i posted this message in the "buddy up" forum but am also posting it here because I posted here previously...help! i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo far off track. i started WW online in august and lost about 10 pounds, but for about the last month i have totally been slacking and not staying on the plan at all. the only good thing is that I have kept on exercising. I know i am gaining weight back though. I was down to 150 and now the scale says 154. i hate this. all i do every day is overeat. i mean, i will have a healthy breakfast and lunch and then binge at dinner. and i do this EVERY DAY. i am stressed about my job & such and it translates into me eating WAY TOO MUCH. i need some advice/help.
i used to talk to a few people on here a lot but i haven't been back in about 2 weeks and i don't know where anyone is. If you guys are out there and still want to talk, let me know. I would also like to hear from new people.
thanks for listening!
Jen3
160/154??/138

Jen, post on the daily thread and you will find a bunch of us to talk to! You can do this!!!! We welcome you back!

I joined WW in August and after about 6 weeks of not really journaling or letting things such as being on the road for work or just being too busy to watch what I eat sabatoge my weightloss efforts I decided that I had had enough. I don't know what made me change my mind, so I can't help you there. My decision included journaling faithfully (everything that goes in my mouth) and exercising frequently. I also decided that when I'm on the road for business I would eat well, no matter what. Whatever I did worked, because since late September I've lost 19 pounds. Then for the last two weeks I saw my old patterns re-appearing, I think mostly due to celebrating my birthday a little too much. I ended up only having a 2.5# gain, but that was enough to get me motivated again to faithfully keep my journal, exercise, and do whatever it takes to lose this weight. It's sort of a personal epiphany and I can't really tell you what happened to me to make me change my ways. If you ever want to talk, tho, drop me a line. Hope this helped in some minute way.

Amy
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243/224.5/140

Jen,

My main binging time was in the evening too. I was so stressed from work and I'd come home, turn on the TV and eat. It made me feel better. But the end result made me feel worse.

Keep yourself preoccupied in the evenings. Go to the gym in the evenings instead. If it's eating while you watch TV that's a problem, find something to keep your hands busy while you watch TV (I paint my nails or do my scrapbook). Painting your nails is great because you can't really eat with wet nails.

with 6 pounds down and 16 to go, you're almost 1/3 of the way there. Be proud of what you've done and just remind yourself of your goals.

Set a Christmas goal. That way, since there's only 5 or 6 weeks left, you know to reach that goal you need to stay on program. Make sure it's a reasonable goal. 5-8 pounds maybe.

And I never liked to believe people when they said journaling was the best way to stay on track. I was keeping points in my head and I though that was just as good. It wasn't until I opened my eyes and journaled that I was able to lose 50 pounds. I still have a ways to go, but I'm confident I can do it.


Good luck!!

thank you guys so much for support. i really appreciate it. tilley, you are right, i need to find things to keep me occupied while i watch tv. i should start painting my nails! can't eat w/wet nails!!!
i also need to get back to journaling any and everything that i eat, even if i don't know the points value. my prob is if it is really bad and i know it and i don't know the points, i figure why bother writing it down. but everyone says taht it helps. i guess it helps you see what you are really eating, instead of eating mindlessly.
i did have an x-mas goal, which originally was to be at 138, but right now i will be happy with 5-8. that is something i know i can do.
today i didn't do too bad. i had a small lunch. i actually didn't eat half of my lunch. i drank 3 bottles of water and did some exercise.
i have not had dinner yet, but i don't think it will be too big as i amnot really even hungry.
i probably won't be able to post again til sun or mon, as i am going to visit a friend tomorrow and won't be back until sunday afternooon. i look forward to hearing from you guys then.
by the way, congrats on all your losses so far. and again, thanks.
jen

i'm in the same boat unfortunately i need that inspiration and it's so hard to find right now...

Hey Jen!

Hope things are going better for you! Keep us up to date. I've been way off track this past week and a half. I've been working wwice as much as before and I'm not used to it. I find I'm starving by the end of the day or I'm just too busy to take the time to prepare a healthy meal. I did my WI this morning and I'm back where I started I got away from journalling last week so I'm doing that again-yay a step inthe right direction. I think the key for me is planning ahead, having my suppers mostly ready or prepped so that when I get home it won't take too long to finish-that would help me from running out to the store and grabbiong something quick to eat. We all have our struggles and its sooo hard to stay with it but we can do it. We have nothing to lose by trying. Keep in touch! Things will get a better with a little effort on our part.

-Rina

hey rina et al!
how are you ? good i hope. i am really trying to get back on track today. i am doing well so far. i just want to get through one day without overeating. and then i can move on.
i went out and bought a bunch of stuff to manicure myself. so i am going to do that tonight and hope it keeps me occupied enough so that i am not eating!
i plan on working out tonight. going to a step class. the instructor is really cool and motivating. she says things like "it's not where you are, it's wehre you are going that matters!" and "if you beleive you can achieve" all very motivational and very good too!
my revised x-mas goal is to lose 6 by dec. 25. i figure there are 6 weeks til x-mas, so that's a pound a week. really i hope to lose more than that, but at least 6 is def. doable.anyway i better get back to work!!!
jen3