Hello,

I am not new to this site or on weight loss. Lurking and posting from time to time. I am on going struggling on my weight loss efforts and I am doing this alone, meaning no outside help or non net friends for moral support. I am at my witts ends and since I don't have any professionals to help me cope of my out of control eating. I have no one to vent out to of my food issues and do have a male friend, but need others to help me cope of my out of control and poor choices habit.

On Nov 12, had started with my plan, planning my menu each night, using measure cups and spoons for a right portion sizes. I was doing great and seeing the scale drop each day with a 2 or sometimes 3 Lbs when I weigh on my own doctors scale. My weight that I start with was 380 and on Thanksgiving morning, was at 362 and was so motivated with my progress..BUT..

On Thanksgiving day,kinda went off plan and went overboard on turkey, stuffing,,,also might add that this week, started baking a cake and also had problems with it. I am a huge sweet lover and my mistake on baking,,a lesson learned from past dieting days.

So, this morning, checked my scale to see what damage that I did to myself and my weight creeps back up at 398. I feel so discouraged, and down of the unhealthy food choices I made in one day or week.

My scale is accurate, since my moms weight is right and even weigh a 2 Lbs weight ball to see if my scale is right. I am now feel hopeless and want to give up, but can't afford it on that option.

Any good feedbacks would be much grateful.sure can hear some right now.. Thank you for listening.

Liliann, there is no way you gained that much weight in fat from one day of eating - even if it was Thanksgiving! Your body is probably retaining a large quantity of fluid due to the amount and type of food that you ate.
Consider the cake a lesson learned.
What you need to do is put that scale away for a few days (preferably a week or two) and get back on plan. Pick up yourself - kick yourself if you need to. You CAN do this! You WILL do this! I believe that you are gonna succeed.

Liliann . . . I think maybe you entered those numbers wrong . . . ????? . . . If the numbers are right, there is definitely something wrong with your scale.

You are saying you gained 36 pounds overnight That is impossible. It certainly cannot be done in real pounds of flesh . . . I mean, really. At 3500 calories per pound that would mean you ate 126,000 calories on Thanksgiving. It can't even be water weight . . . water weighs about 10 pounds per gallon and you would have to have just consumed 3.6 gallons of water before stepping on the scale. That's about 50 x 8 oz glasses. (Okay, I'm in Canada, and our gallon is a little bigger than yours in the US -- but not much -- and you get the picture)

It is definitely not unusual to have a gain (even a fairly hefty one) after a big meal -- especially one containing a lot of sodium (and turkey stuffing is infamous for being salty, usually). And a bunch of sweets on top of everything won't lead to a loss either. BUT . . . whatever you actually gained is likely mostly water.

Anyway, my dear, that day is over. Pick yourself up and get back on the plan, Chickie. Whatever you gained in the last couple of days will be gone again in no time and you will be right back on track.

Good Luck . . .

Dear!

I am thinking meowee is correct and you meant 368, not 398, but even a 6# gain of fat is not possible...too much water weight gain is a concern.......it sounds as if you do work with your physician regularly......I hope so. We will "listen" and be your support......I will worry a little about your retaining water, so if you do see your doc., let us know ...there are better role models here for you than I am, so we will both "listen".

Thank you ladies for the kind words..I'm much grateful. I planned my menu for the weekend and it feels better on letting off some diet rant. Again, thank you for the listening ear.

Hey hun we are here for you. I think you are retaining water. It is only one day and some cake. You can kick yourself in the pants and get back up again.

Tomorrow is a new day and you will succeed! Remember the only time you fail is when you quit trying! You CAN do this!

Hi Lillian,

We are all here to support you, but I hope you do seek medical help as well. I believe you posted in Oct....not even a month ago, that you were at 335, making great progress. If your scale is telling you 398 now, it's indeed cause for concern. Day to day, week to week...those fluctuations shouldn't be so big, I wouldn't think. I am not a Dr though....so I hope you get some help to understand the swings. It must be horrible fighting those swings while trying to make forward progress.

Angie

Why don't you try joining us on the 300+ thread daily. We have all been where you have been, and you might find the constant support helpful.

Thank you ladies for the kind support.

Liliann,
I am like you, "Lurking and posting from time to time." What I find motivating is reading all the posts. I could spend hours at night reading them, except for the 28 minutes on the ellipical, and I figure the more I read the less I eat! Also I went to the success stories and that can motivate the heck out of anyone! I have noticed how the smiles on the women are truely genuine smiles of happiness!! They look so beautiful with their eyes sparkling!

I've also picked up Dr. Phil's book "The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution." It is helping figure out why I eat and is very helpful.

Also Fitday.com really helped me track the calories eaten and burned which motivates me to not add more calories and to burn more.

Just a few suggestions... hope they helped!

Lillian...

Look at it this way...you lost it before you can do it again. Sometimes we fall off and have to get right back up..and not beat ourselves up! I know I am guilty and do the same thing.

We are all here for you...!