Are you kidding me Hopeful?

You ARE that amazing success story. May I remind you that you have lost FIFTY POUNDS!!!!!!!! I'm sure it is still heart-breaking to not reach your ultimate goal, but my hell girl, you are amazing!

I had a horrible last few weeks finally coming face to face with the fact that I have gained almost ALL the weight that I lost (I'm back up to 206) and feeling crapppppppy. I finally broke down and bawled to my neighbor (and best friend) who is a puny size 4 and told her how miserable it is to constantly have to fight.....FIGHT those demons that will plague me for the rest of my life. I told her how I had gotten up the nerve to go walking the other day and while I was on my first lap around the track I wanted to just lay down and cry. It was so depressing that exercising would make me want to CRY....isn't it supposed to make you feel better? How messed up is that? I was depressed about working out again.

Her solution?---"I think you need to just make it fun for yourself and then it will be easier to incorporate into your daily life"......ah....DUH. It's just not that easy. This is from a girl who does tri-athelons because they are "fun". She convinced me to do a 5K with her this Summer....and I'm hoping that will be the beginning of me getting off my sorry butt and do something.

So Hopeful? You are my role-model. You are the one that I look at and say "look Molly, it's possible" Please do not get discouraged, I need to look up to you and you need to keep going strong for all of us.

Molly
(always here with you!)

I understand what you mean Hopeful. I try to keep up on the blogs thinking that I'll come across something that will motivate me into sticking with a plan, any plan. I've had to times when I took off weight. I didn't realize how good I had it then because I was always striving to get lower. Now I wish for those days... So I keep reading hoping to be inspired by someone.

Please don't give up. I just found you the other day. I have not read all of your journal, but some that I did read hit home for me. I trying to lose some weight too. I am about 1/2 there with another 20 pounds to go. I just went thru 5 weeks of gaining a pound or two and dropping a pound or two.

So 5 weeks and no progress! Talk about feeling down! But hey, I getting back on the horse again. I am going back to what worked for me and hoping by the end of this week I will be back on track.

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Come on! WE CAN DO this together.
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Best Wishes,
Howard

Hey Molly! I'm all too familiar with what you're going through right now. Keep us posted on how training for the 5k goes. I admire you for that, I can't run for anything. Thanks for always sticking with me this whole time and making me feel great.

Hi new people! I'm definitely going to stick with it. This is all part of the workout, mental and physical. If I stick with it, I get better at it. I'll be working at it forever.

I've gone almost a month or two with a very, very minimal weight loss. It seems I regain nearly ever pound I "lose" almost instantly. It's so pathetically frustrating, yet in my heart, I know I cannot and will not quit, which makes it even more frustrating! Like you, I read other people's blogs for motivation, insight, and reassurance. And it's those comments that I get from others at my own blog (see URL) that really, REALLY motivate me too. Hang in there, we'll all get there eventually.

DON'T give up. Now is the time to think about this as a lifestyle change. I wish that I was at your point with maybe 10 pounds to lose, instead of having regained 50 pounds. Where you are at you still have the negative feelings, but at least your clothes fit and you look good. I am wondering if your feelings are associated with family? Not to pry, but I know that I have really struggled with using food to not deal with relationship issues. If at all possible find a way to communicate instead of stuffing your feelings down with a whole pizza. Good luck, and ya you are MY INSPIRATION.

Hey, I've been lurking for a bit, but thought I'd finally speak up.

Staying motivated is so freaking difficult. I've been stuck at so many plateaus, because sometimes I just don't have the motivation to *care* for more than a day or two. Anything that'll give you that kick start back into gear is worth seeking out!

Hang in there, though! These rough periods happen, but you've already come so far... if you've gotten through these feelings before, you can do it again, right? :)