Ok, I must confess,I am miserable! Out of control and feeling like a total loser.....

I reread my Calp book over the weekend, jumped back into this with a renewed enthusiasm, for the 15th time this was it!!!! Monday was great, Tuesday was pretty good.

Today I ate a great low carb breakfast, then got to work and ate an entire box of mint meltaways! Had a BLT and broccoli cheese soup for lunch, chicken and salad for dinner

I am a failure at this...and at WW and at CAD and at every one of these ridiculous diets that I try! I just have had such a hard time getting focused, I have never had a weight problem til the last 2 years and I just cannot believe this is me in the mirror.

Enough whining already!!! I just needed to vent tommorrow is another day and I will start over. Thanks for listening.

Feel this Texas boot? It's booting you right back up on the LC wagon! YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE !!!!! You are human....just like the rest of us.

Hon, I am sitting here in shorts that were loose about three months ago...Please don't even ask me how they feel today! WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE // STILL THERE // OR DOING THAT !!!!!

Each hour is a struggle! BUT! You are right! Stay FOCUSED !!! It is what we all must do! Tomorrow is a new day. Staying focused on our goal is exactly what we must do. Not being OP at only ONE meal OR one snack DEFINATELY does not make us a failure!

We are fighting the battle with you!

J

My friend!

YOU ARE NOT A FAILIURE!!!! You are just experiencing a bad day. We all have days like that my friend, and that is what we are here for. We will help you get back on track.

I think you only need a big ((((((((((((((HHHUUUUUGGGG))))))))))))).

Hey Scooby!

Failure is giving up!!! I can not tell you how many times I fail during the course of the day. I am on and off the wagon so many times that giving up has crossed my mind. Like Janice, my pants are a bit snugger these days!!!

Keep on hopping on because low carb makes you/me/us feel better.

Would it help to post menus? It always helps me...so I will go start that bugger right up!

hang in there Scooby!

peach

Hey Scooby, if you call what you are doing a failure, then we are all failures, because we all have the same struggles. But I do not consider us failures, you do not fail until you quit trying and we are not quitters. We may have our off program times, but we all keep trying holding on to the hopes and dreams of good health.

Stick with it, we are here for you!

(((hugs)))

jenny

Scooby,

I am having the same feelings you are. I have binged my way from 139 lbs and a size 8 back to size 12/14 in a week! I feel so out of control, gross, bloated and like a failure. I started back OP yesterday & I'm going to do strict Atkins induction until the end of the month and hopefully I'll lose all that I gained by then. Let's help each other OK? You're not alone!

Hugs,
Jennifer

A true failure is someone who NEVER TRIES!!!!!!!!!

You are not a failure.......We all try, and try and try and try, the main thing is don't give up because your to precious and you are worth it.

Don't let those evil thought reck your life.....keep going keep trying and remember the devil likes to drag people down. Don't let him win.

God loves you and made you beautiful remember that.

GOOD THOUGHTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love, Leens

YOU ARE WHAT YOU SAY YOU ARE!

Now quit that!!!! Quit saying negative things about yourself right now! Just cause you're not perfect doesn't mean a darn thing! You are trying and that makes you human! Perfection is not humanly possible.

I want you to sit down and list 10 things that are wonderful about YOU! And forget the negatives!. OKay...now, every day I want you to go in front of a mirror and tell yourself those 10 things-out loud! Do this for two weeks.

By doing this, you are programing your subconcious to think positively.

After that, I'd like you to write some positive sayings and, again, repeat them every day:

I'm a strong woman!

I succeed where others fail!

I love myself.

I see the ridiculous in perfection.

I'm a pretty nice looking person.

People are drawn to me.

Wow! What a bittersweet moment it was that I had while reading your post. Bitter because I don't like to see others struggle, but in a way sweet, because it reminds me that NO, I am NOT alone. I regained 17 lbs after dealing with alot of personal stress and not only falling off the low carb wagon but being dragged and run over. BUT today is a new day, I want to feel good again, I want to look good. We CAN do this. You are not a failure by any means. You are human. Every OP moment counts, believe me. You had two really good days and then you had a bad meal. It's okay. That is what this journey is all about.

Now you must be feeling stronger...so am I. Let's commit tojust one great OP day. Go to bed tonight feeling confident and proud. And tomorrow, let's do the same. One day at a time. That's all we can do.

my idea is much the same as tippy's
In 1998 I read simple abundance and it had a profund effect on my life.
As dieter's we spend way too much time in the what if land..if I was smaller, if I ate less,If I was more disciplined,If Iwas stronger,If I wasn't so weak..well you get the idea.
One of the ideas I got out of simple abundance was to keep a graditude journal.You list 5 things you are greatful for each night before you go to bed....at first it is hard to do and the things can be simple like thankful for breathing,getting dressed ect.
Well the benifits of doing this are that soon you start to look for things to be grateful for and you really do look at things differently and are greatful all day and not just at bedtime.I have been doing this for several years now and it really helped me out of a great depression....and when I do die I leave this wonderful written word of all the wonderful things in my life and it will be fun for them to read also(I hope).Afterall what are we in the end..What we look like,,,Idon't think so..what we are inside and that is more beautiful than you know.Sorry if I was on a soapbox.
mgerby

ok i'm jumping up on this great big soap box with the rest of the gang!

Rachel you are NOT a failure!

I agree with everything that everyone has said here!

The biggest battle going on every day is between our own ears. We have to learn to fight that battle and win the victory!

((((hugs)))))

cathy

Thanks to all!! I have not been on the board all day...what a surprise when I saw 10 replies to my whiny self! I really needed that, all of that. Thanks to all of my friends here, I appreciate your support.