Happy new year a bit late! I don't know if anyone with "not a lot of weight to lose" feels the need to chat or vent or commiserate ... but I do! But given how these chats have died down, I didn't even put a month on this one. We will be lucky to make it to 500 posts by the end of the year.
I don't feel like I fit in anywhere but the featherweights forum as I have struggled with JUST A FEW POUNDS for years and years now (I'm talking max of around 30 pounds, depending on how low I set my goal).
I did pretty well last year. Got my butt in gear around the end of April at nearly 155 pounds (at 5'6" that is just crossing over into "overweight" - but somehow with a small frame I carry excess weight horribly, very very doughy and dumpy.) By September, I had gotten very close to my goal of ~130 pounds (132.2 at my lowest). I was thrilled to be back in my old clothes and feeling comfortable with myself. Then .......
Not really sure. I got complacent. Stopped tracking foods. Allowed in a lot of "treats." Stopped weighing as regularly. Bumped up a few pounds. Then.... some work trips and the holidays hit. My carb addictions returned full force. By mid-December, I had started gorging myself on snacks and desserts.
So that's my pathetic story. I'm not going to dwell on the fact that the last time I weighed this much was July 10 (yes I checked ) or that I had to dig out my boxes of "fat clothes" from the attic ... the two things I will focus on from here on is how to move to a healthy maintenance diet without spinning out of control and how to get into an exercise routine.
I think one thing that would help me is to have an actual maintenance PLAN to work towards... like am I going to track all the time, track on weekdays with weekends free, just restrict carbs, strive for moderation, or what? And how can I get myself into exercising regularly? Why is it such a battle with myself?
But for now, and the next few months, I am back to WEIGHT LOSS. At least I know how to do that. Problem is, how to get back into the groove.
I wish I could take a few days "off of life" to push through the carb withdrawal and get back on track, but with work and child care I haven't found the time/energy to push through it. Once I gain weight, I feel awful most of the time - constantly eating to stave off headaches, shakiness and "starvation!" yes I feel starving no matter how many calories I eat. And exhausted even though I hardly do anything. Ridiculous.