back once again

[Jaria007]

Well, I dont know how many times I have fallen, but it is definitely more than two.

Im a little depressed. I got home and decided to weigh in since I signed up for this challenge where we have a mid year resolution and attain our goals by new years rather than making them then. I hadn't weighed in a while (and I have been cheating a lot recently), and I was up to 240 again! 17 pounds back. It took me so long to lose the 40 pounds in ther first place. Now, I don't know if it is because it is TOM for me or simply because of my cheats, but man do I feel like kicking myself. I guess I have a little more than 34 pounds to get to my mid year resolution challenge weight of 199. Now it looks like 41 pounds. Hopefully TOM has something to do with the extra weight, but either way I WILL be 199 by 1/1/06. My goal this week is to get back to exercising 5-6 days a week. I did a FIRM tape today for the first time, and even though I stumbled a lot (it is pretty fast paced) I am hoping that by next Wednesday I will be doing the tape without a hitch! I feel so enthusiastic about getting back on the wagon yet so down about how I let myself go. Anyone else in the same boat?

[cleochatra]

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Honeygirl, if you don't mind me joinging your pity party, table for two, I'm SO in your boat.

Let's look at this little expose into cleochatra, your local losergirl posterchild:

So, there I was at 218 pounds, a full 107 pounds down from 325. You'd think I'd be all, "ooh! Let's take off the rest of this weight!" But um... let's just say I embraced the licorice during the move. I used every excuse not to stick to Atkins, and do I regret that now!

By the time we got to Colorado, I'd gained over 40 pounds (in just 3--hello--3 months!)

So here I am, having lost an amazing amount of ground, all the way up from 218 to 259! And right now, after 2 weeks of working my tukus off, I'm still at 238! I have lost SO much ground!

Had I stuck with it, I'd only have 19 pounds to get to onederland by New Year's... now I have 39 pounds to lose.

That's a lot of licorice I've had intimate gastronomic relations with.

All of that to let you know...

The good news is that you'll make it! I know you will! Stick with us, kid! *hip bump*

[Finelly]

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I lost about 40 lbs last year and was half-way to goal, weight wise, and wearing a size 12 (my goal was a 10) when I fell off the wagon last August and regained it all, plus four lbs.

I was disgusted. Frantic. Grossed out.

Finally got the nerve to come back to this board and started induction again. For me, the pounds have been coming off so slowly that I hardly know the scale is moving at all. Luckily, I'm down to a size 14 in many styles, which makes me feel better, but I'm by no means close to where I was at this time last year, which is a real bummer. What a waste!!!!!!!!!!!

However, I'm plugging away and I no longer feel like a complete failure. I take nothing about weight loss for granted anymore, now that it isn't coming easily, and I'm focussing on the here and now, not where I'm going.

You are welcome here, no matter how many times you have tried. Believe me when I say that for a lot of us, posting here is what keeps us going and staying true to the woe, and thus succeeding!

[Ausgirl]

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hi I can relate..... my story is very like Cleochatras.

I lost over 90lbs then slipped and 30 lbs back on later :-( and it went on so quickly.... I tried many times to go back and get clean but the error I made was to go back to the rung I had reached rather than going back to solid induction so it just seemed like I was getting nowhere... last week I bit the bullet and on Sunday started strict induction and starting doing all the things I did first up... like coming to this board for support.... entering my stats into fitday.... eating the right foods.... it is going well so far on day five... just to back to where you started and when you were successful and follow the same steps.... create the same behaviour... I am reminding myself how easy it was to start with and now it is working well.

good luck.. dont kick yourself too much you just end up with bruises.. i know because my shins are covered in them!!

Tracy

[Cobra Dan]

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hi. i'm Dan.

[Jaria007]

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Well, I am by means no stranger to this WOE. I did it for the first time 8 years ago (sheesh do I feel old all of a sudden) and lost an amazing amount of weight. However, I was just 14 so I quickly fell off the wagon and regained it all back and then some. By the time I was 15-16 I was not necesarilly my heaviest, but definitely my largest (size 24). Although I have been heavier, I have also been taller...
Well, my junior year of highschool I did it all again and lost tons of weight once more. I fell off yet again and gained it all back plus 30 pounds, bringing me to a frightening 263. That was May 2004. I started my diet then and continued strong through January. I lost slowly (only 40 pounds in 7 months) but I still managed to lose. In February, I lost my job and there began my habitual on again off again dieting woes. I'll do good for a week and then cheat on the weekends. It's so annoying how I have no self control. My new job doesnt make it very easy either...they bake their own cookies daily..the office smells of chocolate 24/7!!

Ok, enough of my rant. I am seriously disgusted with myself. I mean even eating illegal foods makes me feel bad (stomach aches, head aches, etc) so I dont even know why I do it. Well, NO MORE!! This forum along with the mid-year resolution challenge is my inspiration. I started yesterday and well, two days cheat free is two wonderful days. I wish I could be like you, cleochatra, and lose almost 20 pounds in two weeks. Unfortunately when I gain, it takes EONS to come off, but I am willing to stick it through. I am proclaiming you my ADBB buddy...we'll keep each other in check, ok?! LOL!