[LucyFlicker]

Hey women.
I am new to this thread and I thought I would stop by for some advice.
I am 5'2, 120 pounds. I know this is in the healthy range for my height, but I still have some fat to lose on my body. Mostly in the belly, arm, face area. Anyway..here is my story.

So I have been calorie counting for like 2 years now. I am addicted, haha. However, I am also a binge eater--kind of. Sometimes I go on these eating rampages and I have like double (on rare occasion tripple!) my cal limit for the day. These binges happen like once a week i'd say.

2 weeks ago I thought I would try the south beach diet because I needed something new in my diet life because I need to shake at least 5-7 more pounds. However I failed on phase I..cutting out carbs--i just cannot.

I cannot get back on track, ladies! No matter how hard I tell myself tonight that tomorrow I will do great and get back on track with eating right an exercising. I just cannot. I mess up every new day I start.

I don't know what to do anymore=(
When I was done losing weight I was at 115 pounds, so over a few months I put back on 5..and 112 was my original goal I didn't even make it there.

How do you guys get motivated and back on track and stay there?
It is quite depressing and I really get down on myself about this.

[iriswhispers]

one thing that helps me is not to start fresh "tomorrow" but "right now." Even if it's not a hard-core workout, maybe you could try going for a quick walk or something at night to start your resolve out rather than promising yourself you'll get back on track the next day.

by the way, most of the featherweights are on the weekly chat thread, so come on over!

[sinisterlinizter]

i'm your height and weight. i weighed myself about a week ago and i was 119. then i weighed myself two days after that and i was 122. i hadn't even eaten anything crazy, so i don't know how that happened. but anyway, i understand how you feel. there was a time when i was 110 and felt amazing, but even then had some fat in my problem areas that i was determined to take off but then it all went downhill with the freshman 15.

so here i am now going into my junior year and i'm determined to get down to 105 and stay that way. i feel like i've always told myself "okay, i'm serious this time" but this time i'm writing down everything i eat, i'm not snacking, and i'm writing on here which really helps. just write down EVERYTHING. before you put something in your mouth, look at it and think "i have to write this down. how will it look on paper? how will i feel about it later?"

i'm finding this helps a lot.

[LucyFlicker]

Thanks so much girls!

I usually do keep a food journal, but lately I have gotten away with it and I just calculate cals as I go throughout the day in my head. That could also be my problem. I don't have to feel as ashamed if I have an offday if I do not write it down.

Anyway..I am going into my junior year too! And the worst part is...I have to be strong about managing my weight because I am going for dietetics! You can't have a fat dietitian!

Well I think today I am going to just have a new mindset and instead of thinking about how horribly i have been failing lately, I am going to try to consider how good I have done in the past and how easy it can be to get back on that path.

Thanks for the inspiration ladies!

[bananapancakes]

Originally Posted by sinisterlinizter

just write down EVERYTHING. before you put something in your mouth, look at it and think "i have to write this down. how will it look on paper? how will i feel about it later?"

This method helped me a lot to when I first started my weight loss journey. Great tip!

I also wrote on a piece of paper: NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING THIN AND HEALTHY FEELS. I stuck this to the fridge so when I'd go to the fridge, I'd think twice about what I was going to eat.

Also, asking yourself if your really hungry or just boredom eating can help. If your not really hungry, distract yourself with an activity....other than eating Hop on here if you are near a computer.

[Tana]

Hi, I´m new here!!
For me, when I need to binge, I settle a time(like 4 hours after), and 80% of the times I find other things to do, like being relly busy at work, talk on the phone with a friend...and finally I look back and think: "I could have ruined my day but I didn´t!" and that makes me very proud.
When I don´t have enough "mind and physical strength" to care about what I eat and work out every day, I try to take one step after another or propose myself one thing for each week, like go to the gym every day.
I have found so much undestanding here that I feel I´m not alone.Thanks for being there!!
(Sorry for my english, but I´m spanish)