Uber, keep your chin up. You know you've been on plan, and eventually the scale will give way. Or at least that is what I keep telling myself.
Maybe it has given way a little; I posted a loss to 204 today and I finally got my 65-lb chickie. BMI is 30.12 - another few pounds and I'll be out of the obese weight categories entirely. I'm looking forward to it!
I weighed myself 4 times just to make sure that it was right and it said 199.2 all four times. I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is wonderful, terrific and awesome!
I hope to join you too. I am out of town til Friday. This morning before I left the scale said 203. But, that could be 'leftover' weight loss from my medical procedure. I am not counting it for a week or so - then it should be 'real'. I'll let you know.
Carry on everyone!
Last edited by Beverlyjoy; 05-31-2010 at 02:06 PM.
Well, at least I headed a little in the right direction this am... 206 and it flickered to 205.8.
Now, it's TOM, and I'm wondering if that might not have been a big part of the recent problem-- being almost 49 my cycles are out of whack. Looking back over the last 12 months I see that there were two other episodes like this one: weight gain, retaining water... for about two weeks....
I'm thinking that on the other side of TOM I am going to have an amazing whoosh.
Am less stressed now, being hyper vigilant with my food choices, and on track for exercise.
I am down to 205. This is the kind of thing that makes me think "those Ritz crackers were just not worth it." I ate a few off plan things while my company was here and it is taking longer than I like for the pounds to go. I was 203 last week. Hoping to get back there this week.
That's probably it. And are you making sure to get enough sleep? Since you are not losing weight this very moment, what about taking a maintenance break for a week or so, to allow your body time to bump up leptin levels and get ready for another round of weight loss?
Speaking of which, because of being on a maintenance break over this long weekend, I expected my scale to bump up from water retention and so on. However...
It said 199.5 this morning!
I'm mentally/emotionally prepared for it to bounce back up for a few days, because my weight often does that, but who knows. In any case, I'm gonna claim it.
I have to admit, I'm kind of jealous of you onederlanders, but I am keeping the faith that my turn will come.
I was 207 this morning. Still retaining water according to my Tanita scale....I have a less hectic week ahead of me and I'm going to give it my all-- I want to get rid of these bounce pounds and then see a drop.
This month has been horribly confusing... I ended up with a NO LOSS month-- the first ever since I started this journey, and I still really don't see a reason why-- I've kept my calories in range every single day. I can't think of an off plan bite that would have caused this... it's really depressing, but I'm keeping the faith, confident that when I finally do whoosh I'll whoosh right down to onederland.
We're all so close... don't worry, it will settle down for you... we've all been there.
For today's workout I have decided to get out and push the train, with hopes of moving y'all along a little bit. Here, pretend this little guy has arms and is really working hard at pushing:
I think I have probably finished the little whoosh I was riding, down to 198.5 this morning. Most likely I'll bump around this spot for a few weeks now. (Though, who knows, obviously I am really not good at figuring out what is about to happen with my weight.)
I have a good feeling right now-- it's weird but I can kind of tell when nothing is going to move for me-- I feel bloated and not that hungry, and usually also tired and stressed....
I have a feeling I'm going to see 203 again, maybe as soon as tomorrow, and then start dropping... it just HAS to happen.
I hope that we do push through pretty soon! I'm very tired of being in the low 200s. So close, and yet so far. Tonight should be a good workout for me, and I guess we'll see where that takes me tomorrow.
