I really thought a long time before posting anything. For a while I felt horribly embarrassed. I fell off the wagon BIG time.. to the point of if I wanted M&Ms for lunch I ate a large family size bag of them

I'm back up to just 1 pound shy of my starting weight after having my last baby.. who will be 1 on the 12th. My goal was to hit goal weight by the time he was 2 (at that time it was a loss of 134). A year into my challenge and I have made a 1 pound dent in the task.. not so good, eh?

I'm back to fight with a vengence! My goal is to lose 100 pounds from where I am now by his 2nd birthday. I know I can do it.. I was down to 220 before I flubbed up. I had lost 44 pounds in 16 weeks, and then life happened. I didn't like what it threw at me and my focus went to that. I gave up on counting every calorie that went in my mouth, which is something I HAVE to do to get where I need to be.

Anyway.. I hit the store yesterday and stocked up on my good old healthy favorites... and am back on plan (as of yesterday), back to logging every bite I put in my mouth on my fitday, and back to exercising daily.

I CAN DO THIS!!! I'M A MOM, I HAVE SUPER POWERS

Welcome back! Have you figured out why you "fell off" to begin with? That is key to making sure it doesn't happen again. It's great to know that you are back though and ready to make it happen!

Yes, you can do it!!
I've eaten a bag of m&m's, too. But, we're not gonna do that anymore! Healthy meals and healthy snacks...you can do it! I started a week ago, and like you, I'm determined more than ever.

Oh yeah I know what happened..lol. We were buying a house... and things weren't going quite as smoothly as they should (this was last Nov.) We were supposed to be in our new house with lots of room by Thanksgiving.. we weren't.. and I spent the holiday EATING!!. Then we were promised everything would be ready and in place by Christmas.. I ate my way to that day and we were still in the same tiny trailer waiting on our house. We finally were able to move in in Jan... but I never stopped eating, just let the normal stresses of life remain my focus instead of working on me.

I'm now back where I need to be mentally, and am ready for this to be the last time I start over!

glad you are back, and even if it's just one pound, so many people don't start over again until they've gained back every single pound they've lost and then some! So it's still a positive thing that you are calling a halt and turning things around before you got into that "interest" on the weight you'd lost.

Oiy yeah, good point! I think this is the first time I have ever caught myself before I "fell through the safety net".

May I never get this close to my highest ever weight again!

Welcome back! I think you should reframe this in your mind. In spite of a tremendously stressful year, you are A POUND LOWER than you were last year. Most of us 100-lbers posted years, sometimes decades, where we gained every single year. I know I did. Sure, losing is better, but maintaining is also a victory. Also as a mom of 4, I ALWAYS gained during that first year. After a baby I never really felt back to myself until the little one turned two-- and to think I did it FOUR TIMES!

The terrific thing about weight loss is that we get an infinite number of chances. Every day is a new day, and a possible fresh start, and every formerly morbidly obese chickie here proves that the past DOES NOT repeat the future. Just because you did not succeed before doesn't mean that you won't succeed now.

Glad you're back!

Okay, a new baby, a new house, holidays, moving...Pretty much enough to send me to the Mental hospital..lol . So, NOW, like you said, it's time to get back on the wagon and buckle up for the ride.

Now you know that life can throw you curve balls. It can get stressful, and full of ups and downs... But food doesn't have to be yor crutch. You really need to find a new way to vent frustrations. I have found that working, (in the house, yard, garden, farm) is a great way to make the stress better. With little ones, I realize you can't just go outside and toil away in the garden, but there are other ways to handle everyday stress....find one!!

I think for me the main reason I have kept this weight off now for 10 months is because of the embarrassment I felt every time I regained. I would become a hermit because I didn't want to be seen by the world. I didn't want people to see what a failure I had become. Food was comfort, my friend because I shut out the rest of the world. I decided that this time I AM NOT going back to that place. I WILL NOT suffer the shame again. It's kind of like kicking a misplaced chair and stubbing your toe. There is only so many times you are willing to go through that pain until you move the damn chair! Try to think of this as your final time kicking the chair. Move it, give it away, do anything except break your toe again!

I want to second the notion that I'm proud of you for not gaining those "interest" pounds! They really add up. I've never lost where I didn't regain plus 10 to 15. NEVER AGAIN!!

So chin up, and here's to a great year!

This little guy was my 4th too.. and he is my last (not that I wouldn't love more, but due to medical reasons 4 is it). My middle 2 are a year and a day apart.. so 2 pregnancies back to back really did a number.. and this little guy is only 3 1/2 years younger than my younger middle kiddo.. so in 4 1/2 years I had 3 babies.. the destruction that caused my body is unbelievable.

Thank you so much for the encouragement! I can't wait to be where you are!

Hi Lori! I actually this morning watched a yoga program on Oxygen this morning and though I have always thought it wasn't for me, I'm thinking of trying it more for a stress releaser than anything... we'll see. I have a hard time picturing myself in those poses

I do know that embarrassment feeling.. and I don't want to feel it again. So many people were telling me how good I looked and how it looked like I had lost so much more weight. Now I just have the ones who really love me (or lie alot ) telling me that I don't look as big as I think I do.

I can do this. I can't wait till I get more energy again... I have to take a break no matter what the chore I'm doing lately

Thank you It will be one amazing year.. I'm sure of it, because I'm gonna be here on 3FC every single day (even if hubby is giving me the "get off that stupid computer look).