Hi-
I need some tough love, some support, some ideas, anything that might help.
Over the past two years I had lost 48 lbs through a combination of diet and exercise. Then I plateau'd. It was like, despite my goal of losing another 50 lbs, that I had hit a comfortable spot and I just stopped losing weight. That in itself I wasn't too freaked about, because I've had plateaus before and just figured I needed a tweak or something and I'd start losing weight again.
But lately it's like I'm out of control. I've been eating stuff I know I shouldn't- tons of pasta, cheese, potatoes, mayonnaise, bread, wine- and in large portions! Added to that, lately I feel sluggish and tired all the time (hello, crappy diet) and so I've stopped exercising too. I've regained 7 lbs. And I KNOW I need to return to a healthy diet, healthy portions, and exercise. And yet every day it's like I just put it off another day and grab something totally crappy.
Part of it is I'm broke. And I live in Alaska, and eating healthy is expensive. Processed foods are cheap. Pasta is cheap. Fresh vegetables are expensive. Fresh meat is expensive. So I've been buying crap, and eating crap. But part of it is also that crap is what I'm craving.
I don't want to regain. I want to lose the remaining weight and get healthy and stay healthy. I would welcome any words of tough love, advice, booty kicking, ideas for cheap but healthy meals, etc.
Thanks!