I so fell off the wagon... getting back on, any advice? ie detox? jump start, etc?
I lost 40 of my 50 lb goal last year, in a healthy way... cutting portion size, daily exercise, more whole foods etc.
Winter hit & I lost my momentum. I have not kept up with exercise AT ALL. I started snacking on & now eat daily junk foods & sugar.. I feel like crap!! My blood sugar must be screwed up because sometimes I wake feeling nauseous, and feel yucky almost all day. And I gained back 11.5 lbs.
I'm just wondering, can anyone offer tips on how you got back in the game? I want to clean up my system to get healthy again. Like a "spring cleaning" or a slap in the face. I KNOW how to eat healthy, but is there any merit in detoxifying for a short 3-5 day period?
Well, you're ahead of where I've ever been because you only gained back 11 lbs! AND you're right back at it NOW. I never get back in the game until I've gained it all back plus 10 lbs. So feel good about that! You caught it early.
As for re-starting, I think it's just that...re-start. Those 11 lbs will probably come off pretty quickly as just water weight. And you know from having done this before that our bodies respond pretty quickly to better nutrition.
When I did South Beach, it took me 3 days to adjust to the new eating. With calorie counting it took three weeks. But in both cases, after the initial horrible feeling of hunger and craving I've reached a sweet spot where I don't need any of bad crap. Remember that place? It's achievable again.
I think it's easiest to cut out sugar and salt right off the bat. It makes the journey so much easier in my opinion.
Not really an answer to your question... but having done this before means you know what you need to do and that you have the tools to do it. It's OK to fall, but get back up and keep going. And good for you for acknowledging the issues before falling even deeper. You can do this!
I think there are plenty of valid answers to your question...but here's mine.
While some jump start might help you lose a few more lbs week 1 and 2, I actually in your situation it might be much more effective to just start back into normal healthy habits, the same things you did to lose the first 40.
The issue with the jump start is that it even subconsiously helps to contribute to a yo-yo mentality. You already know how to lose weight, so just go straight back into good habits without overdoing anything.
Based solely on your OP (lol), I think it's more about psycology at this point than any physical thing.
I wouldn't do anything fancy or de-toxy, I'd just climb back on the wagon and start rolling it forward again. Like the others said, you caught it early this time before too much damage was done (why don't I ever do that?), and in a couple of days you'll be way back into the groove.
I am not a big friend of detox ... but I have never tried any, I just don't think that it's not anything that the body cannot do on its own.
Throw out the junk, fill the fridge with healthy stuff and start exercising - 11 pounds are not too bad (it could get a lot worse) - they will be gone in 2 months.
I'm seeing a common theme in these answers, and I appreciate the reality check. So I just need to get back to what I was doing before. The hard part is getting started. I woke up today feeling a little hopeful, so that's good.
Today's the 1st day... a good start with steel cut oats, raisins & Activia yogurt. Will drink more water. Must throw out the Cheez-its!
something that helps me is that I have tried to frame things so that I'm not ON a diet, therefore I cannot fall OFF one either.
I've made a commitment to myself to live a fuller, healthier life, including making healthy eating choices. Naturally, I'm not perfect, but I don't obsess about it if I make a not great choice - it's just one choice and the next time, I can make a good one. Sometimes, that is the next day, or the next meal, sometimes, it's the very next bite and I realize that just because I started a cookie doesn't mean I need to finish it! I can and do make the better choice and get up and throw out the rest of that cookie (and somehow, that helps me remember to not even take that first bite the next time!)
So I'd say you didn't fall off the wagon, you just made some choices that were different from the ones you are making now.
I so fell off the wagon... getting back on, any advice? ie detox? jump start, etc?
