don't give up!! I started at 299 lbs 2 years ago in april. i've lost a bunch of weight>>and I'm still technically obese. But it's okay. Cause I know that I can do this, even if it takes me two more years! and you can do this! Please don't give up. :hug:

Looks like you've gotten lots of emotional support so far but unless I missed it I don't know if you got any science yet. So here is some basic science you can trust in when you're in doubt.

The pirmary tenant you need to know is fat loss or gain is an equation of energy.

Your body converts food to energy

Eat more energy than your body uses and you add to fat stores

Eat less energy than your body uses and your body uses fat stores to make up the difference

Energy is measured in calories.

Sadly - there is no easy way to measure fat loss or gain over short periods of time so we stand on a scale which measures our weight. Water flux affects the scale in the short run much more than fat loss or gain, especially in women. The bigger you are, the more water can flucuate. (I can change 8 lbs over night)

The point of this is that you may be losing fat still and the scale may not be reflecting it.

I personally always suggest people count calories for a while because it is very informative and with todays technology is very easy.

Even if the scale isn't moving, if you are in a caloric deficit you can be assured you're losing fat.

Hope this helps.

Oh, I know all about being disappointed by the fluctuations! You just have to stick to it and wait it out. It might be easier if you ONLY weigh at your meetings.

Last month, I FINALLY saw 329 on the scale, which made me elated because my "short term" goal was 330. Then a week later, I went to the doctor's office and their scale said 337. I was disappointed, but I just remembered that the important thing is the overall trend over time.

don't give up, it takes time.

One of my doctor's offices always does this, it's literally off 7lbs from my other doctor and home scale. I try to tell them I weighed in already for the week but they don't care. So the higher weight goes in the chart and I think about it the whole appointment!

Don't give up! I had a moment like that about 2.5 weeks in. Instead of "giving up," I "got up!" When you feel down, a good walk can really lift your spirits.

You can do this! Find a food logging app you like and use it...daily. It is really motivating to read through the posts here.

Whatever you do, don't quit. When I wanted to quit, someone here said something to the effect of, "If you quit, you will be at the same place or worse in a year." It's true. If we quit, we will be just as bad off or worse in the long (or short) term.

It may be water weight. It may be time of month. It is amazing all the reasons your body fluctuates.

Hugs!

Hang in there. We ALL feel like giving up sometimes, but it is a commitment we make to keep going. You can do this :cheer:

I agree with the majority, stay off the scale! Weight fluctuates. Try once a week or even once a month. Don't give up!

Offering support for you. I've been there. It's a daily fight to keep from going there again. It's not easy. Sometimes it seems so hard and not worth it. But then I remember feeling terrible about myself during some event that I should have been focused on people or the event. Then I remember the pride I feel at having 1 day under my belt. Then another. I don't set long term goals...like lose x amount of pounds by x day. Because I can't control that and I tend to crack (IE my goal was 209 lbs by Christmas when I was to see family I don't see often so that I could say 40 lbs down...I got to 211 which was good, but then proceeded to put weight back on....now I'm back up to 225 UGH). So I literally focus on today. Today I can do this.....I plan for tomorrows meals but focus on one day at a time. It seems so daunting....if you think how far you have to go....but don't. Think of today. When you have a week, don't look at it like you ONLY lost x weight....Think of the changes you have made in your life that week. Changes that are helping your body from the inside. Also, our bodies are very smart...they don't want us losing weight. If we cut too low calories, it might work for a while but then you spend the next few weeks fighting the hungry horrors because our bodies are begging us to fiil the fat stores. Slow and steady wins the race. And I second what everyone else says about take a walk. It doesn't have to be a marathon walk, just a walk. Make sure your vitamins are good (vitamin B plays a huge roll in mood). Hugs to you!!!

I went through the same dilemma. The idea of WLS scared me, not to mention that my insurance doesn't cover it and I'd have to borrow the money to do it. But the money issue wouldn't keep me from doing it. After all, its too important to put a price tag on it. Anyway, I wanted to give one last REAL effort to take the weight off myself before resorting to WLS. So far, so good.

You only just recently started your weight loss program, and your first week looked like it was really productive. Realize that its not always going to follow that same pattern of x amount of pounds per week. You'll have your ups and downs, as well as your struggles to stay on your plan. But don't let one, two or even three weeks of no losses discourage you so much that you want to give up. If you are following WW to the letter and still not losing weight, maybe you just need to try something else. There are lots of different weight loss plans out there that people have great success with. Many people have great success with WW. But, maybe WW isn't for YOU.

I have used various weight loss plans over the years and nothing really worked FOR ME until now because I realized a few things.

1. I had to realize that I wasn't on a temporary diet to lose weight. Been there, done that. Usually when I started out with this mindset I eventually got derailed from my diet and never got back on track. Then, whatever weight I lost I just regained -- and then some. No, my change in diet had to become my new way of life. (And even if you do WLS, you'll have to do the same thing. The WLS will help you, but some people who don't change the way they eat just wind up regaining it. I have four close friends who had this happen to them.)

2. I had to find the program that was best suited for ME; something I could follow and make it part of my long term lifestyle change. A diet program can be the best designed plan in the world, but if its a program that you can't stick with, it will be useless to YOU.

3. I had to realize that the process of losing weight was going to be a long one and accept that the results were not just automatically going to show up on the scale -- even though I did everything right. The second part of this was a hard concept to wrap my head around. Because at first the weight came off rapidly. But eventually it slowed down, and some weeks I stayed the same weight or even gained a few pounds. Now sometimes it was my own fault because I wasn't as diligent in following my diet plan as I should have been. So in those situations, I understood where I went wrong and I recommitted myself to doing better. But what was hard to accept was the weeks where I did everything right -- but still did not lose. Again, I knew this could - and probably would - happen going in. So when it did happen, I didn't panic. I was disappointed and frustrated to be sure. But I remained calm and stayed the course. Sometimes it made me even MORE committed to the weight loss and spurred me to watch myself even more. But *knock on wood* it has never made me think of quitting.

Now, I understand that you have the possibility of WLS. But don't let that be your crutch to fall back onto. There is nothing wrong with WLS, but if you really and truly want to try and lose the weight on your own, then you owe it to yourself to give it your best effort. YOU CAN DO IT!