YoYoing Right Now and a few bad days

I am YoYoing right now and it is killing me. In the past month my weight loss has certainly slowed down. For the past two weeks I have lost and gained the same pound and a half. My chart right now looks like a heart monitor. I am not really sure why because I am 95% doing the right thing. My protein is up, my fat is where it should be, I am getting enough water, I am exercising. That is the marjority of my trend right now. Now I have had a couple of hiccups lately. I had a day earlier this week where I don't think I even got 40oz of water in. I had a day this week where I had some sugar (this is birthday month in my family, between Feb 2 and Feb 12 we have 7 birthdays). I have even had a day or two where I was slightly over 900 calories. However even with these days I don't get the YoYo effect as dramatic as it has been.

I have also been having cravings. Last night I ate some popcorn and found myself in an old all too familiar habit and instead of just having a bite or two as was my intention I was mindlessly eating. Fortunately I caught myself after too much damage was done. But what kills me is that after months of restructuring my life and habits that popped up so easily without warning, provocation, or anything to automatically stop me. I am a bit devistated by this to tell the truth. I have put a lot of work in to change my habits and I can't even trust myself.

So that my whine. Now what to do about it? First I have to spend some time thinking about what has changed in the past couple weeks that could be causing the cravings, hunger, and the rearing of the ugly 3 eyed monster. Once I figure out what it is, do something to fix it. As for the YoYo I may need some sort of reset. Today I am going super low carb. I had a protein shake for breakfast, I have just some turkey breast for lunch and for dinner it will be just some peice of meat. I have missed a few days at the gym due to the onslaught of birthday gatherings during this period, so tonight I am going to attempt 90 mins of cardio to see if I can sweat it out of me.

This could really be related to transfer addiction. I think mine is shopping and during the Christmas/Birthday season for me it was easy to get away with it because I had to. But the last couple of weeks I have not had that to satisfy my vice. I hope that is not what it is but certainly something to consider.

Keith you inspire so many of us and share such great recipes and advice , I know your gonna get back on track and kick ass and take names !!


Christine

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Glad you find inspiration from me. I guess the moral of the story is that you can't take your eye off the prize even for a second.

Hi Keith, I have been following your posts, and you are truly an inspiration. You are doing so amazing. This is just a small little hiccup along the way. And honestly, It makes you seem a little more human. We cant all be perfect all the time.
Good luck, and thanks for sharing!

Oh I was feeling very human last night as my family was cutting into the 7th birthday cake in the past 2 weeks and I was sitting there thinking "I just want to shove my face into that thing and start eating". I have survived 7 birthday cakes and only 2 bites (one was on mine and the other was on my youngest daughters which I had to do).

Glad I can inspire someone, not sure I am worthy.

You seem to be doing great. I know where you are coming from in the past 2 weeks I have only lost 2 lbs I am 2.5 months out lost 95 lbs but I can't seem to really care that I have had such a great wt. loss all i can see is the failure of the past 2 weeks this morning before work I hit the gym and now I am trying to eat tuna instead of some thing from the hospital cafe. My thoughts and prayers will be with you. Your doing great! I know that you know it but hang in there. Oh I almost forgot I went to a basketball game last night and before i caught myself I had eaten wayyyyyyy to much pop corn and today the carb monster is on my back also. good luck!

cindy

Thanks for the words of encouragement. They mean a lot to me. I haven't had an issue with the carb monster really. In fact the couple times I have eaten popcorn (I freaking love popcorn) I find the next day that I am not hungry at all.

Keith,
I'm a few weeks ahead of you as far as surgery date. I had a slow down in late December. What worked for ME (not endorsed by any medical person b/c I did it on my own) was cutting my calories to below 600, carbs below 30 and as high of protein as I could without going over on calories. I also exercise every day (2mi run and 1 mi dog walk). Since Christmas Day I have lost 22 lbs. I'm happy with this an my cravings seem to be under control right now.
Lots of people will give you advice but my point is that YOU should tweak your plan so it fits your life style and you can maximize your results.
I've read many of your posts and its obvious your heart and head are in this to win it! You can do it!

Thats probably not a bad idea since my calories and carbs have both crept up a bit over the last couple of weeks. My exercise has dropped off a bit too. A very athletic friend of mine is really pushing me to start running. I haven't yet just because I really hate running, but it looks like it is a logical progression.

Bottom line is I need to step it up here.

Thanks for the encouragement.

I hate every step I run for the entire 2mi BUT I feel awesome after its done!