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Originally Posted by makeitmatter
Hang in there Kaarin. Wish I had an answer for you, but all I can say is keep doing what you're doing. Give your body more time to work it's hidden magic. Trust your body to do what it needs to do. It'll happen. Unfortunately not over night, nor as quickly as we'd like, but the change happens. Believe me, I know how frustrating it is to not see the scale moving and to also start thinking the negative thoughts; but don't give up. Your body is still trying to figure out what you're doing to it. Hang in there, try to switch the mental negative into positives whenever possible (examples I use: preparing to run a marathon takes a year to train for; you can't call it quits after just 3 months - than all of your hard work will have been wasted. Or, it took you 4 years to earn your degree, you didn't quit after the 1st year or 2nd... Pregnancy lasted 9 months (x2) and you spent 3.5 months and 4 months on complete bed rest for both of them.) I'm sure you get the idea; Good things take time - lots of time to accomplish. So once again Kaarin; HANG IN THERE. Your body is changing and it'll show on the scale or in the inches. Hugs...
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Originally Posted by EatAnts
Don't look at the scale for a week. I had to do that a few weeks ago. I was stressing so much over the scale I think it affecting my weight loss. Also, if that doesn't help, do you feel hungry or tired or anything out of the normal? Another thing to try is maybe adding a 4th bar for 2-3 days to see if that makes a difference for you.
Don't give up now. You are doing great and your body will start losing. Have you check your measurements lately? Sometimes when the weight lost is low my inches lost are high so keep an eye on inches too. Muscle ways more than fat.
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Originally Posted by candace5
Kaairn -- hang in there! It will come off! Like makeitmatter said.. I think of this journey like a pregnancy -- I can't drink, can't eat anything I want, not too much exercise, and my body changes everyday, and it will take time and WILL be worth every single minute of my journey!
Thanks for the pep talks guys!
I think the other part of the problem has been that work is particularly stressful at the moment. Tonight was the first time in three weeks that I REALLY wanted a glass of wine after work to unwind. But, happy to say that I am sitting here reading posts and sipping on my Perrier in a wine glass instead.
I think that I might take your advice, EatAnts, and put my scale away for awhile. It's just that it was fun weighing myself when I was losing a pound a day, or at least every other day, in the first two weeks.
As always, it is so inspiring and motivating reading everyone's accomplishments. I know this will work for me too!