I have been REALLY struggling lately. I had lost 63 pounds this year and because I have been eating snacky junk food willy nilly, and not paying attention to my intake, I regained 22 pounds. Seven pounds last week alone. When I got on the scale I about had a breakdown. I never wanted to be one of "those people" who regain all the weight they lost. It has been one of my biggest fears.
Anyway after a day of flipping out and being desperate, I decided I could either keep flipping out and being desperate and gaining weight, or I could stop it and get control of myself somehow. I had a TON of support (some of it from here... thank you wonderful buddies for checking in on my blog and leaving me advice and encouragement... it stuck). So I am making a point of being more aware of what I put in my mouth and cutting wayyyyy back on the sugar. So far so good, I am back down 2 pounds just from that.
I am also focusing on my water and green tea intake (that's the healthy habit of the week on my blog challenge) and getting back to exercising. My exercise bike has been SO LONELY. Biking once a week is not enough to get the weight off, obviously. My husband is coming home today for a couple weeks (haven't seen him in over a month, so it was hard for me to bike with a toddler hanging on my leg) so while he is around I intend to bike 6 days a week and lift 3 days. I hope this will help me get back on track.
I've seen so many posts lately... here and elsewhere... of people really struggling and desperate to lose weight. I think getting off sugar (or cutting it wayyyy back) is a key for many of us. Butplease know there is hope. We can all reach our goals. We just can't give up.