Re: keeping it a lifestyle... I'm fat again

[Guest guest]

I think the answer is in your statement.....it was a choice and I could have

made better choices. You have proven to yourself that the lifestyle definitely

works, but you for your own deeper reasons don't believe you can maintain it.

Being without a kitchen is rough, I move with my husband on business about every

6-8 months so I relate to not living with a kitchen. When you are finished with

a challenge do you gradually increase calories again? This is not a program you

just go on and off like a diet as I am sure you have figured out by now. Please

don't beat yourself up, now is the time to nurture yourself and stay open to the

statements you tell yourself to justify your poor choices. I have found that

keeping a journal and staying in touch with support is essential to success.

By finishing a challenge and shutting off to the world of fitness you are

putting yourself into denial. Maintenance is every bit as important a program

as the challenge itself. I too have been at both sizes you have and totally

understand that deep sense of personal despair when you are at the high end.

You can get back up on the horse, but this time you can also dedicate more time

to learning about yourself and how to live at a weight and size that makes you

feel great. This is an emotional issue that needs to be dealt with at that

level, not just diet and exercise. You can do this, and it can begin right now,

by loving yourself enough to learn what you can do to change how you deal with

your feelings. You made the right decision to join the board again, so you are

off to a great start!!

Weal

keeping it a lifestyle... I'm fat again

I am so disappointed in myself again. This is the third time I lost and got

down to a

tight 8 and then ballooned back up into a tight 14. How do you oldtimers do it

keep

this a lifestyle and not revert back to bad eating habits. I was without a

kitchen for

several months and gained 30 pounds. It was a choice I could have made better

choices but here I am again. Fat, depressed and feeling lost.

[Guest guest]

Like you said, it's about choices. I don't like feeling nasty after

eating a greasy burger or whatever. Make the choice not to buy the

junk food -- keep only healthy food around, and that will help.

Good luck,

Jen B

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> I am so disappointed in myself again. This is the third time I lost

and got down to a

> tight 8 and then ballooned back up into a tight 14. How do you

oldtimers do it keep

> this a lifestyle and not revert back to bad eating habits. I was

without a kitchen for

> several months and gained 30 pounds. It was a choice I could have

made better

> choices but here I am again. Fat, depressed and feeling lost.

[Guest guest]

When you get back down to the 8s, throw away or give away every

single piece of clothing you have in larger sizes. As hard as it may

be. Then you are truly making a mental committment tostay that size,

unless you want to shell out for more clothes or go to work in sweats

al the time. As soon as I get down to 10s, I'm giving away

EVERYTHING, even if it means having a more limited wardrobe until my

size 10 wardrobe grows over time. If you can't do that, it's because

you haven't truly committed to stay that way.

stephanie

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> > I am so disappointed in myself again. This is the third time I

lost

> and got down to a

> > tight 8 and then ballooned back up into a tight 14. How do you

> oldtimers do it keep

> > this a lifestyle and not revert back to bad eating habits. I was

> without a kitchen for

> > several months and gained 30 pounds. It was a choice I could have

> made better

> > choices but here I am again. Fat, depressed and feeling lost.

[Guest guest]

we think alike. I've done that and twice at this point... It's been an

expensive

way to lose and gain weight!

> > >

> > > I am so disappointed in myself again. This is the third time I

> lost

> > and got down to a

> > > tight 8 and then ballooned back up into a tight 14. How do you

> > oldtimers do it keep

> > > this a lifestyle and not revert back to bad eating habits. I was

> > without a kitchen for

> > > several months and gained 30 pounds. It was a choice I could have

> > made better

> > > choices but here I am again. Fat, depressed and feeling lost.