I just need to vent this afternoon.....

I am so frustrated with the number on the scale. I have been exercising and eating right and am just stuck at 325. I go through this everytime I want to lose weight and then I become frustrated like today and start to self-sabotage! I am hoping that writing this is going to help me not internalize the feelings so that this time I won't sabotage myself.

I have lost inches and dropped to a size 22...I know that is very important, I just can't understand why the number on the scale means so much to me and why I always judge my success on that stupid number!

Does anyone have any advice on how they get through these times?

I will be heading to gym this afternoon, hopefully that will help with my mood.

Thanks for listening!!! I feel a little better already.

maybe find something new to motivate you. Buy a shirt a bit too small or plan a short vacation at beginning of summer to motivate you to keep going. How often do you weigh? how long have you been stuck at 325? If its just been a week then continue what you are doing and hang on if its been a month shake things up. Try a new class, up your water more, add a bit of calories or take a bit away.... experiment.

Ok, I'm hoping I can help. You are frustrated right, well, how about this? You said you weigh 325 and are in a size 22, I'm 304 and no where near able to get into any of my size 22 shirts without cutting off a supply of much needed oxygen. Maybe the scale doesn't say what you want, but girl I weigh 21 pounds less than you and it sounds like you have a much better body. Cut yourself some slack, the weight didn't come on overnight and it's not going off that way either. My daughter got on the scale this morning to discover she'd only lost .8 pounds in the last 10 days, want to know why? She's gained 2.67 pounds of muscle in the last 10 days too. Make sure you are able to see the whole picture before you start beating yourself up.
Please post your awesome workout minutes in the gym on the excercise thread, we need all the help we can get so we can beat last January's record.

I am with SweetCakes! I weigh 266 and am no where close to being in a 22! So take the pluses with the minuses!! Isn't it funny how different our bodies are! Just keep trudging along......because a year from now, you will wish you had stayed on track.....if you quit. So don't!!

Koceank, let me say that I cannot help you get over the scale issue..... well not in it's entirety. Let me tell you a little about myself. I have been doing this WL for a little bit b/c of my son betting me I could not. Well, I creamed him..... but that is not the ultimate point. Through the last part of this journey and as early as this AM, I have been so down on myself b/c of the scale. I WANT to lose the last 10 pounds. However, I had this not so kindly brought to my point twice today. First of all the number on the scale is a number.... we have heard it a million times right, but NO ONE knows what that number is unless we tell them. We do not have it on a scrolling marquee over our heads. It is just a number. I started this AM out by wanting to throw in the towel b/c I am struggling with the last few pounds that the medical charts say that I need to lose before I am no longer overweight....... but the thing is....and here is the kicker. I am stronger, healthier, and I look better than I have looked in my entire adult life. I ran 1.5 miles this AM then I did a 45 minute boot camp class, then I walked another 1.5, then I walked at work for my normal 5 miles today. Could I do that when I started-- NO!

I am a NEW person..... and my scale can reflect that somewhat..... but what my scale cannot tell me is what I can and cannot do at 36.... I can run, I can do jumping jacks and keep up with the 20somethings.... if they can keep up with me. I can do push ups..... I can do lunges (tomorrow I will be kickboxing). The scale does not tell me I can or cannot do them..... my BODY does. And it is looking better than it has in a LONG time! I am strong.... I am fit...... and I don't care what the scale says.

You have no doubt put a lot of hard work into losing YOUR weight..... enjoy it. Roar a little..... be strong....... be proud. And keep going, no matter what that dang scale says! I do plan on taking my own advise, if you hear me whining about the scale on another thread.... feel free to give me a

Tammy

I was thinking the same thing. OP, I weigh more than 50 lbs less than you - but we wear the same size! Do you know how awesome that is? That means that, even accounting for our height difference, you must have such a strong body. You have to be carrying a much higher percentage of muscle than I am. I would guess you're building a lot of it right now, and that's why the scale is being such a PITA and refusing to move for you.

In any case, I've given up in the past because of plateaus. It really doesn't make any sense to get so miffed that the scale isn't moving when we are doing something so great for ourselves. I vowed this time to work through plateaus and not get annoyed by it.

How long have you been stuck? Could you not weigh yourself for awhile and see where you are in a few weeks. I bet you're gearing up for a big loss.

KO...girl, be happy with that size difference...I'm at 304, and can barely button my 22's! I'm still in my 24's cuz they are just more comfy. I like to see the scale move, but I like to drop dress sizes more, cuz that means its visible to everyone else! Celebrate, chickie!