UPDATE MY TICKER! Even though it is going the wrong way - I should be LOSING not GAINING!!!!
Sigh..
Pretty big step, though, taking responsibility for my four-month food frenzy.
Still, SIGH...
good for you. I know its not fun moving it in the opposite direction...but at least you are being honest...and besides...when you start loosing again..you'll have fun moving it back down (:
You will lose it again! I had gotten down to 203 by end of January this year. February brought problems with the ex and court issues ever since and by the time April hit I was 220 again! I told myself I would have to deal with the stress whether I was 170, 200, 220, 250, 300 etc!
So I buckled down and am now back to 204. Better late than never!
I understand the pain of having to move a ticker up. I've done it several times, and I always cringe when I do so. I hate worse than paying bills, being pulled over for speeding, or losing my car keys!
But I think you've made an important step by doing so. I think that the reason many of us have gotten has big as we have is that we have gotten pretty good at self denial as to the truth of our own real weight. We just turn a blind eye to the extra pounds. We settle for "not knowing/admitting" how much we really weigh, and our very clever minds oblige us by hiding the unhappy truth.
By knowing/admitting your true weight, in a place where you can see it clearly, you're forcing yourself to confront the truth. And having done so, you're in a much better position to do something positive about it.
Upward adjusting the ticker might seem like a big set back to you, but to my mind, it's a major step forward. Just be diligent in taking the next logical step, doing something constructive to make it move in the right direction!
Freiamaya - you had the courage to update your ticker and you have given me the courage to do the same.
I hit goal at the start of July just before I went on a 6 week backpacking holiday....I was totally out of my routine with no gym/pool to go to and fell totally victim to the mentality of eating/tasting everything just because it was there and new and I wondered what it tasted like. I put back on 14lbs :-(
I just got back last week and have been feeling terrible BUT you have given me what I needed today and I'm back at looking at things positively - it sure has taught me not to take things for granted!
Hurray for you!!!! That's the way to reverse the trend....own up and you're on your way again!
I can't tell you how long I avoided getting on a scale again after not facing it - natch it only made the situation worse! Congrats for being honest with yourself & being on the way down again!
Thanks everyone. I must confess (what, again??? It's been a week of confessions, but I digress..) that it really is a relief to be honest. I didn't realize how bad it felt to sign in and see my "low weight" when I knew darn well I was regaining!
Thanks for all the support,
and thanks Finn - we can do it!!! You know, we are the same height and started at almost the exact same weight -- I hope I can look as nice as you do in your avatar!
Found the courage to...
Better late than never!
C'mon over to the maintainer's forum for some added support!
That's the way to reverse the trend....own up and you're on your way again!
