Frustrated, Need to Rant

  • I started last week and Monday was my first weigh in. I gained a pound. I was so good all week long and then I guess I sabotaged myself on Sat. ( I drank a lot) I just didn't think that one day could blow my entire week of hard work. Not to mention that I just assumed that I would lose big the first week. I'm just really frustrated. Had to get it off my chest.
  • You didn't undo all your hard work by drinking on Saturday. Unless you drank 3,500 calories worth of alcohol and had not created a deficit earlier in the week.

    We tend to think that little things - days - meals - etc - make or break our diets/weight loss efforts. This is simply not true. It's what you do over the long term that counts. That one day of drinking may have been a poor choice but it certainly didn't undo everything.

    The most likely scenario is that the alcohol caused you to hold water weight for your weigh-in. Your WI was barely 48 hours afterwards. Hang in there, keep doing good things this week, and I bet the scale will show you some love next WI.
  • What Suite said

    Continue on. If you can move past this, you can move past anything else.
  • Hang in there! You've just started out, and I think it takes a little getting used to.

    Are there other possible variables? When I'm premenstrual, I gain at least a couple pounds of water weight.

    Keep at it, and I'm sure the weight will start coming off.

    {{{Hugs}}}