I don't post in this area much but maybe more eyes could help me figure this out...

I'm 48
in May 2006 I weighed on my scale 286
i started South Beach Diet and did that until August 2008 (losing about 70 pounds) until I ADDED Weight Watchers Points. and now i'm losing again.

so this morning my scale (2 years old now) said 208.8 and I REFUSE to believe it. I am insisting that the scale is WRONG. it must need new batteries. I even checked online and it told me that until it says LO it will not need a new battery.

I really really really can't accept that i'm below 210 that ONEderland is just around the corner. I've not seen ONEderland since about 1992........

why can't I believe it?
why can't I celebrate it?

what the heck is wrong with me?

I don't think that there's anything wrong with you, Nessa. Because I've felt similarly.

When I finally crossed the 100lb mark, I remember being distantly happy about it. But, my brain still hasn't wrapped itself around the thought properly. It wasn't as absolutely thrilling as I imagined it would be. And yes, it's almost as though I don't believe it.

It seems it may be a common-enough feeling after going through the motions for so long.

You must be shellshocked from the journey.

You should be proud of your accomplishment, we all know just how frickin' hard it is to lose that weight. I hope you can eventually accept that you're kickin' butt!

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Good for you Nessa!! As a newbie, I have gotten so much inspiration from everyone's stories!

You go! You have done such an amazing job!!!

But, I know exactly what you mean. This morning my scale said 148.8. I'm not changing my ticker because I just don't believe it's going to stay below 150. I haven't been below 160 in, oh, 15 years much less below 150 so I just don't see how it's going to stay there.

Let's you and I make a pact that we are NOT going to let this little niggling doubt sabotage all our good work!!

I know what you mean put you know what, it is real
That is awsome you go girl, you work hard at it you should belive it. But you know what I did not beleive my scale once so I got a weight and put it on the scale to make sure it was correct.

That is awsome. So proud of you.....

Way to go Nessa.
Even if you don't believe it, you've worked hard & that does pay off.
What an inspiration you are!

This weight loss thing is such a head trip. I try to cling to objective measurments cause my mind sure can't conceptualize the change in my body. But sometimes, like you, even those objective measurements seem like they can't be true. So I don't have any wisdom for you. But congrats!!!

I've felt exactly the same way many, many times -- total and compete disbelief that I lost 75 lbs and that when I walk down the street, even though I'm not thin, I'm also not freakishly fat... people look at me and don't see a fat girl; they see a girl. I can't believe, to this day, that I can go into Macy's, in the regular clothes section, and buy tops, tops that actually look nice on me, that fit me. It's amazing and unbelievable. 5 years ago, I never would have dreamed of that and I'm not even at goal weight.

So, imo there's nothing wrong with you at all; you've undergone big and, not for nothing, INPROBABLE/against the odds, changes...

I'll get the party started for you!


Congratulations, Nessa!

I recently reached onederland and also was very subdued about it. In my head I just knew that I'd be so happy, excited, and thrilled. I even thought in my head that when I reached onederland I might cry looking at the scale.

Nope. I looked down, 199.4, and said "Cool". It still hasn't really sunk in. I still think of myself as a 200 lb person. I guess it just takes time.

Congrats on that awesome accomplishment!! Hopefully your success will hit you soon and you'll realize it is true and you are rockin' it!

Sounds like mixing up your eating plan helped boost your body in the right direction.

WTG!

All i can say is

You have done such agreat job, and seeing that you can do it helps inspire people like me even further. I think you are in shock!!

Way to go sunshine!

I agree with the others who have said that you are in a little shock over the changes - you have been working so hard for so long it is hard to wrap your head around where you are now. And, where you are now is just a hair away from Onederland! Enjoy it!

Who knows? But pretty soon you'll be wondering why you can't believe and accept that you are under 200 .

i think my scale is wrong. i'm going to buy a new battery.

when i'm still 208 you can all say "told you so"