good morning ladies!!
I am back from my looooong day in boston dealing with what was basically a trade show.
some seriously AMAZING things happened to me yesterday..total NSV/ego boosting moments.
I go two tshirts from vendors - one of the vendors had tshirts with their brand name on it (in sliver sparkley studs on a black shirt! it's totally bedazzled), it's a little girly fashion fitted top and he gave me a size SMALL.
I almost turned around and asked him for a large, but i felt like that would be ungrateful...it is free stuff, and if it didn't fit me, i work with several people who would fit into and appreciate the shirt.
yeah, well, i'm awesome because the shirt totally fits. it's snugger than anything i own in a fitted way, not a bulgey fat roll kind of way, and i can totally rock it.
the other shirt was from a company that makes clothing, and i got one of thier t-shirts.. i am well aware that their clothing doesn't run very true to size, and i was able to pick out my own. I took a medium (and it's slightly smaller, but a looser fit, and longer than the small. it was the largest size they had available). yeah, i can rock that one too. i am totally wearing it to work today. it's a beautiful hand stiched patterened organic cotton t in a dark blue. i was really afraid i was going to have to wait another 10 or 15lbs to wear it, because that one i was absolutely not giving away.
so as much as i am often way too self conscious about rocking the smaller sized clothes, i totally CAN
and then, the icing on the cake.. all day people kept mistaking me for someone else, but they didn't know her name or what store she came from. luckily, it turned out i knew the girl, having worked with her briefly, and she came up to me and told me that everyone was mistaking us for one another and it was the weirdest thing! we're probably around the same size -though she looks a little smaller than me - but she is a VERY pretty girl. I guess this is going to sound weird, but i have been mistaken for other people in the past, and they are often (in my shallow eyes i guess :( ) less attractive than i , often considerably bigger, maybe not as much personality as i have.. i don't know how to explain it but i guess several times i've been offended by who i've been mistaken for... so i feel great about it but then at the same time i wonder how she feels because i don't feel as if i am as pretty or thin as she is, and is she offended? maybe i'm reading waaay too much into this and i just should just accept the compliment.

I'm getting really irritated with my weight. Yesterday I weighed in at 204.0 and checked again this morning and it said 204.6. I mowed the lawn yesterday, didn't eat any junk food (just vanilla ice cream last night and it was only 180 calories and I was allowed it). I've been drinking water and been kept busy. I just don't get it. I'm getting really frustrated with it. I hate the scale today.

Take a deep breath. I'm sure you've heard it a hundred times before, and it's totally true--your weight fluctuates normally throughout the day and from day to day. If it frustrates you to see normal fluctuations, then I highly suggest you not weigh yourself every day. Hide your scale in a closet, on a high shelf, or even in the trunk of your car, and ONLY weigh once a week. This will give you a better idea of your overall progress as opposed to seeing as many fluctuations from such things as water weight.

I'm up .5 pounds today from what my scale said yesterday, but I stuck to my eating plan yesterday (actually less calories than planned since I skipped a snack when I got busy at work), I did an hour of exercise, I didn't go over in sodium, and I drank plenty of water. I'm not upset about it, though--our bodies are not machines, and we cannot expect them to act as such. As long as we keep doing the right htings, the scale will catch up with our efforts. We're in this for the long haul, right? not just for a day or 2 at a time :^:

I am a daily weigher because this keep me accountable with myself. However, weighing daily also means that I have to gracefully accept the almost daily fluctuations due to water retention. I have been on-plan all week and exercising daily. Yesterday, my scales were showing a loss of 1 1/2pounds for the week. Today, they are back up, however, the fat percentage is showing a decrease of 1%. This can be extremely frustrating, but I can't allow it to throw me off my game.

Use the scales as a tool, however, don't rely on them 100% for validation that you are doing well. They are a a very fickle friend!

Karmuz - Those NSVs must feel GREAT! :D

Tawnya - Along with what others have said... weight loss is not linear. What I do yesterday does not necessarily translate into what i will weigh today. Because weight doesn't simply mean how much fat we have. It means weight of everything in our body.

Now... what I ate yesterday & today & tomorrow etc will definitely affect the scale over time, but what I'm getting at is that it's not "I ate a serving of veg at dinner, I'll lose a pound tomorrow morning."

If it's more frustrating than helpful, put the scale out of sight.

tkglenn - what they said! What we do from one day to the next is not going to determine your success. It's what you do over the long term. Your weight from one morning to the next is not indicative of anything except that our bodies are complicated mechanisms very prone to fluctuations. Try not to stress about it and really consider taking a scale vacation for a while if it's going to throw you off track like this. Sounds like you did GREAT yesterday. Forget the scale.

Morning team!

