Hi Maintainers,
(I stole the thread title from maryblu, who is awesome!)
Anyway, I think many of you know me from my years here, approaching 7 years of my lifestyle change, although I've been sort of scarce the last few months. There've been some ups and downs with my weight as I've been through two pregnancies and small children, and one of the things I've come to learn is that life brings stuff, and what worked yesterday may not work tomorrow, and adaptability is good.
Having said that, I'm struggling. It's been about 4 months and work and personal stress is eating me alive. Maintenance is nearly second nature to me, and a good day follows a bad day most of the time, so there hasn't been much weight gain. But weight loss isn't happening either, and frankly, I'm so brain fried from all the stress that I could just care less a large fraction of the time. And that scares me more than anything.
So I've tried jumping back into plan, I've tried easing back in, and nothing is really sticking. I have lost any sort of consistency and I need to get it back. I don't see the stress going away any time soon, and I have small children (4 & 1) who need a lot of my time, so I'm just maxed out. Exercise is my saving grace, and even that isn't as consistent as it could be.
So, after this long, rambling post, help please! I need ideas. Going back is unthinkable, but I'm not getting where I want to be either. I feel like I'm on the edge.
Thanks,
Anne