so frustrating!
Nancy B.
on 8/23/11 3:18 am
on 8/23/11 3:18 am
I am one of the weird ones who never weighs myself except when I see the Dr. TBH home scales can be so iffy and our weight can change so often that weighing myself daily or even once a week would make me crazy, I can tell by my how my clothes fit and what Ive been eating if I am losing or gaining. So step away from the scale and let your body take the time needed to lose.
Hang in there. It will get better I promise and it does come off!!!!
Nancy
Hang in there. It will get better I promise and it does come off!!!!
Nancy
Oh man, are you me? I have been fighting this for the last 3 weeks. I had done so well about not weighing outside of my surgeon's office for the first month or so- mostly because my boyfriend hid my scale (turns out he hid it under the bed, because since I was healing I couldn't bend down to look there lol). Since then I've gotten back into the admittedly bad habit of weighing every day. For 2 weeks I was plain old stuck, down to the ounce. Didn't matter what time of day it was or what I'd eaten, the number just stayed there. Finally in the past week it has started moving again.
I've really had to manage my expectations though, I did like you, telling myself that even a loss of 50 pounds in a year is good enough for me. But when I think about it I get really sad that maybe I'm "done", maybe that's it, and I really won't ever lose the weight. I'm really grateful that I've had a therapist for this journey, because during this period of not losing she's helped me just keep going. And we have to, because.. well, it's not a diet. Normally I would say "eff it" and just start drinking, eating chips and dip, and whatever else. If I do that now, though, I will get very ill and that suuuuuuucks. So we just keep on trucking. Maybe even try to eat more, "dose yourself" with protein every 3 hours, don't completely cut out carbs because you need them. Eat fat! We need that too. Good fat, olive oils, within reason.
Most importantly, just keep moving. Exercise, pay attention to your body and really "feel" the effects of what you eat or don't eat. This is all such a learning process, God knows I'm trying to undo decades of bad habits. I'm not big on "keeping the faith", that's very hard for me, so instead I'll say just keep on trucking and don't worry about it. The time will pass regardless, loss will come, and health is the most important thing anyways. Just focus on keeping yourself happy and treating yourself well!
I've really had to manage my expectations though, I did like you, telling myself that even a loss of 50 pounds in a year is good enough for me. But when I think about it I get really sad that maybe I'm "done", maybe that's it, and I really won't ever lose the weight. I'm really grateful that I've had a therapist for this journey, because during this period of not losing she's helped me just keep going. And we have to, because.. well, it's not a diet. Normally I would say "eff it" and just start drinking, eating chips and dip, and whatever else. If I do that now, though, I will get very ill and that suuuuuuucks. So we just keep on trucking. Maybe even try to eat more, "dose yourself" with protein every 3 hours, don't completely cut out carbs because you need them. Eat fat! We need that too. Good fat, olive oils, within reason.
Most importantly, just keep moving. Exercise, pay attention to your body and really "feel" the effects of what you eat or don't eat. This is all such a learning process, God knows I'm trying to undo decades of bad habits. I'm not big on "keeping the faith", that's very hard for me, so instead I'll say just keep on trucking and don't worry about it. The time will pass regardless, loss will come, and health is the most important thing anyways. Just focus on keeping yourself happy and treating yourself well!
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