Rhonda - I already signed up for the Memorial Day 5K. EZ's challenge is what inspired me to try a 5K every day in May. So far I've got 1 a day. Actually I skipped Sunday, but I did 2 yesterday, so I added another runner. I can't believe I did 6.2 miles yesterday! Wanna hear something funny. I walked so much the elastic from my undies rubbed a blister on my tush. I'm not sporting a bandaid on a delicate area. :o

TK - I'm a daily weigher, but I've devised a spreadsheet that tracks my weight and exercise for the week and then averages them. It's much easier to see the trend that way.

karmuz - I wish we got cool shirts from vendors, we just get doughnuts. :D

Lisa - Remind Erica exactly who the commanding officer is in that household. ;) BIL's situation is probably much more nervewracking being a nurse.

Tyler - Thanks for keeping our state clean!

I've forgotten the rest of what I was going to say. It's probably time to get to work. :(

I'm a daily weigher... but for a much different reason!

I weigh daily not only to know where I am, or to see my trends, but because it effects my calorie consumption for each day. :lol: Francie and I just had this discussion yesterday.

Every morning when I wake up (resists the urge to sing "Say a Little Prayer For You") I go straight to the scale and weigh, brush my teeth and comb my hair.

When I get to work I'm on dailyplate first thing and plugging that weight in. Granted it only takes off 17 calories.... but who's counting anyway? ;)

Tawnya - I share your frustration. My scale and I are doing a stupid little dance around the same basic number - up a little, down a little, step ball change. Ack! I weigh daily too, more out of habit than any expectation that the scale will go down everyday. One thing I have noticed is that there is NO direct correllation between my behavior one day and the scale the next. Well, I guess thats not totally true. When I work out really hard (like lawn mowing) the next day my weight sometimes bounces up a little. I attribute it to water retention. But as to seeing the pay-off of my good behavior - I usually don't see it for several days. Take care!

Faerie - :lol: at your dart board idea!!! With my luck the dart would turn around in midair and land in my forehead! :lol:

Thanks for all your suggestions and support. I will keep them in mind. I think I'll try to stay away from the scale at least till Saturday and check my progress. I plan on staying strict with my food. And it's a nice day today, not that many clouds (like the past couple of days) and take the kids for a walk. I think I'll also try that 5k thingy.Hopefully it'll keep me motivated. I REALLY wanna get down in onederland. Haven't been there in like 3 years. I need it. That'll be a big push for me. I think once I hit it, I'll keep going knowing how good it feels to be there. And once I make onederland, I'm taking a picture of my scale reading.

Alright, I signed up for the Memorial Day 5K too. Now, can someone tell me what I signed up for :lol:

I am game for anything, but what did I just get myself into:D

Tawnya - I am having a major slow down on my scale right now, but to give you an idea that the scale should NOT be your only means of judging your weight loss, in April I lost aroun 9 lbs, but 6 inches (Bust, Waist, Lower Abs, Hips, Thigh, and Upper Arm). The 9 lbs was good, but not what I have been doing lately, the 6 inches was great. I can were some of my size 14s (I have a pair on my butt right now:))

I too do a spreadsheet to monitor my weight loss averages as I am a dily weigher. Don't let it stress you, as that will cause havoc with your eating, just keep pushing through.

Boy, I am just having one of those hungry days. I think TOM is due next week... I think. But that would explain it, I tend to be hungry right before the onset. I don't mean like having cravings, I mean genuinely hungry. I ate part of my lunch an hour ago because I was going through "tired/cranky/hungry," which is not conducive to working! So if this keeps up I'm going to have to revise my eating plan and lighten up the evening. It's a lot easier for me to deal with hunger at night, when I'm at home, than it is in the office, when I need to be able to focus.

I went and bought a scale last night. I used to have a scale, but I ended up giving it away because it was driving me nuts. When I didn't see regular, every other day losses, I'd be driven off plan (like why not just wreck everything if nothing is working?)... so I made it go away. This was back in January. I think I can handle having a scale back in my life now... I'm mentally at a better place with weight loss/I have a different outlook on it now than when I started. And you know, if it turns out I'm wrong, back in the box it goes, I'll sell it on craigslist :lol:

It was actually kind of nice to get a mid-week peek at my weight... looks like my doritos and cherry pie and ice cream fest over the weekend didn't set me back like I had feared. Hopefully I'll have a loss on Saturday when it's "official," even if it's a tiny one.... :D

Well, off I go. I'm wading through state budgets right now, trying to figure out which have been cutting higher ed funds most drastically over the last few years... Fun, huh?

Kelly - the 3FC 5k is just a weekend where all the participants do a 5k (3.1 miles) in whatever way they please. RUnning, jogging, walking, elliptical, bike, whatever. You can split it up over a couple days if you need to. That's it! We're just all doing a virtual 5k together! Last time I didn't even keep track of how long it took me, it's not really a race, just an accomplishment!

I'm a weekly weigher just for that reason. I'm a self sabotager (yes I know that's not a word :) ) and if I saw my weight on a daily basis with all the fluctuations that I'm sure happen I wouldn't be able to stay on plan. For me weighing only once a week works, but it doesn't work for everyone. :hug:

ETA: I signed up for the 3FC 5K too!