Whoa, Diane, I think I almost wrote this thread myself. I, too, am at a plateau and after each day of working out (averaging an hour a day), counting calories (1400-1500), I wake up in the morning and see the scale is still not moving. This has gone on for weeks, becoming months.

It's made me log onto 3FC more, track things more, and admittedly, I am completely obsessed at this point. I would totally call my weight situation unfair! Plateaus are unfair!! You're doing the work but you're not being rewarded.

That kind of weaves people into the mix too. I'm in the Biggest Loser Challenge and people are consistently losing.. some have lost more in one week than I've lost since I started 3FC in September (-5.5 lbs).. actually many people have lost that in a week, even more in two weeks. I can't help but be so envious! I don't know everyone's back story, how active they are exactly, how much they eat exactly, what kind of weight history they have exactly, but sometimes I think--you lost 10 lbs this week? But I've been working harder than you! :stress:

Seriously, the longer I don't lose, the longer my emotions become, well, crazy. :dizzy: I find it harder to take myself out of others' weight losses... instead of thinking -- wow, you lost 50 lbs, congratulations! I will look and see they've been trying to lose since July, 1 more month than me, and my 13 lb weight loss seems pretty inadequate.

I'm going on vacation for two weeks as of Friday and even though it's a beach vacation and I've only lost 4 lbs since I booked it 3 months ago, I'm actually excited to take a break from dieting. I'm going to eat what I want, but not try to overeat and be as active as I can. Sure, there's a chance I'll gain, but I'm hoping that the change of scenery, food, lifestyle, etc, will shake me out of this plateau and maybe even lose. Last year, I went to Europe, ate like crap, walked a ton, and lost 3 lbs.

Anyways, back on topic, these feelings of envy (not really jealousy, because I think of that to have some hateful connotations) don't feel good. I decided when I was younger than instead of being envious of something someone else has or their successes, that I would work my way towards it too, because if I really wanted it that bad, I'd do the work to get it. And with weight loss, I AM doing the work... it's just not paying off. And that makes me look more and more like this: :mad:

Also, I didn't find anything about these posts catty. And Diane, and others who confessed the same thing, I appreciate your honesty.

I love finding other people here with similar stats to mine. I like comparing my plan to theirs and learning from them. I have learned lots of things about calorie intakes, food choices, exercise regimens, and even what jeans people with my stats have the best luck with.

You will find lots of variety here at 3FC and I think that's what I like the most. I love how we are all on the same path and no matter where we are on that path, we can identify somehow with the next chic. Don't be so hard on yourself. I hope you find this place to be the supportive nest that I have.

Originally Posted by kestrel:
Sometimes I do to, and often have the same "WTH?" thoughts about the sizes that recidivist does. On black Friday, I got some different sizes of jeans from Old Navy for 50% off. I'm currently in a 14, so I bought a 12 and a 10. Just holding up the 10 I think "there's no way these hips will ever fit in there!".

There are some people who are around my height that have similar goal weights (Thighs Be Gone is one of them), where I keep scanning there sig looking for a link to pictures.

There are pics of me somewhere on the blog if you search my posts. :) I am not much on the computer and don't use a ticker either as you may notice. The pictures are somewhat inaccurate as I have lost 5 pounds since the most current one was taken. :) Thanks for remembering me.