[jimaterry]

Last week i worked my tail off to lose weight.. watched my cals, exercised daily loads, drank my weight in water lol.. and on sunday when i weighed myself i had lost 1 lb.. i know that isnt horrible, but i was soooo expecting to lose more than that... monday my TOM started.. i was so sad about my 'lil' weight loss i gave into some of the TOM cravings i get... then last night it dawns on me.. duh.. i prob had lost more than 1lb.. TOM starting the day after i weigh myself means i prob bloating /weight gain from that.. so here i sabatoged myself this week cause of not losing enough weight when i prob lost 2 or more pounds last week.. when will i learn? lol
hopefully i have learned my lesson and not rely quite so much on the dumb scale lol.. or at least ill keep track of TOM? lol
so, today im starting again.. hopefully a lil wiser....

[taragettingthin]

Knowing it and realizing it was one step forward. And congrats on losing 1 lb!

I'm not sure if you are already doing it or not...but What about start measuring yourself too? Sometimes the number on the scale can be very deceiving but the number on measument tape doesn't lie, just like how clothes fit.

[susaninohio]

I did the same thing over last weekend. I had worked hard last week but we had a party for my son's baseball team Saturday night and over the course of the evening I drank 4 beers, not thinking it would be that big a deal. Didn't weigh myself on Sunday and didn't exercise (hadn't on Saturday either). Monday morning I get on the scale and found out I gained four pounds. I wanted to jump off a bridge (just kidding). I stayed on track Monday and got back to exercise. I also found myself in the bathroom WAY too many times on Monday. Tuesday morning I got on the scale and I had lost 5 pounds. That's when it dawned on me that it was my TOM. My problem is that I had an endometrial ablasion a year ago and I don't get periods anymore. However, I still have all the other "symptoms" of TOM. I was always good for gaining 5 pounds or so of water weight and I guess I still am. I just hadn't noticed in the last few years because I wasn't weighing myself like I am now. I have lost another 2 pounds since Tuesday. I'm sure some of that is water too, but it still feels good to be losing finally. It's nice to know I'm not the only one with these issues. It's great to be a girl....

[skinnybeach]

i'm so in this boat right now!