Some good advice given!
1) All for naught, you say?! Horrible results, you say?! Forget the scale for just a moment. You have achieved...
FOR MORE THAN AN ENTIRE MONTH... the ability to eat healthier, and exercise more. Do you know some people aren't even able to do that for a
week or even
two days, much less a
WHOLE MONTH AND THEN SOME!
I am amazed and proud of you!
Now let's bring the scale back in. Since you haven't weighed yourself each week, you do not know whether you lost weight the last couple of weeks and this week is just a fluke week -- one of those gain weeks where it balances out with the other weeks -- or whether or not it's a T.O.M issue or some saltier food. You just don't know. The scale is unfortunately not the most accurate, it's just convenient. It won't tell us if the weight on our bodies is water, fat, muscle, organs, bones, etc. It just knows weight. Not percentages.
Even if you have truly maintained, let's appreciate how much of a success that is. Let's pretend you didn't make any changes. You could've easily GAINED five pounds in a month without eating healthfully or exercising. Maintaining
is a success.
2) Let's all take a look at the details of what you've been doing for the last month.
Exercise is good. Keep that up.
Food -- Food is (for many people) the most important part of losing excess weight. We have to eat less than we were, and often eat better kinds of foods.
Here's where we can help: You list out your entire food choices for last week. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks -- And their Points values. We will then be able to go over the choices you've made with a fine-toothed comb and make suggestions.
Maybe then someone's suggestions will trigger a thought to change something you're doing for the better! Maybe we'll notice something that you hadn't noticed.
Weight loss on ANY program is trial and error. You had a great long trial. Now let's put our heads together and see what we can do to tweak the program so that it still fits your life and gives you the results you want to see.