i need help!

i am in need of some SERIOUS inspiration/motivation.

not a bad day - more like a bad week or two. but i'm not eating crazily. i just don't get it. i'm going to bed now. gotta wake up at 6 am to workout before i go to work. life sucks.

Hi Andrea, I hate when I have those days so I can sympathize! Did you by any chance save any of your old pants? Yesterday I was feeling like that. Well, I saved one pair of my old size 26 pants. I put them on & was able to stand in one leg! I wear a size 10 now so when I feel like that, the big pants come out again! I do this as a visual reminder to myself of how far I have actually come. I hope this helps! Juli

Andrea, Stop beating yourself up, that's the first suggestion. We all live in danger of falling off of the cliff that we placed ourselves on when we started our journies. Food is there, everytime we turn around. It fills our stomachs, emotions and needs far more than we ever thought possible. What I do is just make a choice every single time. Every single time I start to eat something I ask myself so many questions about whether it is worth it, whether I'm going to be upset later, or whether the guilt will kill me. Most of the time I win, sometimes I don't. Think of all your plastic surgery and how hard you worked to get where you are. Think about how you promised you'd never go back. I remember all the deals I made with God. I'd say, "if you just let me wake up tomorrow 100 pounds lighter I promise you I won't go back." Well it didn't happen overnight but I did wake up one day 142 pounds lighter, and I still hold true to my promise. I'm not going back. I carry around my "fat" picture and pull it out when I start to forget. I also weigh every single day and still track my food. You know all the rules, Andrea. Don't let food beat what you have worked so hard for. Good luck. Donna