Four Slow Steps Forward, One Amazingly Fast Step Back

Posted on October 4, 2014

It's been months since I was in a DB game, and in this time, I've unfortunately managed to gain several pounds back.

The sad part is that I wasn't even at my goal weight, and I allowed myself to get complacent. I went on vacation and then came home to several BBQs, birthday parties, and going-away parties. I let myself partake in the high calorie, high-carb, low nutrient-ness and never stopped partaking. It amazes me how quickly the weight came back on, and how unmotivated I was to stop it. After all the hard work that went into losing those first 35 pounds, I let laziness and gluttony take over and gained back 1/4 of the weight I lost more than twice as quickly as it took me to lose that same amount of poundage.

So here I am, back in a DB game and trying desperately to get back on the horse. It's like running, isn't it? If you allow yourself to stop, it makes it that much harder to get back started again. Sometimes it's just better to push through the difficult parts, knowing that it will pay off in the end.

They say consistency is the most important part of weight loss. So far, that has proven to be true for me. It's time for me to get back to being serious about this. It's time for me to be less like myself ("Why, yes, I will have kimchi fried rice for lunch!") and more like my coworker who just had to buy a belt hole puncher because he lost so much weight ("No, thanks, I'll just get a salad...."). We both want the kimchi fried rice and we both want the smaller waist, but one of us chose the temporary pleasure of the fried rice while the other chose his health. It's time for me to be the one choosing my health.

I sincerely hope you all will make the same choice. Best of luck, everyone!

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Brit

10/15/2014 7:49AM

Never stop trying! You will get there.

COHikerGirl

10/04/2014 12:05PM

You know one of the many things I appreciate about you, Lindsay? It's your honesty with yourself, and with us. BOY, do I relate to what you wrote. I had the exact same 'lazy' reaction after succeeding. I'll admit, I had some biological issues to confront (menopause hit, just after that game). But TRULY the weight I've gained since then is due even MORE to not continuing to put the focus and emphasis on keeping my eating healthy, and not tracking my food intake. Lessons learned. I'm really happy to see you'll be my partner in this DietBet game, too! Lord knows, we can buck each other up as we RE-lose some of the same pounds. :/ :}

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Lindsay Y

Thank you so much, Karen! I know we can both do this and get to where we want to be. We just gotta kick the complacency, because it has no place in a DB :)

Karen U.

10/04/2014 12:03PM

Wow, you could have been writing my story. Keep at it. I keep telling myself that one poor food choice should not turn into a bad day of poor choices and then a week. But sadly I have been there.

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Lindsay Y

Same! I think that with me, I have to really try hard to stay away from bad foods because once I have one, I always have more.

Stephanie M.

10/04/2014 5:54AM

Thanks for sharing Lindsay! I think this happens to all of us and the key (at least in my opinion) is to not deprive ourselves too much. I find that if I allow myself to have one not-so healthy meal each week or a glass of wine one night at dinner, I feel a lot less like I'm on a diet and it just makes it all seem so much more sustainable, which is the goal right? Anyone, glad to hear you've rejoined DB and look forward to reading some more posts! Good luck! :)

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Lindsay Y

Thank you so much, Stephanie! Yeah, I definitely agree. I lost the weight by seriously cutting calories and carbs, which wasn't sustainable for me. So I've upped my calories a little bit and eat more complex carbs. I think this will be better!

Best of luck to you, too!