I second what Pockets said, Redballoon. Are you drinking enough water?? Eating lot of sodium laden food lately?? I notice the water helps a lot when the numbers are not changing. It is hard to deal with especially if you've been OP and/or working out too. Just keep pushing through, you'll get there!
Well, well, well...only 2lb so far this month...the bright side is that I didn't gain 2lb this month.
11/1: 208
11/4: 206
11/10: 205
11/17: 206
Goal: 198
Scale is not moving. I am bummed. How do you all put up with that? Is there anything that makes it move? Anything you do? Those of you without that much to lose, who are having steady weight loss, how do you deal with these stalls? Do you just sit tight and continue on or do you shake something up?
Oh, I hear ya...
I lost 4 pounds so far for the month, then this week, from one day to the next, gained SIX, and now am back to the original weight I started November at (so 4 pounds over what my low had been). Been there for 2 days - no idea why I gained so much (other than ovulation time - but that's crazy!).. and it's really sapping my motivation at the moment. Today I went off plan and had a few chocolate covered cookies and a few gummy bears. I was thinking to myself, 'why the h not??!!!'... all my hard work has been for nothing anyway!
But I immediately felt guilty and have since resolved to get back on the horse. Work out tomorrow morning regardless of what the scale says, and have a fantastic day. The scale WILL catch up with us if we continue to do what we're supposed to. My cookies will do nothing for me but hurt me in the log run.
So at least know that there are others suffering the frustration with you!
kirsteng -- Thanks for the post. You sound like you're having a far worse time of it than I am even. I think if you have truly been good in between that loss and gain, then it was just a matter of a couple days and that weight would have come off. So DON'T blow it! It surely hasn't been "for nothing."
I weighed before and the number was a tad below yesterday and still at a near recent low. The lowest number was the day after drinking so I was no doubt dehydrated. However, with me, it's not just the weight. The measurements aren't budging either and that is really ticking me off. Then again, yesterday I did legs at the gym so maybe that's making my body hold water. I also ate quite a bit of salt yesterday, something I don't usually do.
I can't forget that water weight looks exactly like fat too, but it will come off in a whoosh if I don't blow it by getting all frustrated and giving up.
But it's SO hard, isn't it? And what really gets to me is that some people do seem to just take it off so easily. It's crazy! I put it on SO easily and yet not the other way around. What goes?!? Really. I can't figure it out and even if I could I don't think it would make it any easier. Sure, I guess I should be glad that my body protects me from starvation so well, but come on, it's ugly, so why does that have to be? Or have our concepts of "ugly" just become so warped? Sigh. I am just so bummed. But, really, thanks for showing me I'm not the only one...in amidst the ones for whom everything is easy....
Last edited by redballoon; 11-17-2011 at 05:14 PM.
I'm in a stall, too. I think most people experience them. It's very frustrating and de-motivating, and it's hard to know if it's time to make a change to the plan.
And, as someone who does a lot of negative self-talk, I can tell you that that's not helpful. So please try not to think of yourself as ugly.
Steph, thanks. I hope you get out of your stall too. You're so right. Having someone tell you helps. It really does. Thanks. By the way, are those your three kittens? Adorable.
Weighed in today at 233.8 for a loss of 8 so far... two pounds to go! This happened last month though too where I made it to my 10 pound goal and then gained a few back by the end of the month... with Thanksgiving coming up I really hope I can avoid that.
Feeling Upset,
My stupid scale gave me hope and then took it all away! I got on it this morning after a great day yesterday and it read 139.2! I was like holy **** and I may have even clapped for myself a little bit. I wanted to see the number again so I got back on and it read 141.2......... I weighed myself 3 more times after that all reading the higher weight. DAMN IT! I must have stepped on the scale funny the first time. I had a hard work out yesterday so I'm hoping the extra pound is just water retention since I had a GREAT day yesterday.
Anyway, that's my small rant. I'll just keep plugging away, who knows maybe tomorrow I will actually be 139?
Feeling Upset,
My stupid scale gave me hope and then took it all away! I got on it this morning after a great day yesterday and it read 139.2! I was like holy **** and I may have even clapped for myself a little bit. I wanted to see the number again so I got back on and it read 141.2......... I weighed myself 3 more times after that all reading the higher weight. DAMN IT! I must have stepped on the scale funny the first time. I had a hard work out yesterday so I'm hoping the extra pound is just water retention since I had a GREAT day yesterday.
Anyway, that's my small rant. I'll just keep plugging away, who knows maybe tomorrow I will actually be 139?
Keep up the great work everyone!
I am so with you. Two days ago I was 180, yesterday 175, today back up to 180. WTF!?! And I'm using an analog scale, not digital. So discouraging.
My scale said 176 this morning but I doubt I'll see that weight again tomorrow. I hate those weird losses almost as much as the gains!
redballoon, the photo is just some generic avatar I found. At the time, I had 3 cats so it seemed appropriate. I have since rescued a stray from my yard, the cutest little black cat in the whole world! If I weren't such a techno-phobe, I'd make her my avatar. Maybe I can find a ten-year-old to show me how to do that.
