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What is it that makes us regain? Why, after I lost 118 lbs. & vowed to keep it off, did I gain most of it back? Many people might think there's a simple answer, like "Because you went back to your old habits" but I believe it's much more complex than that. Yes, it's about calories in but what makes us lose control? I was really convinced that I had finally learned my lesson & I had done so much work to get that weight off that I wasn't about to blow it and regain. What makes that commitment so hard to keep? It wasn't because I didn't have the desire. The weight came back on so quickly too! Sometimes I think it's about deprivation and the mind and body can only take so much. Always feeling deprived, never allowing ourselves to have what others allow themselves. I don't look to food for comfort and I didn't have some horrible childhood or trauma that makes me seek comfort in food. I do remember as a child being told that I was fat, especially because my older sister was so small. I look back at pictures though and I was not fat. Do I like food? Absolutely, but I have many pleasures in my life so I do not look to food for pleasure.
I don't have the answers and journaling my thoughts are for my benefit. Getting things in writing is definitely cathartic. Yes, I'm slowly but surely taking the pounds off (again) and for now, vow that I will not regain but it's scary as hell to think that I've said this several times.They always say losing weight is the easy part. Keeping it off is the hardest.
Diet Calendar Entries for 13 July 2011:
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1561 kcal
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Fat: 77.44g | Prot: 111.13g | Carb: 99.15g.
Breakfast: Provolone mix. Lunch: Miracle Whip Light. Dinner: mixed salad greens, tomato, Chicken Breast, cucumber, avacado. Snacks/Other: fat free whipped topping, blueberry, Budweiser Select 55 Premium Light Beer, banana, Roasted Salted Almonds, fresh pineapple. more...
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2948 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Desk Work - 8 hours, Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 35 minutes, Resting - 7 hours and 25 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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