Very thankful for this board
I just have to say that I am so thankful for this board. I've lost 80 pounds in the last four years and I still have about 30 to go. I've tried to get the last 30 off for the past year, but I start and stop and start and stop and start and stop. I come up with excuse after excuse, and any small weight gain I see after I've started to lose weight makes me think that I have failed so I give up altogether.
Today, I stepped on the scale and I had gained 2 pounds. Instead of freaking out and giving up on my eating/exercising, I remembered how much I have read on this board about water retention (for a variety of reasons), and realized that I am PMSing (sorry if that's TMI), so I usually do end up putting on a couple pounds during PMS and it goes away eventually b/c it's water weight. So, I'm tredging forward positively today knowing I didn't gain 2 pounds of fat overnight because I didn't eat 7,000 calories yesterday. So, thanks to this board. It really is a lifesaver.
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