Feeling down

I am feeling a bit down today.  I am just over 4 months out and at the 3 month mark I have lost a total of 51 pounds.  I read other posts and feel like I am losing very slow.  I know it is just me as my doctor said that I am doing great and I was only 24 pounds shy of what they want me to be at 6 months out.  I just feel like I am losing slow.  I do exercise.  I lift weights to help with my newly sagging arms.  I also rotate walking 2.5 miles and riding a bike 5 miles during the week.  I am going to start the Biggest Losers DVD this week to see if that helps.  On top of all this my hair has got me down.  I know it is just hair and it will grow back but I feel like I am going bald. Now I am going to go Monday and get my once long and curly hair cut short.  Just the thought has made me extremely freaked because I feel my face is too fat to pull it off, but I am doing it anyway.  I am not  comfortable with my changing body right now.  In the end of all of this, my hair loss, still seeing a fatter me when I look at myself, and my doubts...I WILL be happy, confident, and most of all healthier! I just need to find a way  to shut down my negative thoughts

I don't know where you live but Barix at Langhorne is having a support group from 12-4 today.  I've never attended but I understand its open to all and sometimes just having the support of folks who know what you are going through is enough to make it through. 

I admire you for your workouts  - I've made a commitment to walking with a friend and I know how important it is and I still think of every excuse under the sun not to...Do you realize you are almost half way to your goal! 

This too shall pass.  Hang in there!

Don't feel bad... I am a slow loser too... I am the stall queen... but make sure that you are doing measurments... because that is what saved me from the crazy thoughts that would pop into my mind...

Make sure that you are mixing up your foods and workouts... never do the same thing twice in a week hehehe...

Hang in there!!!

Mrs.Loree. . .

Please don't compare your journey to others, which I know is hard to do, but each person's journey is different and you are doing all that you can to aid your loss.  Remember too, as you build lean muscle that is denser than our old fluffier selves. . .  so as Shannon said, take your measurements monthly, pictures too and you will see the difference.  Also, hormones are stored in our fat, so sometimes our emotional selves take a dip.  As for the hair, hair loss is inevitable with anethesthia (sp?), and then there is the shock we are putting our bodies through, it does grow back, you will go crazy with the whispies in about 9 months to a year from now, which will be all the new growth.

Again, be kind to yourself and don't fret over how fast or slow your progress appears to be, so long as you are doing the right things, protein, water, vitamins and exercise, you will continue to lose your weight.  I am 18 months out now and I have been a slow loser, but I am still losing, matter of fact, my scale crept up 4 lbs. a month ago, I not only lost that 4, but one more, so remember this is about creating a lifestyle change that will sustain you for the rest of life, not just about a destination number/size, it is about "successing" which means that we don't just succeed, but that success is an ongoing process for the rest of our lives in all that we do. . .

Hope you are feeling better.

Hugs, Laureen