Gain and panic!

I have gone up and down weekly by 3-5 pounds for months. I would gain it over the weekend (knowing that most of it was water weight, because when I eat sweets, I puff up like a balloon). Then last week, I realized that the extra weight had increased to 7 pounds and that it was not coming back off ! I went into panic mode!

So, for the past week, I've been back on program. It hasn't been easy, because I WANT to eat all the goodies that put this on. But I've lost 2.5 of it. I'm thinking I may try to lose an extra 2 just to be safe once I get this 7 off. lol

Lesson learned. I can have the occasional treat, but I cannot let it get out of hand by eating those treats daily. They can sneak up on me pretty quickly.  

It's strange how a 'measly' 7 pounds can make me feel. 7 pounds when I was 306 didn't make a hill of beans difference in how I felt. But it sure does now.   And it makes a big difference on how my clothes fit.  I'm not liking it.  I find that the 7 pounds settled into my stomach area, causing a spare tire that I didn't have before.  YIKES!

I think that what happened was that from June through August, I did water exercises daily for an hour. This allowed me to consume more calories.  Once the pool closed, my eating habits didn't change, but my exercise did.  I'm still walking almost daily, but not generally for an hour each time, and certainly not using all of my muscle groups like I did in the water.   Makes a difference.  

I want to protect and preserve what I have done to become healthy and happy again!

Yes, I agree.

A little gain when very obese was followed by the thought.... oh, it is only 3 pounds.  Must be doing something right.

Strange then. And scary now.

Well I have done this too. added a couple. still in my goal range but I don't like it. I gotta quit my nightly blob of peanut butter. its like crack to me now.   phooey.

gl  you can do this wanda. we will do it together. diane

I hear you, Diane.  Crazy how we can stay on track for soooo long and then slip right back into old habits. I've worked my tail off this weekend, so didn't do any walking, but I'm pooped. 

Just thinking back to last weekend and doing the zip line makes me realize how important it is to get it off and keep it off so I can continue to enjoy and live life to the fullest! 

I'm still under goal, but only by a pound.  I want to get back to 7-8 pounds under goal.  Maybe I need to re-set my goal to a lower weight.  I think my brain allowed the extra pounds, because after all, I was still under goal!  My brain needs some serious work. 

Let's do it.  Check in daily and see how we are doing. 

The thing is, I don't really feel like I am falling into old bad habits. I still eat no bread etc and pass up all the candy and cookies at the studio. And I stick to the 1200 calores per day. So it comes down to the blobs of peanut butter and a glass of wine. Jeez, not like thats a major pig out. Life is so unfair. Think I will go eat worms. Oh wait, thats more calories?????!!!!!!      diane

I am right there with you!  Up a few pounds, not jus****er weight.  Too many treats at work functions (have had a ton of work functions lately).  Combined with it being too dark in the mornings for me to safely run outside.  So I'm working out less than I was before.  UGH.

Today is wiping the slate clean and getting back to good habits with fewer treats.  Let's do this!!

Yep.  We need to do this NOW.  With the holidays looming, if I don't get some control, it could get ugly. 

I've done really well this weekend, so I'm proud of myself.  I hope to see the scale move down another half pound in the morning.  I've done some major cleaning today, plus refinished 4 furniture pieces this weekend, so I've used muscles I forgot about.  Hope all the work shows on the scales. 

I'm going to skip my Sunday night popcorn because I like it with butter ;).  Going to have some crock pot chicken instead and a tomato from my garden.

I've done so well today, other than no hard exercise.  I ate a light, healthy breakfast.  No snack between then and lunch.  Leftover seabass for lunch.  Snack was banana and cheese, just like I planned.  Dinner will be grilled chicken and leftover chili.  Probably coffee for snack later.  Plus I walked the dogs.

I travel for work Mon-Fri, so that will be challenging.  I just need to take it one day at a time and stay focused.  

Count me as part of that 7 pound gain and in freak-out mode, too.  It amazes me that just a couple pounds can have such a profound impact.  My pants are tighter and I don't like it!!  My excuses are the same as yours:  too many treats, not enough exercise, etc.  I start back to teaching tomorrow so I will be super busy and won't be in the house.  I find I do so much better when I'm not around a constant supply of food. 

Good luck to all of us who are in the same boat.  We should have some kind of accountability status update so we can check in with our progress.  Any thoughts?

I've made a reminder to myself to check in tomorrow.  Maybe if we check in daily, we'll do better. 

Let's do it!! 

Another problem for me - using it as an excuse, which I shouldn't - is that I haven't been to TOPS to weigh in for 3 weeks.  My granddaughter has volleyball games on Tuesdays, so I've missed TOPS.  That really plays with my brain -  "well Wanda you don't have to weigh in this week, so these cookies won't hurt". 

I'm crazy.  Plain and simple.  Food addict supreme.