Anxious and frustrated..and hello!

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This morning, I woke up and realized I am five pounds shy of gaining back half the weight I lost. I joined Weight Watchers and right from the start, the weight just melted off. My first week, I had a 15 pound loss. I felt amazing. I was down 45 pounds in 4 months, and a total of 79 pounds by the end of that year. I had never lost that much weight in my entire life. My goal was to finally be under 300 pounds for the first time in 6 years. I was two pounds shy...

I don't know what happened. I woke up so anxious this morning because I realized how much bigger I was getting again. It was one of the worst feelings I've ever had in my entire life. All that work I had done, the way I felt...all gone.

So I'm really hoping for some motivation and tips to help me get back on track.

Thanks!
 
Welcome to the forum! I would suggest going back to WW, it's working for me. Listen to me, your not alone, and you can do this! You just need to take it one step at a time, and never look back! There's this quote "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels"... since I don't know what thin feels like, I put my own spin to it, "Nothing tastes as good as losing weight feels!". Best of luck to you! And congrats on starting this journey to a healthier you!
 
Welcome to the forum.

One thing I would suggest is really thinking about what you've done to lose the weight and making sure you can do it for the rest of your life in order to maintain that loss. I know for me WW worked when I was on it, but once I stopped participating, I just went right back to my old way of eating.

It wasn't until I made significant changes in my life - including the type of food I eat and buy, and adding in regular exercise, that I saw real progress that has lasted.

Hang in there ... and do stay around. There's a lot of support here and a lot of great information.
 
I've been where you are...

355 when I graduated high school -> got down to 258 by my sophomore year of college, and I was feeling great -> over the next 4 years, gained weight back until I was 450+...

I felt hopeless - that all my hard work was for naught, and that I couldn't do it again, and even if I could, what was the point if it would all come back (and more!) anyways?

^^ that was 11 months ago. Now, I'm back down to 319, and still making progress. I've made better choices this time, and I'm still trying to get better. Last time I got complacent - I let myself believe that losing weight earned me the right to go back to my old habits and I wouldn't see any consequences (i.e. gaining weight back). This time, I've focused on making choices I can live with for the rest of my life. I'm not "on a diet", I'm eating healthy foods and finding new healthy (and tasty!) recipes every week. I don't feel like I'm restricting myself at all - in fact, I recently upped my calories because I realized I was eating too little, so I feel like I'm gourging even though I'm still losing weight! And I'm weight lifting as well. I learned the hard way that allowing your body to canobolize muscle mass just to watch the scale go down only hurts you in the long run.

So hang in there! You can do it, if you believe in yourself and make the committment!
 
My cousin can help! She is great inspiration, please read her story and vote today! Thx for the support :)
 
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