I lost 55lbs and gained 15 or 20 back. I am super depressed and discouraged to restart because I feel like I am just backtracking and relosing weight that I''ve already lost.
Part of the reason that I gained is because I started college and was more focused on school than a healthy diet and exercise.
Does this type of thing happen to a lot of people? Is weight loss always linear, or do people often face hurdles like this?
How can I get motivated and stop beating myself up over this?
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You will always have weight problems unless you stick to a no-fat, high-fiber healthy diet and add exercise. However, college is good because you can spend time walking briskly from class to class. If you are just driving to each class, you are losing out. And you obviously had some success losing 55 lbs.
As long as people eat foods with fat, they will always have weight issues (Foods with fat; cheese, ice cream, pizza, hamburgers, bacon and eggs, tuna fish sandwiches, fries, fish, stroganoff, nachos, peanut butter sandwiches, butter, oily dressings, whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, chips, crackers, creamy sauces).
Most people go up and down continually on weight loss efforts. You had a setback because of focus on school.
Some people just decide to eat less or eat healthier. Some people eliminate animal products to lose. Some people have a good breakfast to not be hungry during the day, chew slowly and thoroughly, get proper sleep, and a have a high-fiber diet for better metabolism and weight loss. Some people go on a semi-starvation, count your calories restriction diet and lose only to gain it all back plus more when they are done.
Some people only eat grains, beans, vegetables and fresh fruits and only drink water and never worry about their weight again, maintaining their ideal weight as a healthy lifestyle.
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Some people take baby steps to avoid the overwhelming depression of not being able to do it all - one new weight loss habit each week, over time it all adds up and they eventually get to their ideal weight with a lot of good habits built up.
http://www.nutribuff.com/weight-loss/your-baby-steps-assignment-for-weight-loss/
Don''t feel bad, you are the average person stuck on the never-ending yo-yo cycle as they call it. A little study on how to succeed for good will help. Doing the maximum weight loss program on the above link will give you self-esteem and confidence because it''s an easy way to lose weight without starving or counting calories. Most people that do it cheat here and there and still lose the weight and keep it off because they choose it as a lifestyle.
Success is motivation. Daily study of how to do it is motivating - just read from this weight loss category 15 minutes daily.
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