As SUnday draws closer I find my anxiety buliding. The dreaded scale. The tape measure. ANd the big "what if nothing happened?"

Understand this... I have, for the last 5 years, been dieting (no crazy stuff - good solid eating - exercise etc) without success. I have had my thyroid tested no fewer than half a dozen times - it is nowhere close to hypo - square in the middle of normal - hormones have been tested - many many things. NO WEIGHT LOSS - as a matter of fact - weight GAIN.

We moved to a new home in July. I did nothing special but had lost about 10 lbs with no effort. My current suspicion is toxic mold in my old house.

This prompted my most recent go at it- I want to try and BELIEVE ME - I am trying _ no slip ups - I have kept my journal and I have had my water and eaten every three hours and done everything right. In theory - I should see a loss on the scale on Sunday.

What if I don't?

I am going to freak the **** out!

I have to see a loss, right? This time has to be different - right? It was the mold right? And I will be able to loose weight now - my body will respond appropriately to my efforts - right?

I an an optimist - I really am - but I have to tell you I am nothing short of terrified to step on that scale on Sunday Morning.

Daisy darling~ it's a stupid platform with numbers on it. It can't tell you how great you feel living healthier, it can't tell you what a sense of accomplishment you have from being strong, it can't tell you anything but what your physical body weighs - unless you let it. Don't let it! Take it at face value when the time comes and remember its a very small part of the whole equation.
Your optimism keeps me inspired and I have really enjoyed your posts and getting to know you on the boards. Chin up girl and smile

Daisy,

If you don't lose, best strategy is to post your daily food/exercise journal everyday for a week & let us take a look at what you're doing. Some believe that learning comes only from failing & then analyzing what you did that caused you to fail. Hang in here with us & you WILL lose.

Lynn

I can help you with this!!! Here a few tested suggestions:

Jump on it to see how high you can get the needle to go.

Weigh yourself on a different day. (Kind of serious)

Tape the weight you want to be on the scale the night before. Then, when you step on in the morning, you'll see what you want to see.

Hold a brick while weighing yourself and attribute any extra pounds to the brick (warning: do not weigh the brick separately!!!).

Wear heavy boots. (see above)

Lift weights and blame any gain on your new Mr. Universe muscle mass. (Caution: I actually lost weight when I tried this)

If you smile, you weigh less. Really. It has something to do with the muscles being flexed...

Let us know what you deceide to do and how it went!

roflmao!

TY...

GOod one.

I have a grip now. Thanks for the wake up call... I sometimes get a little loopy.

Of course there is alwasy the chance that I was hoping for a visit from the WHIP! LOL...

You like my whip don't ya Daisy .........................whips and chains, huh??

Daisy I bet you will lose this week!!!

Janet that was hysterical!!! Did you come up with that stuff all by yourself!!

a chain!!! wow better be quiet about that !!!

Yeah...

I probably should take weigh in a little more seriously but, I figure if I'm too busy to eat right and exercise then it stands to reason I am also too busy to obsess over my weight (read: weigh myself). Right?!?

My recent weight loss goals came from my discovery that I would need to take time out of my oh-so-busy life to buy bigger clothes... ugh!

I'll be seriously weighing myself this evening as a reminder of why my exercise walks should NOT be to the bakery around the corner from my house. Wish me luck! And luck to all of you, too!!!

Woo hoo! The "seriously weighing" myself paid off. I saw the scale and just couldn't think of anything funny. 5 pounds since the Monday after Christmas!

OK. This is a brand new scale and it is digital. I have not jumped on this one yet!

You all are too funny!!!!!

Just take deep breaths and yes smile.....don't you just feel better???? The weight will come off. One week it might stay the same, next week will be 3lbs. off.....it will average out.

Oh, don't eat salty foods the night before WI, especially Chinese!

Phyllis

Daisy,

The best thing is to not let yourself give up if you don't see the scale go down. Many things can happen and even if you do everything right the scale might not go down. Believe me...I have been there MANY times!!!! The scale will eventually move down. But often not nearly as fast as you want it to. Sometimes we have water weight, sometimes we are gaining muscle, sometimes you will see the loss the very next day...millions of different scenarios!! The key is to not get discouraged and keep going. Time, patience, and dedication is the mantra!!! This bloody takes forever!!!! But you will see the end eventually if you keep going........

Anita,
Thanks for what you said, because it is true. I did weigh myself this morning and the scale hasn't moved. I have done everything right and it still hasn't moved. I felt a little frustrated, but after reading your post I am fine with it. I am just glad that I didn't gain any. My weigh in for the challenge is not until tomorrow, so we will see.

Hi Melissa,

Yes, don't give in. I know how it is. TOTALLY FRUSTRATING!!! I have seen many weeks without a loss and rarely weeks with a 2 pound loss. My average is a 1 pound per week loss. But 1 pound a week for 1 year is 52 pounds!!! It is better than the alternative. It is so easy to give up along the way, though. That is why I find this and the JC online sites to be so helpful in keeping me going. Just keep saying, "Time, Patience, & Dedication"!!!

Mel I am glad to hear that anita insipred you. She is on track!

Reading this thread is really what this whole forum is about. I am glad I am a part of it.

No one be fooled by my five pound loss this week. I plateu more than anyone I have ever met and I fully expect that. I gain when I get my period, sometimes I don't loose for months at a time. or I loose one pound in a month - I just kn ow that my body is EXTREMELY resistant to weight loss - but I am a fairly stubborn hag and can usually hang in there long enough to keep on track.

Melissa - even if you don't loose this week - just keep going. Your body doesn't know it is one week later... it will do what it wants on its own schedule... Hang in there - chin up and carry on Soldier!