Weighed in at 175 today ... again. This regain makes me SO boiling mad. It took me about a year to get these last 20 pounds off last time. I am sticking to my plan like glue right now and highly motivated but I wonder if I am mentally prepared for how long it's going to take to get back to where I want to be.
I'm still so excited/grateful to have found this forum! Such a good, supportive, MOTIVATING place to hang out. And the daily weigh-ins, a bit surprisingly, are really helpful for me. Here's to a rocking July for us all.
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18: 276.6 I know better than to miss weigh-ins, but I fell for my old way of thinking . . . Ah, just one day. I'll make up for it tomorrow. Will stop doing that!
19: 275.6
20: 273.6
21: 275.6
22: 273.6
23: 276
Even though I understand it's just normal body behaviour to fluctuate 2-5 lbs in a day even, seeing it recorded really, really, really frustrates me some times. Ah well.
Bah, up to higher than where I started this month???? Meh. I hope it's just the heat (which I love--just don't love the scale today).
31: 281.7 Well, thankfully August is another month!
Peggy Hi Yep, I'm still here. I'm too hardheaded to give up. The Dr. had to up my thyroid meds, again, last month since it was still off. Hopefully things will get back into sync one day. You are still doing great!
Underwater I looked at your picture in your profile. You have made an amazing transformation! You look awesome! Keep up the great work.
Good morning. Weighed in at 174 this morning. Very glad to see it. I am so determined to lick this regain. It is still ticking me off. But I am starting to see my slim body return, the one I had a year ago.
I shouldn't have any trouble staying on plan today - it is usually manageable on weekdays, provided I stay away from binge triggers which (knock on wood) I have done by pure force of will for the past 6 weeks or so.
I have a little trepidation about the long weekend and about next weekend, which is my company retreat - a weekend-long party with much freely flowing booze, food, and pastries. I know what I have to do, I just need to muster the will to do it.
I want to join. I think this is a good way to keep up with my weight. I think of my weight as my weight range because of a large fluctuation day by day.
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16. Okay, I think I may be out for the month. My horse and I have been having disagreements as to whether or not I should stay in the saddle - after this last dump, my shoulders and legs are toast for a while. I am SO sore and covered in bruises, I had a feel-bad-for-myself-and-eat-too-much-pizza day on the weekend, so now I'm back in the 230s. Blegh. Not proud of that. I will be running around the forest with a bunch of LARPers this weekend - hopefully that will burn enough to get me back on track...
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Thank you sluggerbean, I really appreciate your support.
How do you ladies deal with daily weight fluctuations? I know I need to keep track of my weight on a regular basis, or else I will simply go out of control as I have in the past, but I cannot comprehend how on Sunday I was at 250 and today, I'm at 253. I did not eat too much salt yesterday, so it can't all be water retention. I am baffled.
Martine, fluid weight fluctuations depend on a host of factors, some of which are within your control and some of which are not. Sodium intake is only one input; hydration, weather, hormones, exercise recovery, and others are also factors. You simply can't control it completely. The only way I know of to deal with it is just to wait it out, and try to take a longer term view. What matters is not whether I weigh less than I did yesterday or even than last week - do I weigh less than I did a month or two ago? That is the time scale on which you can measure fat loss, on which there is enough fat loss to not be masked by fluid fluctuations. It stinks, but it is how things are. Indeed I very rarely see week over week losses. But month over month I certainly do. I track every day only so that I can see these patterns and know not to be frustrated by them.
As for my report: I am sticking to my plan, doing okay, chipping away at this blasted regain. I am down to 173 this morning, a mixed blessing - glad to be making progress, but still so incredibly miffed at myself to be here again.
I have a 4-day weekend, nominally, but I also have a twice-yearly deadline at work coming next week, so I'm spending most of the weekend working. Just have to stick to my plan despite this.
Good luck and good strength, folks, and remember those holiday cookouts are nice but there is nothing served at them that you'll never get another chance to eat.
Martine I agree with Carter's post. There are so many variables, all you can do is go with the flow. Or how I look at it is not to take it personally. I have angioedeama. I can be 100% on plan and not even eat sodium or have TTOM and I can have a 2-3 pound gain. I have learned to just go with the flow. I keep track of my calories and work out. That's all I can do. I have just learned to have patience with the whole thing.
I will keep you in my prayers.
Yep, I'm still here. I'm too hardheaded to give up. 
The Dr. had to up my thyroid meds, again, last month since it was still off. Hopefully things will get back into sync one day. You are still doing great! 
