I apologize in advance if some of my fretting is common knowledge to others.
That being said....do you ever feel like the scale should be reporting 3 pound losses every week just by how big of a change you've made??
I'm only 9 weeks into my third (and so help me god, my final) attempt at Weight Watchers. I've spent 12 years getting fatter by the year and so now all my little victories can get clouded sometimes by extreme fear of failure, and frustration.
I started another thread in this section today called Then vs Now. One of the big things I've cut wayyyyy back on is the number of calories I consume a week in coffee (bc I hate it black). But there's other major changes I've made, so many! IF I were to really calculate and add them up (which I kinda have, I've got a teeny obsession with logic and numbers) my lordy I should be dropping 3 pounds a week at least! No more chips, ice cream soup is a rare treat, I've cut way back on the dairy fats in my cooking, I don't eat fast food anymore much and when I do it's grilled soft tacos, or roast beef sandwiches; no more grilled cream cheese sandwiches and I've cut way back on my cheese in general. In other words, man have I changed.
So why do I have to fight to keep the scale going down? How is it that all those calories and bad things gone can sometimes only give me a 1 pound loss? Isn't it Diet 101 that 3500 calories = 1 pound, and you need to cut out 3500 calories to lose 1 pound a week?
I used to think it was simple basic math but I guess it's not.
So please, for those who are more knowledgeable and educated about how the body works....can you tell me why my logic, at least, has failed me?
(and yes, I know that 1 pound a week is healthy and 4 pounds a week is not healthy but for the sake of my math and numbers thats where my head is at)
I'm proud of the changes I've made thus far. I am. But this post is where my head goes on those weeks when the scale is acting like a snotty teenager.