I'm so frustrated! I officially re-committed to being healthy and losing weight January 2013. I've lost right at 65 pounds, which is good. I exercise 1 - 2 hours a day, 5 days a week. I've gone from a size 28 to a size 14.
But...I'm not there yet. My goal is to reach 165 pounds. I have only lost 10 pounds this year. That's right...10 pounds in 15 weeks. It's because of the food. I do well with eating my fruits, nuts, and veggies for a while. Then, because of a birthday, or a holiday, or even bad PMS, I blow it. I'll eat like crazy and end up gaining 2 pounds that week...2 pounds that it will take me a month to lose.
I just don't know why I can't leave the sugar alone. This week I bought some Easter candy because I made big paper mache eggs to fill and mail to friends and family. I love doing things like this on holidays, and sometimes I can be around sugar and be unaffected. I filled the eggs, but also ate almost 2,000 calories in candy myself. My husband just had a birthday, and I made him a towering ice cream cake. I ate a third of it myself, in one day! Even though I was full and feeling sick, I just couldn't put down the fork. Now I know that I've gained another 2 - 3 pounds this week and I'm even further from my goals.
Does anyone have any advice? I've worked so hard and I never envisioned 'the home stretch' (the last 35 pounds) to be so terrible to lose. I've been looking forward to ONEDERLAND for months and months, but I can't seem to pull it together and make it there.