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[e.kate]

I've been on Jenny for a year and a half now. My goal has been 50 pounds. At my lowest, I got down to 36. Once I was at that point, I did phenomenal on maintaining it. Once the holidays hit, I ballooned up and it's so disheartening. I weighed today and I'm back down to only 19 pounds lost. I'm just getting upset because I've hit the gym so hard this past month and it doesn't seem to be working. My eating is ridiculous. I'll burn around 400 calories at the gym daily, but then I'll need more fuel and will just eat and eat and eat. I'm just afraid that I'll gain it all back, plus more. I've spent too much money, time, effort, and energy to be feeling this upset about a stupid number on the scale. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

~Erin~

[happineff]

Erin, we need to help you get back on track, girl! It's very understandable that the holidays became your "bump in the road," because it's The Hardest time of year to watch what you eat. There's food and goodies literally EVERYWHERE! It sounds to me like you indulged at that time and haven't been able to reign in those cravings since.

Examine a couple of things: WHY were you so great about maintaining before? What tricks did you follow to keep yourself on track before? WHY have things changed? Has your extra eating been triggered by emotions or boredom?

Once you can recognize the reasons for your over-eating, you can begin to overcome them! Keep your motivation for losing the weight forefront in your mind at all times. Weight-loss is a big mental game, especially for those of us who have been struggling with food addiction for a long time.

Here's also a recent forum post on how to keep yourself on track after a slip-up: Another Wonderful Linda Spangle Article

[I Called Jenny]

Erin, Hannah's right (as usual).

Once you understand your addictive behavior, acknowledge it and take steps to stay on track, you will start seeing the scale go down. And just because you're hungry after exercise, doesn't mean that it has to be things that will cause you to gain instead of lose. Keep lots of healthy veggies and low sodium veggie juice around. It doesn't have to be all carrots and raw celery. Make up big batches of cooked veggies and keep some in the fridge so you just have to nuke them. Veggie casseroles, veggie soup, veggie "burgers" - all of them will fill you up without filling you out.

You CAN do this!!! Hang tough and get back on track.