Jumped off the wagon! I'm struggling

[Bfogg2105]

Yes, I did!  I have been a Fitbit user since November, having walked 2.4M steps so far.

Last week I reached 60-lbs losted and felt pretty good about myself.  Everyone is sharing wonderful compliments and I should be soooooo happy with my results so far.  Don't get me wrong, I am, but yesterday I maxed out!

I decided I wanted to quit (not really), I didn't want to walk, my body is tired.  So I jumped off the wagon, I eat a Almond Joy and donuts, and not just one!  We had a dinner party and I eat everything, most of the foodies were not on the diet.

Yesterday I wanted to cry, but I didn't even have tears ..  

Okay, I feel better this morning, but the motivation is struggling.  Every pound is a battle, I lose one, then gain back two.....  I have 30 more pounds to go to my new goal weight.

Everyday I walk 3 miles in the AM, followed by the gym for 45 minutes, doing either ellyptical, weights, mat, something to try to tone.  Evenings I walk another 3 miles. I walk hard 3.5-4.25mph and use my Scosche to track my pulse.   I use MFP to log in my food and try to stay at 1350calories.  I am 61 years old and weigh 230.  

Last month I only lost 2 pounds, this month probably another pound.  Hard, this whole process is just hard.  Yes, I will make it ... but the last couple of days (week) I just hate where I'm at and how much farther I have to go.  

Don't get me wrong, I love the new 'me', I love putting on new sassy clothes, but I dread getting on the scale and not seeing progressive results as I have seen in the past.

So, how do I find the motivation to regroup and push forward, and go beyond this low point??

Or what can I do to change up my routine ......  help m get back on the wagon!

Hugs and thanks

Bonnie

[Jabrat]

You need to get back on track - quickly - you can indulge once in awhile - you struggled to get there - you don't want to get back there do you ??

[SoThankful]

Bonnie,

I'm new to the Fitbit so don't have a lot of experience, but like you I get discouraged horribly when the scale doesn't move (I weigh every day...compulsively, I'm afraid).  I've lost the same 8 pounds over and over again during the past ten years only to regain them plus extras.  My husband and I have done NutriSystem, South Beach, Weight Watchers....but honestly, Fitbit goes along with my personality the best.  However, I'm still struggling with making myself get up and exercise. Frankly, I think I suffer from depression but that's another story.

Lately I've tried some pretty hokey things to try and encourage myself:  taping uplifting, encouraging comments to the inside of my closet so I read them as I go to bed and when I get dressed in the morning; I've set my Fitbit alarm for 0800 so it vibrates and wakes me up (I'm retired so I don't have to get up); even so, I lie in bed just wanting to stay there all day with the covers over my head, but this morning I tried thinking of all the good reasons for getting my butt out of bed and I finally I got up and went to church.  I don't know why the negative, nasty words in my brain have so much more power over me than the positive, encouraging ones. But, I'm working on it.

One thing I have read and try to remember is that the number on the scale doesn't give the whole picture...its just a number. I'm sure you are more toned now, stronger, have more stamina than when you were heavy, can fit into smaller clothes, etc.  Your body may weigh the same but it has more muscle now than before and look at what you can do now that before you started this journey you couldn't do! 

Perhaps you need to be kinder to yourself...maybe work really hard one day but give yourself a break the next day with a less strenuous workout schedule.  Or, if you listen to music when you walk, get some new songs as a reward.   Give yourself something to look forward to.  When you do "go off the wagon" as you phrased it, would it help to write down all the GOOD things you've accomplished so far?  Or keep a list of these good things so you can read it again and again?  Obviously you have really worked hard and have accomplished truly a lot!!!  You deserve everything you've worked for.  So, be kinder to yourself.

Nancy

[wrider100]

Bonnie I am at the same point as you are.  I have lost about 40 pounds but I fell off the wagon for the last two weeks and I am stuggling to get going again.  I was going to wateraerobics, because of joint issues, about 5 days a week and walking a mile or two about 3 or 4 days a week plus recording everything I ate.  We just had company for 3 days and a high school graduation and I ate everything in sight.  I have exercised a little and yesterday I started recording what I am eating again.  I want to lose at least another 25 pounds before a trip in October but I usually don't do well with goals like that.  I tend to get nervous about the deadline and eat more.

I'd love to hear more from you and how you are coping.