I do really good for the first 4 or 5 days then something usually happends to get me off track. I have a hard time getting back on and sometimes I gain back the weight I have lost before I can get it together again. I don't want to do that this time so I am starting fresh.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Two Peas In A Pod

I ALWAYS have this problem. I go for a couple of weeks or so and then nothing. I have lost and gained the same 10 pounds I don't know how many times over the past few months. I refuse to start again until I know I'm in it to win it.

I used to have this problem. I felt like I was at war with myself when I went on a diet. Sometimes I went for a few months... I think 9 months was the longest before, and I lost 30 pounds that time, very successful. But I let other events deter me, and gained them all back, and they brought 45 of their friends.

Yeah, so I wasn't too keen on trying again.

But this time something's working. I've just put my foot down (figuratively) and said that's IT. I'm learning how to make better choices, and how to deal with it when I don't. And this time it's going better. I've been at it 9 months again, but this time I've lost the extra weight from the last time AND that original 30 pounds to boot!

I've got a long way to go, because this is for life. It has to be. I'm sure I will have bumps along the way, but I refuse to go back where I was.

All this to say, past failure does not mean you are doomed to failure!

Atleast you are not giving up!.. try to stay focused.. if you start slacking.. remind yourself of all the great things you will be doing for y ourself if you keep going!

I AM this problem.

I know you didn't mean this but it's a freudian slip if I ever saw one. LOL.

I have done this so many times! This time is just really different and I told myself, it's not an option anymore! They say that the first two weeks are the hardest, and I believe that. I've been on my healthy journey now for 2.5 weeks, and every day is getting easier now. It does help coming here for support from others that are going through the same frustrations.

awwww come on, don't be like that! You gotta give your self more credit!

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA good one tracey!

I think I've said this before but ... I don't think anyone ever falls completely off the wagon. You always will still know everything that you learned while you were doing 'good'.
Just keep trying. All you have to do is be 'good' more often than you are ... um ... 'not good'

I am trying to use my slip-ups as opportunities... that is, when I eat someting I didn't want to, or ate more than I wanted to, I try not to beat myself up about it. I can't take it back, as Susan has said. But instead I try to figure out WHY I did it. Sometimes it's because I was hungry and made bad choices, other times because I didn't plan well, or because I caved to peer pressure, other times because that basket of bread/chips etc, was just sitting there in front of me for an hour...

I guess what I'm saying is don't beat yourself up when you slip up. Try to learn from what happened and strategize about how not to do it again... now I even visualize myself being successful, say, at a barbeque. I think carefully AHEAD of time about what I'm going to eat or not eat. Again, if I slip up, afterward I try to figure out why.

Turn a negative into a positive. You'll have many opportunities to get it right again.

I think everyone has this problem. Like today, i was doing really well, but here in Missouri its mushroom season, and my mom makes them fried. And I love them. And you can imagine what happened next. But you just have to tell yourself, Hey, I screwed up, but I'm not perfect and I'll do better tomorrow. Then tomorrow, you keep that promise and try you hardest to get back on track. You can't take it back, so you might as well not worry about it.

Good luck in the future!