Weight Gain over Christmas :(

[able2cope 193]

I've just weighed myself and I've put on 12lbs in the past 4 weeks!

Part of the reason will be that 4 weeks ago I had shoulder surgery and have been off work since, so a lot less active - the other reason ofcourse will be all the goodies that I have surrounded myself with thinking that I was too strong of mind to be tempted.. and I had a bit of the 'i'm thin and can eat anything' mentality.... oh how wrong I've been.

Tomorrow I'm starting back on the Protein shakes - not sure at this moment if I will just have the Protein Shakes or if I should have some sort of meat product for a main meal.. either chicken or beef.

Any thoughts or ideas out there?

I take my Vitamins and supplements daily, so no chance of me not getting those in and I drink plenty fluids too - although not plain Water, its Water with crystal light which I realise isn't ideal, but its the only way I get my fluids in. I couldn't drink plain water unless its ice cold.

[SuperDave 1,115]

It's not the end of the world! You know what happened and you know how to fix the problem. Now it is just a matter of making it happen. I would suggest going back to basics. A small portion of Protein and veggies for meals supplemented with Protein shakes instead of Snacks as needed. You will be back on track in no time! No worries, you have got this!

Oh yeah, and get rid of any of the holiday treats still laying around!

[Wynnie 186]

Excellent that you are insightful enough and honest enough with yourself, and now it's back to basics. If it were me I'd consider plain Greek yogurt with either fresh or defrosted blueberries, cherries, etc for Breakfast ( I mash mine up in a ziplock bag and then pour it on my plain Greek yogurt and add 1 packet of stevia in the raw) , Protein Shake for lunch, fruit or no sugar added fruit cup for afternoon snack and then a good Protein for dinner, I.e. chicken, beef, fish. Good luck and hope you are healing up nicely

[able2cope 193]

Thanks Guys,

I got my son to pull out my remaining RTD Protein shakes out of the cupboard so they are on the worktop and not out of sight anymore! I 'know' I can do this - I just need to get my all in to it.

My daughter has a treadmill and said I can go on that, so that's going to be my exercise sorted.

Wish me luck!!

[swimbikerun 1,039]

Protein does not equal meat. There are other ways of adding protein to the diet without meat. Count the protein you get in veggies also.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I am 3 years out and had put on 10 lbs over the holidays. I too have kicked my self and been very angry for falling back into old habits and irrational thoughts. This is all cognitive too. I am a sugar addict and even though I knew this, I kept eating all the candy I wanted, and it had become habit to put into my mouth without a thought. I would then rationalize and say I would stop tomorrow. Each day it was tomorrow. This was a flash back to the past....

So in the past two days I have stopped eating carbs, I have a Protein Drink in the AM and a healthy high Protein meal for lunch, and protein for dinner.. I am following the 5:2 diet plan also. I just did 2 days of eating 700 calories and I lost 2 lbs. This diet is posted here. The diet saids to do 500 calories but I struggle with keeping it that low. So if I can do this so can everyone else here. Don't be too hard on yourself, this is a learning lesson. Get back on the wagon and stay away from carbs and keep portion size small. I can eat more but I'm not hungry. I'm over eating and that caused weight gain. but it tasted so good is the rationale I would use. In fact, I was just making excuses. We really don't need to eat as much food as we have and other people are still eating. Less is better and healthier. Hang in there and be good to yourself...

[swimbikerun 1,039]

@@Ms skinniness I am rooting for you! Keep us informed on how you are doing.

[Kindle 8,667]

I'm one year out and I visited family over the holidays and gained 4 pounds in 1 week. Not surprised considering my 4 food groups were sugar, fat, alcohol and more sugar. But I got right back on plan when I returned home. Spent 3 days detoxing by eating only Protein and veggies. Even cut out the fruit and whole grains to try and get all the sugar/carbs out of my system. Then back to my regular balanced diet that worked so well before the holidays. I lost the 4 pounds by the end of the second week.

Just get back on plan and throw out the junk. You got this!

Edited January 11, 2015 by Kindle

[tomi71 581]

You will be ok. How many times have we been down this road? Plus, it was the Holidays, most everyone I know gains. Life's too short to ruminate over what you are a few weeks ago. So long as you concentrate on the "now" you will be a-ok. One day at a time.

Edited January 11, 2015 by tomi71

[able2cope 193]

I've lost 5lbs this week, so on the straight and narrow again thanks for all the support, it is much appreciated.

[Lhollingsworth 54]

I'm so glad that I'm not alone in this scenario haha! Honestly I haven't contributed to the forums in at least a year but after the my last week of a reset liquid-diet I guess I have been feeling nostalgic. I'm two years out (Dec 2014 anniversary) and this was the first time since my surgery that I have seen the scales go up. I gained about 10lbs from Halloween - New Years primarily due to wine and sweets at holiday parties. I guess that is bound to happen when you have three Thanksgivings to go to over the course of two weeks!!

So I went to a Protein Shake, fresh fruit, fresh veggies diet for 10 days and now I'm reintroducing fresh whole foods back into my diet. It feels good to be back on track and down 5lbs!

[swimbikerun 1,039]

WTG on the weight loss

[dropdeadweightdiva 150]

Great job on the loss!!!!

I was right there with everyone on the holiday weight gain. But I got it under control and did 9 days of liquids and you would not believe how much stronger my restriction is again now. It's like being fresh out of surgery. I did it because I read a post from someone who thought they'd stretched their sleeve and their doctor put them on one for 2 weeks. They did xrays and there was a substantial difference between the before and after, feeling like I do now I believe it. Strongly recommend doing it if you feel like I did about the quantity of what you can eat.