How do you deal with going off track and then getting back on?

Thought this would be a good discussion to start up. How do you get back on track after bumps in the road.

Here is my current situation . Been working on my next goal of 220, so a drop of 20 lbs. I have been able to get into another 4-5 lbs of loss, but had to travel for work this week. Lots of opportunity to try new things and to have some old things. The end of e week finished with the company picnic in October no less. Food was ok last like but I really had to have a few desserts.

So I find myself with a decision this morning. Keep going forward or give up? Pretty dramatic right? I know what I want to do and I am going to keep going forward. The past was the past and I need to keep practicing getting back on track. How do you handle the bumps in the road and get back on track?

One at a time. One meal at a time. Literally one meal at a time. I am at 3 day wedding this week. Yea... My poor liver. Lol. But I gave myself permission to enjoy myself. But.... Carbs and sugar are really bad for me, really bad (severe RH, food sensitivities that egual horrible gas and pain) so I know what I can't eat...(dessert, bread, etc) and I don't eat that. But wine, drinks, meats and some other veggies - I don't limit. Also some nuts... I probably ate 1 lb or more of peanuts...and add the wine -alcohol and cheese......I probably ate 3000+ calories a day... But I am coming home today...and will get back on better diet...
But this weekend any meal I ate was proteins, fats and some veggies.... Almost No exception... (Peanuts were exceptions -but lately I am on peanuts diet - even at home - not sure what my body is missing - got to have peanuts and jello)

Love this post, I think it is important that we are able to enjoy ourselves moderately, then get back on plan. Haha peanuts are baddddd for me. At work they bring in the No 10 cans, I eat them all day and not finish a can

I have many detours on the track back to better eating.  If I have an off day then so be it.  I get back on the track the next day.  I may have just one meal that is off but my next meal will be better.  When I had surgery, I had several weeks where my normal diet did not appeal to me so I ate whatever my body was craving, in other words, I gave in to make my self feel better.  I gained 6 lbs. because of it, but I soon was back on the horse again losing back into my safety zone.  I learn from my mistakes everyday but that doesn't mean that I don't repeat them.  It is a dance, two steps forward, one step back but always moving forward.  Good thread.

I like the idea of doing it a day at a time. Usually when I have a problem it consumes the day. Resetting every morning seems to fit right with me. Keep dancing

As with everything in life, we are all different and what works for one may be the absolute opposite for another.  I know myself, and there is no way I can allow myself to deviate from my plan where some foods are concerned (most notably SUGAR).  It has been my history to go off plan for one day...one special occasion, and it took MONTHS for me to get BOT.  The last time this happened was 2008 when I weighed about 220 lbs got down to 205 lbs for my sister's 50th birthday bash, partied and ate everything in sight, and didn't try another SERIOUS attempt to lose until now.  That's 5 YEARS and I added another 33 lbs during that 5 years.

I found BOTT in February did the 5DPT and as of today, I've lost 58 lbs of my 71 lb regain.  It feels wonderful, and I want to continue to feel this way.  I have severe back problems that would only worsen if I kept the weight on, and being that my life is nowhere as active as it once was due to my back, the weight was only going to go one way...UP.

So if anyone can go off track for a day, that's great and I wish that was the case with me.  I'm just trying to feel better and get to goal after 13 years.  Not trying to be perfect...just trying to do what I set out to do when I risked my life having this surgery.  I found BOTT and it has been a turn around in my life.  I can't risk setting myself up for failure yet again.  Of course, this is my experience and ymmv :)

You are not going to FAIL!  You are doing awesome! 13 pounds from goal, you got this in the bag!

Thanks a bunch, Tess.  But gotta keep the watermelon outta the house!  Could be worse though, I tell myself.  I used to come home from work at 8 a.m. and take the whole pitcher of SUGARED koolaid or 2 liter Pepsi to bed with me!!

Shelia

That is fantastic! I know how you feel about the regain. I hit a bottom when I saw my weight climb. Totally get you when you say going off plan is not an option. I guess if you let me be worried for you, I'd ask what your plan is if the worse case case ever happened?

Thanks, Chrispy...ok, it's like this...I had a revelation when I was a few weeks into my weight loss.  I used to say "let me just get 20 lbs off...let me get to that big 2-0", and every time, I'd get to 18 or 19 lbs down then go off the deep end.  This time I said to myself, let me get to one month of better eating, and disregard the actual weight loss.  I just wanted to see if I could maintain cleaner eating for that long.  One month led to two, so forth and so on.

I also note the fact that I have spent all of my adult life wishing that I could be a smaller size, and when I got the opportunity through WLS, I ran with it, then backslid.  I have to give props to myself though, because I maintained at least a 106 lb loss for 13 yrs.  I now have a bad back which needs a surgery, osteoporosis, and my thyroid cancer has made a reappearance.  All in all, things could be better, but they could also be a whole lot worse.  I don't want to, nor do I need to waste anymore time putting off things that I want "for later".

I want to reach my goal, then strive to stay under 180 lbs...giving myself a lot of leeway.  I'm not asking to be a size 6 and stay there...just to remain under 180 lbs.  I feel that this, I can do, and if I can maintain 160, that's all the better.  If I lose control and get in the situation I was in before, I have to remind myself where I have been and what I have overcome, including not getting back up to 344 lbs.  I will never give up.  I can become complacent, but I will never give up.  Off my soapbox again :)