You have got to be f*cking kidding me!

Time4menow2010
on 5/17/11 7:52 am - PA
Ive been struggling with a long stall of about a month now.  Last week I upped my exercise a bit and this past weekend I decided to up my calories....hoping to break this hell im in......well I did.....but in the wrong ******g direction............I gained 6 pounds since Saturday....now I know all the possible reasons but Im SO sick of this bull****


I wish I could just go back on protein shakes and say **** it.

**End Rant**


**Throws scale out window...**
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justwillow
on 5/17/11 7:57 am - OR
Wow 72 pounds in 5 months, way to go:)
    
mylastchance
on 5/17/11 8:17 am
So why don't you go back on protein shakes?  Many people do that for a five day pouch test deal.  Maybe you can get things back on track that way.  In fact I am going to do that starting tomorrow morning.  3 shakes a day,  lots of fluids and I am gonna see what happens.  Just want to get my last 3.5 lbs gone and to sort of cleanse my system from the rut I am in. 

Hope it wil work,  if figure it can't hurt.

  
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msroro
on 5/17/11 8:18 am - Richmond, VA
 yea my scale is a see saw i hate it but hang in there it will go down ans stay down.
           


                  
sublimate
on 5/17/11 8:20 am - San Jose, CA
What you eat/drink plays a much bigger part in how well you lose over exercise, and I bet there's something in your diet you could tweak to help you out. I wouldn't up your calories at all.. I'd rather look at the quality of your intake first. Can you share what you are eating/drinking in detail? I'd be happy to analyze and make recommendations if you like. Hugs..

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Margo N.
on 5/17/11 9:16 am
OK - deep breath! I know how annoying this is, but it almost surely is all water. (Unless you have been eating more than 3500 excess calories a day - which I suspect is NOT the case!) When you start to exercise more intensely, your muscles go through a process of minute tears and then rebuilding of muscle fiber - this is what causes our muscle tissue to enlarge. This tearing/healing process requires water and you will retain some for a while. If you have increased your carbs after being on a reduced carb regime, you will also acquire some water weight from that, as water is needed for glycogen storage.

You need quality calories and protein for exercise and for general health. (Most plans call for somewhere between 600-1000 calories a day for weight loss stage.) Focus on your process - eating well and mindfully, moving your body in ways that challenge you and feel good, and getting in lots of fluids. The more you drink, the faster your body can move fat out of your body.

Make sure that you take measurements as the scale lies when it comes to fat loss, which is really the goal. Usuallly when I am in a stall, I am losing lots of inches, and I have had plently of stalls! They suck! They also pass!

Reward yourself for functional and behavioural goals - things you can do at the gym this week that you couldn't do last week, staying mindful about eating etc. This is a long, long process - I am still working it at 15 months out and anticipate many more months if not a lifetime of paying more attention than I had been used to paying - to my body, to food, to physicalactivity etc. If you let the scale rock your world, you will spend a lot of time feeling pretty pissed off and frustrated.

Hang in there!!!!
Margo - Burnaby, British Columbia HW 283 / SW 269 / GW 160 (I'm 5'8")
Check out my blog at http://www.vsggoodlife.com/






kimberly_gr
on 5/17/11 9:17 am
I had surgery a few weeks before you, and I'm in the worst stall yet right now too.  I'm trying to do some different things to get out of it, but I'm soooooooo frustrated too.

Good luck.
Kim
5'0"
"In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet."  Erma Bombeck
  
fattofabinfeb
on 5/17/11 9:27 am
I'm 3 months out today, and have been stalled for three weeks.  I understand your frustration.  Be strong....we shall overcome!!!!!!!
                    
Monica W.
on 5/17/11 10:02 am - TX
LMFAO. Not laughing at you trust me I'm in the same boat but its been a long day and Time4menow2010 you are the fuc@#*& BOMB.......... Hang in there sis
  
  
      
sleeve genie
on 5/17/11 10:55 am - Alhambra, CA
Oh sweetie,  stalls suck big time  no ****   I have had 3 stalls that lasted 2 months each,  very frustrating,   but i just tell myself this is a journey not a marathon and i will get there and so will you,  just maybe not as fast as we would like,  but you are doing good,  just keep doing the right things and it will pay off   :o) jeani
      the start of my brand new life was on 5/28/10
                
                      aka  jeaniwantsasleeve!!                  

      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
          
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