I haven't been posting lately though I do come and read. I lost about 15lbs so far. Inching toward my goal. but then I lost it today and probably ate over 4,000 calories.. Ok no probably about it. Now I feel super icky yucky, and I am disgusted with myself. I was so happy today when I put on my pants and realized, I am going to have to buy a belt soon if I keep it up.. Now I am beating myself up for totally going off my diet. If I could literally kick my own butt right now, I totally would.

Be kind to yourself. You fell off, so get back on and keep on going. You will be fine if you just don't give up.

Barb

We all understand... HOWEVER pick yourself up dust yourself off... GET BACK ON YOUR PLAN! Thats the only way to get to your goal. YOU CAN DO IT!

Remember to keep your eye on the endgoal. The journey with its let UPS and put downs is just the memory making moments on the way to your onederland dreams!

Chrys,
One of the hard parts about the whole weight loss "thing" is that sometimes we lose it... sometimes it's a big whopper of a binge and others a smaller, "oh, shouldn't have eaten that extra piece of cake" binge.

If you beat yourself up over it, you risk keeping all that negativity inside you where it eats you up. Most of us have been told "oh, you've got a pretty face" with the unspoken part being "but you're fat as sin" or the "wow, you've gained weight" comment (my favourite has got to be the "she certainly knows the way to McDonald's"). And we keep saying to ourselves "I'm fat, ugly and worthless because that's what other people say I am". All that negativity reflects outwards from our thoughts. Let that "I'm disgusted with myself" thought go and a put a positive one in its place.

Basically, it's like trying to have a happy thought and a sad thought occupying the same space... and they can't. Try smiling until you're happy and keep smiling no matter what. Now, try to think of a sad thought. I'll bet you that you can't. Opposing thoughts cannot occupy the same space.

Turn that binge around and use it to your advantage. Remember the feeling you had with your pants and having to go out and buy a new belt? Keep that positive thought with you for the rest of the day and all day tomorrow and the next day. Tell yourself every morning that you've got to buy a belt to keep yourself from lookin' like a homey! Carry that positive thought with you all day, every day until you buy that belt. When you've bought it, keep thinking how good it feels to have a belt on to keep your pants from dropping around your ankles.

You can do it. Get back on your plan right now. Let that binge go, look towards the next meal and the next day. And smile. I'll bet you've got a great smile.

Thats why I love reading these threads and comming here
makes me feel better thanks.

Hi Chrys,
One of the things I've learned on my journey is that falling off the wagon is part of life. It's going to happen because we are human and not perfect. The difference, however, between the old us and the new us that is forming is HOW we handle falling off the wagon. The new us is not going to beat up or berate ourselves. We are going to pick ourselves up, dust off and hop right back on.

One day, one meal at a time! You can do this!

Ditto everything that's been said...the real difference now is that you recognized that 4K calories was a bad thing and you jumped back up on the wagon in a VERY short time! I would call that a major accomplishment in and of itself. WTG!

Congrats on the belt thing too....way awesome!

Hey today is a new day and that one day is not going to sabotage the 15lbs you've lost. As long as you learn from it and keep going, you'll be ok. There's times that I've done the same thing and I have still managed to lose a good amount of weight. The trick is to forget it and get back on track.

I'm just giving you a big ole virtual hug right now.

it's a marathon, not a race. one bad day or meal isn't a big deal as long as you move on! on easter i ate 3 peices of my mom's bunny cake ( she made it red velvet, she's evil )

and yesterday and today ive worked out almost 2 hours. i jumped right back in, that's the hard part.

dont beat yourself up girl, we all do it!