find I need to come here each day to keep strong! I haven't been on this site in 2 days and immediately started to falter.... Yes, I agree My! Lets do this!!! We do deserve to succeed all the way!

Love the input from you and all of the people who have maintained! It makes me feel like I chose the right program

Learning to fly & My... Hang in there, it gets easier. For me I think it is so hard especially around my family to resist the foods that are off program mainly because I have always had an emotional connection with food. I was raised that way. Family gatherings were always centered around a meal or food of some type... and none of it healthy. I need to find a way to break that connection for good. I need to not have the bad habits of growing up continue to haunt me.

Love the quote that maezy1 has in the post above me... "I am in control of my food. Food is not in control of me!!!!"

Has anyone else found that when you fall of the wagon and eat carbs and sugars that you haven't had for a period of a few weeks that your body physically feels ill??? Falling off made me want to get back on and never do that again! I had a massive headache, felt so nauseous, and my body hurt like I had the flu but wasn't sick. Note to self: You NEVER want to feel like that again!!!

When I finally get there, maintenance will be tricky but I've learned that with IP you are giving your body the fuel it NEEDS! Not just eating for the sake of eating. I need to remember that the point of eating is to fuel your body to live.... not just because you can eat.

Love you all!!!!! Keep in touch, hang in there. We ARE worth this

Be inspired.... I was.

MOTIVATION:

M-Make short term goals
O-Out with the negative
T-Think of why you want it
I-Imagine how you will feel
V-Visualize the future you want
A-Acknowledge your successes
T-Treat yourself with respect
I-Investigate new ideas and foods
O-observe your new healthy lifestyle
N-NEVER ever give up and NEVER give in!

Love this!

And this!

The last time I was successful losing weight many years ago, I would visualize myself on vacation with my friends and say to myself, "I'm not going to be the fat one in the group who is always uncomfortable in a bathing suit anymore." It kept me going in the right direction. Visualizing the possibilities is really keeping me motivated this time, especially since it seems like the goal is actually achievable this time around!

I love this btw -- will print it off and put in my wallet

When I saw the title for this thread "How do you get back on track..." I thought of that ol' quote "How do you put your pants on? One leg at a time" (Why DID people ever say that btw??) I guess Nike's quote is better -- Just Do It. (swoosh)

I got off track and it's HARD to get back on track so I'm being a bit cheeky with my quotes but I "get" that it's hard to restart. It has taken me from mid-Oct to now to "get 'er dun" and it's still a daily struggle. I've been in the "3 day start up" for about 2 weeks now! But every day I start strong and many days are better than others and the weight IS coming off so... Just do it.

I love this and it's my goal too as we have some high school friends that get together every year. We missed last year, so this summer I'll see them all again, and instead of being the one who sits listening to who just did a marathon yadda yadda yadda, I will be the one struttin' on the beach with my boys and my hot bod with them all whispering "OMG she looks so fabulous with all that weight gone!" Once in awhile I wonder if my high school sweetheart will ever be there, and I want him to be saying "Wow -- that could have been my future if I wasn't such an..." well, you fill in the blanks The power of "visualization" can be a big motivator for sure! (insert evil laughter here )

I have found batch cooking and freezing meats ahead has helped me so much working and going to school makes stayin ip hard at times but it dose help to just pull out and defrost and heat - I also pre cut veggies and put 4 cups in a ziplock container for each day making sure I get them all in no problem

Don't be so hard on yourself. There's NOTHING easy about staying 100%! You are already ahead of the game because your eyes are opened to the issue. Now you just have to meet it head-on.

IP is great for exposing those underlying issues that we "medicate" with food. You know that what happened to you was not "real" hunger - especially with you mentioning that you got the shakes, that is withdrawal not hunger. The trick now is identifying WHY you got triggered - how did food get back in the drivers seat? Then figure out what you need to do to get back IN the drivers seat and keep food from regaining control of you. Start by reminding yourself constantly that food is the body's equivalent of gasoline for your car - at the root of it, that's ALL that it is. You don't overfill your gas tank, that doesn't do anything good for your car. You also don't put diesel in a regular gas engine's tank. Take back control by viewing food through that filter, it might help reset your brain a little.

Good luck!!

WOW! I want to thank you for that post! I never once thought of using frozen veggies! Duh. I have a very busy schedule and I"ve been running back and forth the grocery store a couple times a week, and even then I cook two meals of veggies at night . One for dinner and one to take to work with me the next day. But by then, the ones I take to work are mushy and icky. So this is a blessing. And I bet the variety is pretty good in the frozen section.
Thx much !!!!!

I was looking for something under my "favourites" and forgot about this link but it may be helpful. (I love when things just "appear" when you need them). It's the link to information on how to handle small and large "slip ups" by the Dr. who created the IP diet -- so we'll assume he knows what he's talking about

http://www.trantiendiet.com/site/spip.php?article254

Thanks for posting that! Very interesting thread, so different from the first time I was on IP in 2010.

Thank you!!

I'm so glad it helped I want to say there are a few people who have posted resources/books on carb addiction - it might be worth looking for, or if someone has the link to the post they can add it here

I prep my family meals and make double matches and freeze some.
For me since my tastes are very plain I can easily get IP ready fast.
When going to work I carry 1-2 days worth of packets ,Tuna in a packet,whole cucumber,Red Pepper,and always have a peeler in my Backpack.
Grab my Shaker and Insulated bottle with Black Coffee.
Also have Teabags for hot or Iced Tea.
Sometimes I think we can over think things,I can have my food ready in 5-10 minutes that includes the time it takes for the coffee to brew!
I'm a procrastinator my nature so I work better under pressure.
Don't waste your time worrying about a bell that can't be unrung ,use it as a teachable moment.
There are enough people in the world that will beat up on us ,lets not do it to ourselves.
Sometimes I believe we learn more my are mistakes then we ever would by not making them.
Be proud on yourself of what you have accomplished so far 3 weeks OP
Good Luck and give yourself a Do over!
Roo2