Im new and a featherweight though i fear i won't be for long i eat so much all the time . I have weigh at the higest 180lbs and i lost a whole lot and was at my lowwest a year and a half ago at 128 lbs . Im hurt my ankle and gained alot back and now i can't get back to the swing of things I feel completely out of control . Like when i wake up in the moring i am determined to stay on some kind of plan (i think my biggest problem is i need to map out exactly what i am going to eat when )by the afternoon i am tired and hunger after work and end up Over eating empty calories . If someone could just help with advice cuz i m not far from my goal weight but i know i will keep gaining if i don't do something quick

sw33tp3ach -- We all do what we can and sometimes fall off the wagon... When I fall off the wagon I just come back here and post and talk, as you did about the problems of dieting, and there is always someone here to help... What I also do when I feel out of control is to journal, write my menu out and follow it, write my feelings and try to figure out what I can do to help myself out...

So you're not alone and hang in there...

Wow, that's crazy because your story sounds just like my own... I too was about 180 pounds, lost the weight over a period of about 4 or 5 years (and hit a low of 123 pounds), and now I seem to have lost all control. I think its partly because I have spent 5 long years watching every little thing I put in my mouth... and it just gets so exhausting. Sometimes it just feels easier to give in and have something fattening rather than struggling to be healthy, to count the calories, and above all to perform your best (whether it be at school, work, in a sport, etc) while you're tired out from losing weight (because it takes a toll on your energy level!)

Anyway the advice I have for you is something that I am discovering myself: I always think that I'll feel better if I give in and throw my healthy eating plan to the wind, but I don't. I've been doing that since Thanksgiving, and I've put on 6 pounds... I feel sluggish, gross, unmotivated, dissapointed in myself, and generally unhappy. The extra food isn't helping, it's making things worse. I know that its a "slippery slope" and it's hard to get back on track once you've strayed, but just keep in mind that overeating because you're stressed will not comfort you, it;ll only upset you more in the long run... and the more weight you put on, the worse you'll feel.

Hang in there!

There is a daily planning thread in the support forum where a bunch of us post our meals for the day. We post exactly what we are going to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinners, and snacks. It really forces you to plan out your day and helps you stick to your plan (because you don't want to have to post the next day that you didn't stick to it). Maybe that would help you.

I also think that I am in the same boat as you. However, I have found in this weightloss journey, that my "slips" have gotten shorter and shorter. I used to "slip" for 6 months! Constantly causing my weight to yo-yo. Now I might slip for 1 meal to 3 days, but then I just get back on track. I will say, I am at the "3 day" mark right now, and still feeling a bit out of control, but your post and the replies have helped me tremendously.

McCrew the Jew, I think said it best. I wish I could think like that constantly, especially when I am picking up that 4th cookie in 5 minutes!! It really does make me feel like crap, so why do I/we do it. I think I am doing to try to chant that last sentence for the rest of today, maybe it will sink in LOL.

thanks everyone for your advice . I think i am slowly realizing that if i want to look and feel a certian way im not gonna get it and keep it by eating chips and crying about it