Falling off the wagon

I haven't fall off the wagon with the change in my lifestyle, but in the past I fell off the wagon constantly. It often felt like every Monday I was starting a diet and falling off by lunch time.

So what sorts of things cause you to fall off the wagon? Do you think that there are things you can plan so you don't fall off?

Skylar

Stress! Stress THROWS ME off that proverbial wagon LOL    (And... I have a daycare where I care for anywhere from 2-8 kiddos!?)

I am REALLY trying HARD to reflect back on how TERRIFIC I felt 2 years ago after dropping 35 pounds. I had gone from 1 20 pant to actually fitting into some size 14!! I had BOUNCE to my step! I enjoyed getting OUT- was MUCH more active!

AND, I don't EVER EVER want to forget how ROTTON I have felt after putting it all (plus 4) back on!  I have found myself not going out of the house- not wanting to go out with my hubby AT ALL etc. I go to the store for groc. I go where I HAVE to go- nowhere else. I have become a recluse in my house! I am not comfortable moving! I get winded and I am embarassed :(

I'm just trying to work on my HEAD. Trying to remember WHY I must loose this weight and KEEP it off. Because I will be so much HEALTHIER and feel so much better :)

 You know- for a long time I was trying to 'get into the energy' that previous weight loss gave me. I was so hung up on how good I felt then- it left me in a rut of feeling crappy about myself now. I had to learn to love myself now...I'm worthy now, my kids deserve to have Mommy playing with them now...my husband deserves all my intimacy w/o holding back NOW. So when we went on vacation and I wore swimsuits on the beach & made sand castles and I danced around in a nightie  for my hubby- cause I want to remember doing things ..not wondering when I can something  in a different body. 

Most important thing I learned is...

Get a new energy. Get a new love for yourself. We are creatures that live, grow & CHANGE a lot. If you keep reflecting on that old energy you'll never live today's life. It worth living no matter our size. 

Peachpie - you made a smart observation - we should live the life we want to now.

Since you know you do better with a routine, do you think you can plan ahead for changes so you're prepared? Inotherwords, if you hubby has to work ot again, you would already know that you can get your exercise at a different time?
 

Chunky, I have a question for you - how can you plan to deal with that stress while staying on a diet? Is there some type of food you can have handy to munch on that would be diet friendly?

I can see running a daycare is really stressful LOL

 I'm a VERY routine person- so disruptions to routines I've set in place makes me fall of the wagon.

IE- I normally go to the gym M-W-F @ 5AM; however last night hubby worked overtime overnight so no gym for me today. I really have to calm myself and say all hope isn't lost b/c I didn't go, and thats no excuse to go and blow the *day* and eat a 900 calorie breakfast. I can get my exercise day in tomorrow..its not the end of the world. There are still good thing I can do for myself today. 

GREAT QUESTION!!!!!

STRESS would drive me to the pantry in no time flat!

For me as I was losing my weight and even now that I'm maintaining the loss I find I have re-make that commitment to myself to stay on track.  There have been PLENTY of temptations and tests along the way but with each one I pause and ask myself if I really want to eat/drink that item MORE than I want to be healthy and thin.  I swear it's true I really do ask myself that question and it's helped me to stay on track and not fall off the wagon.

TTFN
Ruth

Wow Ruth, that is so simple yet so effective. This is what I mean by a plan - you know ahead what you will do so there is no confusion or chance to fall off the wagon. you have your question ready and you've used it to test your self each time you're tempted. I bet the more you do it, it becomes automatic.

 

I think what I mean by reflecting back is not in how I LOOK or anything, but I FELT GOOD PHYSICALLY.  I could walk and climb stairs MUCH easier. I MOVED.. I had BOUNCE... I was MOTIVATED. I could get around and the energy I felt was SO REAL!

All of that- made me also feel GOOD mentally :)

No, how I feel NOW (physically) is not a feeling of HOPE. I need to know that I CAN get to that healthy feeling again WHILE I am working at getting there- reflecting back on how GOOD I felt is a GOOD thing for me :) 

I AM living in the NOW... but I was successful at this weight loss thing just 2 years ago and I need to know that it is not that far off :)  I am going to feel more and more healthy as the weeks go by :)

For the past year I have felt very down about gaining my weight back. I told myself- 'what a WASTE OF TIME'.... then I realized that NO WAY was that loss a 'waste of time', because experiencing that loss- on my own... was what tld me I CAN DO IT :)  I KNOW I can do it and I KNOW it won't take YEARS- it will just get better & better as the weeks go forward :)

Chunky, I think it's good to remember how good you felt so you have this as a goal to achieve now. Have you also reflected as to why you fell off the wagon? What went wrong? Can you fix what went wrong last time so it doesn't happen this time?