Hello,
Late last year, I joined 3FC and found it to be an excellent place to go for support my weight loss. However, since Christmas, I haven't visited the forums or made any effort whatsoever with losing weight.
My flatmate took her bathroom scales when she went home for Christmas, and I didn't weigh myself over that period. When she came back in January, I felt scared of weighing myself. That might sound silly, but I'd stopped paying attention to my diet and hadn't been making any effort to lose weight. I'd also been snacking a fair bit - not massive binges, just eating unhealthy snacks unnecessarily (i.e. when I wasn't hungry).
This went on for a few months, and over the past few weeks I decided I wanted to get back on track. I didn't think I'd gone massively off the rails, but I knew I was making a few silly choices with my diet that I didn't really want or need to make. I decided to face my fears and got on the scale again last week. The last time I checked into 3FC in December, I was 171lbs, and last week, I was 177lbs.
Obviously, I was disappointed that I had put on some weight, but strangely, I was rather encouraged. I'd been paying no attention whatsoever to losing weight or being particularly healthy, but I'd only put on 6lbs. That may sound like a lot to some people, but given that I was not holding back at all with food when I wanted it, I was pleased that my natural, unconsidered lifestyle choices weren't conducive to my weight getting out of control. I really feel my habits have changed and I no longer want eat the volumes of food I ate when I was much heavier. I feel like I can trust myself more, and even when I'm not paying attention to my diet, I'm not putting on huge amounts of weight.
I decided to start making sensible choices again with my diet and lifestyle again last week, and I've already lost 2lbs, so I'm only 4lbs away from my lowest weight (what I was in December). I feel really encouraged!
So, I'm posting again to say hello again to everyone, and also because I think being part of these forums and being honest about what I want will help me recommit to this. I'm already so much happier with my weight and appearance, so it might be hard to motivate myself sometimes, and I think these forums will really help, as they have in the past.
I hope you all have a great week, and I really look forward to posting and reading the forums again.