Looking for support.

I know I'm doing it all right. I know I'm eating what I'm suppose to. I'm excersizing 4 t 5 mornings a week at curves, and excersizing with weights at night. I've lost 106 pounds now weighing in at 171 wearing size 10's and loving it! My concern right now is that in the past 2 weeks I've lost and gained the same pound over and over. Whats up with that? I panic now when I weigh in. I do limit myself to weighing in on mondays only one time a week. But after doing the one pound gain shuffle I've been weighing myself everyother day. I find I'm obsessing about that dang pound. One day its gone then dang its back. My clothes are fitting great I know I've lost inches by how good they feel. I'm able to actually run up my stairs now. Such a big switch from 10 months ago when each step was a chore of tryingto be able to breathe. Why does this pound haunt me? I know I shouldn't complain but geesh I've been thrilledwith my success and I'm terrified of gaining an ounce. Whew I feel so much better now that I've vented. I'm not going to weigh myself for 2 weeks. Say alittle prayer for me that I keep this pledge

Hi Pamela; It sounds like you are doing everything right and yes, its frustrating, but I think that everyone on this board has experienced what you have. I was recently at a point where I was ready to apply high explosives to the *%#@$ scale!!! I then noticed that I had to take in another notch on my belt and that it was time to go to the next lower size in jeans!! Also some shirts and sport jackets that had been just a bit too tight suddenly fit fine. Then, out of the blue.... I had a really bad food day and I beat myself up and avoided the scale for a while. Guess what??? I dropped a few pounds for the first time in over a month!!!! These things seem to happen on their own timetable and I still haven't gotten used to that yet. I know that it's hard, but try to keep the positive thoughts going. Think of all of the good things that have happened in your life lately and don't dwell on the slow movement of the scale. If you are shrinking in size, you must be doing something right even if the scale doesn't show it. You probably are tired of hearing this, but muscle weighs more than fat and if you are exercising, you are building up muscle. Don't lose faith.... you're doing fine. Mike

Hey, Pam, you're not alone in this. I did what I swore I would not do...I bought a scale and it has really messed me up! Before, I was weighing myself 2 times a month -- once on the 1st day of each month, and once on my anniversary date of each month (the 8th) -- that was working just fine for me and it was always rewarding to see a nice loss. Now I'm on the stupid thing every morning and, all this month, it hasn't budged. This morning, it showed a gain of 2 lbs. Now I'm in a terrible mood and taking it out on everyone, especially my husband. What we have to do is redirect our energy AWAY from the scale and TOWARD something positive and productive, like exercise, eating well, or just plain taking care of ourselves and enjoying the benefits. Good luck, my friend. I'm right there with you -- weighing more today and in a foul mood for it...Maureen