Don't give up sweetie, no matter what. And it doesn't matter how many times you have to start over. Sometimes we just need to take a few days to get our heads back on straight. Stop focusing so much on the diet or what the scale says or any of the goals we set for ourselves. Ive just gone through something very similar and it is soooo hard getting back on track. The best advice I can offer is to just take it one day at a time.

I am sorry you feel like your losing hope. Don't. You are worth this. When preoccupied as I often get with work and kids. You being a caregiver 24/7 much the same I focus on smaller goals. Maybe look for sweet replacements. I do alot of fruit based deserts. One day at a time.

Thank you both for the listening ear....I am going to do 2 Smoothies and a sensible meal for dinner. Coffee between meals. I was somewhat successful years ago with slim fast ..so now will do with fruit,veggies smoothies. Hoping this will work!!

Have a great day all

Liliann

Hi. What worked for me was not changing my diet so drastically at the beginning, but instead focusing on working out at a moderate pace 5-6 days a week so that I could burn off the extra calories and start to lose weight. It was very hard at first, but it got easier after awhile. I love food, and I love to eat a mixture of healthy food and unhealthy food (hey, I want to enjoy life right?). I lost my first 20 pounds that way and I think I am going to keep up a mixture of healthy/unhealthy eating because guess what? Three separate occasions in the past when I lost a lot of weight, it was because of strict dieting, and I put the pounds right back on each time. I think it's good to have balance.

Keep your chin up, you have been doing great. Maybe a temporary setback. It gets hard after a few weeks to keep up the routine, etc. Just don't give up!!

What I doing is just making a few goals start with easier o es then once you do good with those add more. I have done lots of stuff but agree anything drastic is hard to stick too. Maybe just do smoothie for one meal. In summer I love breakfast smoothies:) I add spinach or kale to them. We all fall off don't feel bad I fell off Oct and just starting back. I workout and just do a few goals. I will get stricter as time goes on but been losing about 2 lb a week. Don't give up. As far as actual goals they are good to have but wait and see how you feel as you lose.

In the summer time I make fruit smoothies, while my mom and sister eats ice cream. I am so looking forward to warm weather in the coming Months.

Liliann

LiliannB, you are a fighter so I know you won't give up. *hug* :)

But choosing another goal weight sounds absolutely good. I used to think in big and it never worked. I felt I was running around in circles without any result like a broken humming top. It was very hard to step out of it but it was worth it.