OMG - I actually LOST!
 

I have been eating much better since my relapse and weight gain last week and I saw 211 on the scale this morning. 211.0 to be exact.

I am finally back where I was before I fell off the wagon in June. Took a long time, but man was it good to see the scale not laugh at me too bad this morning!

A huge stress has been lifted off me, I feel like making it to 200 isn't going to be as impossible now that the scale is moving in the right direction again!

cakses~WTG!!! You're just like me! I seem to have fallen off the wagon in June and didn't really realize it until July was almost over, and by that time, I was WAY over my danger zone! Today, I'm finally seeing the results of 8 weeks of dieting and exercise. Oh, yeah, I've been losing all those 8 weeks, but I'm finally back to where I was in June, so now it feels more like it counts!

I'm glad your stress has been lifted. Now put that extra uumph into your lifting and running!!

Hey...well done!!!

Remember this feeling if things get rough again

emily
xxx

Cakses, that's great! I know it feels good finally to be making progress. Do you have anything to share about why you relapsed or what you could have done to prevent it? I am seriously hoping to learn something from my own and others' weight management problems.

Well I didn't have a plan really when I first started coming here in May. In June, I bought You on a Diet at the store and started doing that, which worked great for me. But I am awful at sticking to plans where I can't eat certain foods - it makes me want them even more. With my husband leaving for Iraq in July, I began to fall off track big time. I did however, start the C25K running plan in June, so I didn't gain too bad and I was losing inches in my legs just not my waist or bum.

What I am focusing on this time around is overall calories, food portions and staying away from junk. If I make a sandwich and I get full 3/4 of the way through it, I toos the remaining parts even though that kills me to see money wasted haha. I try to listen to my body more, and when I feel myself getting hungry before mealtime, I have water and an apple or some walnuts to tide me over so I don't binge eat. So far so good!

Congrats on getting back to 211, you'll be in Onederland in no time!
I've fallen off the wagon more times that I can count. Learning how to get back on is such an important thing, you'll likely do it more than once. Keep up the good work! :hug:

Cat, congrats!!! You are doing great!

Congratulations!!
I fell off the wagon back in June too and only in the past week have I got back on full-time. I've not seen any results on the scale - YET - but I do feel better and that helps.

My fall off the wagon happened at about the beginning of August. I regained about five pounds from where I had been, and I have been bouncing back and forth since then. 151 was my lowest weight (ever and this summer!), so I'm looking forward to when I can be back there, so I can then finally move beyond it!

Congrats for getting there!!

:cp::bravo::cp: Congratulations! I know how hard it is to get back on track, I fell off at the end of July and gained 8 lbs and it took me until a few weeks ago to get back on track. Yay for you! :D

:cheer: Yay! Go, Cat, go!! :cheer:

You are amazing :)

how great is it when you gather up enough motivation to undo the weight you gained when you fall off the wagon :) congrats!

Your hard work is paying off CAT! :)

Down another pound. You know, as I watched TV last night I had the inner fight over whether or not to eat the M&Ms in my "stash" haha. I really wanted to see 210 thismorning, so I opted for a frozen fruit bar (sugar free) and wow! I had never bought them before but it felt like cheating and it was 30 calories!

Now see, that's what we call a strategy... ;) Good for you for making that choice! Saved yourself unnecessary calories and still felt like you'd had a treat.

Jay