I agree with Cheyenne, you are really pretty. And I think you can do this. You know what you want to be and who you want to be.

I think it took me about five years to really recover from my eating disorder. I did NOT have a natural relationship with food, and I resisted the urge to diet (and ended up gaining tons of weight) because I knew that if I started dieting I might go down that road again. And as I'm sure you can appreciate, I did not want to do that!

Hang in there. You might just have to give yourself time. Love yourself the way you are, and be patient with your body. If you treat it lovingly and respectfully, exercise it often, and feed it right (not too much, not too little, and with lots of good nutrients), then you will reach your goal.

*hugs* You can do it!

mcheyenne is totally right. it varies per scale. and stick to your routine! dont make it a crazy un-sustainable change.. do something you could stick to forever. (make healthier choices.. skip the fries. etc)

personally. I go insane if I weight myself everyday. I start jumping on the scale every hour or so. I get depressed or happy depending on the number. It ends up dictating my life if I weight myself more than once a week (and it still is on my mind ALL THE TIME.. )

I think you should relax. stick to a healthy routine and the results will come. trust me! dont resort to the unhealthy ways. ya deserve better!

Yeah, I've found the same thing as MCheyenne with my digital scale. Sometimes the first reading is too high -- then the second, third, and all subsequent readings are consistent (both with each other and with the other scale I was using to calibrate).

But regardless of whether scale precision is a factor here, I totally agree with everybody else who says just stick with it and try not to get too tied to the daily fluctuations. That can be hard, but there are a couple things that can help:
1. If you're eating a lot of sodium and/or not drinking much water, that could be throwing your numbers off. I mean, we all retain more water some times than others, but extra sodium will really skew things.
2. You might want to try keeping a spreadsheet where you calculate the running average of your weight over the last 3-5 days. If you stick to your plan, chances are really good that that number will show a more steady downward trend than the daily weight does.

I am having the same thing happen. The scale doesn't seem to move...then when it does...it seems like it goes right back up. Just don't give up. It will eventually come off!

MCheyenne6- I have a digital scale and I have to do this. I have had times where it was several pounds off when I stepped on it again. It is so weird!