Just need alittle support

Ok so I kinda feel like I am whining but I am having a rather bad week. I have hit my first big stall. I haven't lost any weight for a week now. I even started a new excerise program one week ago and I have been doing it religiously. But the problem...I ended up gaining 3 pounds instead of losing any!!!!!!!! I am so bummed. I am getting tired of not being able to eat when I want to...you know like being about to stuff myself at an all you can eat buffet. Don't get me wrong I am thrilled about my weight loss of 70 pounds in 4 months but I guess I just thought it would come off faster. And I am sad to admit that I wont make my goal of weighing less than 200 pounds by Valentines Day. I just kinda feel alittle lost right now. Can you guys help me find the way again? THanks! Melanie

Hi I am right there with ya in needing support.Yesterday when I got weighed the scale said 284.2 and this morning when I got weighed it said 292.2.An 8lb gain! Needless to say I have been depressed about it all day.I asked on the main board how could my weight go up so much overnight? They all told me its water weight and its more than likely from what I ate yesterday.I had the cheese and meat toppings off of 4 small pizza huts meat lover slices and I also didn`t drink much yesterday either so my body just held onto all the sodium.I won`t be doing that again! I know what you mean with the stalls.I lose like maybe 1 week out of the month and stall for the next 3weeks! I am not losing very much either the week that I do lose.The scale had finally been moving the past 2 weeks(which socked the heck out of me cause I usually only lose 1 week a month) and than bam this morning I gained what I had lost the past two weeks.With your 3lb gain its probably jus****er weight as they told me this morning that our weight can go up and down by as much as 10lbs from water.It could also be muscle that you are building from working out. Keep up the great work! Even though it seems the weight loss is slow(mine does to me too and I have complained about it too lol)I have been told that we are doing great! So keep your chin up and keep moving it will help alot with the weight loss.I made myself go to the gym today even though I was really depressed about that stinking 8lb gain.I`m hoping its gone tomorrow or I am so going to scream! lol Michelle

I feel for ya. I'm having my first stall of surgery too. This week I lost a mere pound. That is the worst weight loss I've recorded since surgery, beating out my previous stall of 2 pounds gone. Usually I lose over 4 pounds a week. This has me really shaken.

Melanie, I just this to Michael regarding his stall: For 8-10 consecutive days a month, I stall. It happens every month, the funny thing is that during those 8-10 days (which I think is starting again) my clothes get bigger. So even though my weight stays the same, I'm losing inches. Don't get me wrong, I still **** and moan when the scale doesn't move, cause like all of us I want to get to goal. But the body has to catch up. Don't get discouraged 70lbs is a huge amount of weight to lose. You are doing great. Micha

morning Melanie just so you know...you are not alone...not by far. my surgery was 9/9...my goal for 3/9 (six months out) is to be in onederland .. that means I still need to lose 27 pounds..I don't see that happening in 6 weeks since I have only lost 4 pounds this past month. My weight loss has been EXTREMELY slow. It's been very very hard on me psychologically when the scale doesn't move. I am so committed and dedicated to this weight loss and it's just not happening as fast as I had hoped it would. There are people out there that started at almost the same weight as I did (300 lbs) and have lost 125 pounds in 6 months...I KNOW that all our bodies are different and we all lose at different rates .. I KNOW this..but it still doesn't help. The ONLY thing that has helped me is the fact that I go to the gym 5 - 6 days a week and 3 of those days I am taking kickboxing...there is NO way I could have ever done that 73 pounds ago.. I feel the difference in my clothes...no the scale isn't moving but my body is...I am healthier and much more confident than I was at 300 lbs. I have tried almost everything to get the scale moving...increasing my protein intake, decreasing my protein intake, eating a few more calories, eating less calories. I have talked to my surgeon about it and he promises me that my weight will catch up...it HAS to. As long as you know that you're doing everything right it WILL happen for you. We didn't put all our weight on overnight and it's not going to come off overnight...this surgery wasn't an easy fix..we need to work at it and be patient. I know that I never would have lost 73 lbs in 4 months without this tool... You're doing great...just think back on how horrible you felt with 70 additional pounds on you and think how great you feel now...don't stress over the numbers on the scale (easier said than done) .. good luck and stay strong! We CAN do this! hugsssssss...Linda

Greetings Melanie, All us September guys and gals must be reaching a time for stalls. I lost and gained the same 2 pounds since the 3rd of this month. What a huge bummer. I started a workout program at the gym and have been committed to that so I told myself that muscle certainly weighs more that fat! But even that didn't help much when we try so hard to stay on plan and are used to seeing the results on the scale. I'm trying to get away from the scale everyday and focus on how good I really feel. Yesterday I was down a pound and today another pound so I hope I'm back on a downward trend. I know the stalls are a part of the body adjusting but we just have to hang in there and believe in ourselves. Just think of this, 70 pounds could be two small children. . . and we don't have to carry them around all day. Whew! Thank goodness! Thanks for the post. Nice to know we aren't alone on this journey. Warm regards, Sydney

Yep yep--been stalling all along. Slow loser here!! Last week was like the BIG week of the month... maybe 4-5 lbs off. SO FRUSTRATING. I "think" my clothes are looser this week (crossing fingers) so who knows. Personally, I've gotten to the point where I think our bodies just lose the weight whenever they are going to to lose it, and we really can't control that to much extent. Chin up! And by the way, I know what you mean about being tired of having to be so picky about what we eat... somedays I wish I could just have a burger and fries like everyone around me and be done with it! Ordering lunch with my co-workers is such a "BIG DEAL" you know? sigh. Oh well, like everyone said--I'd rather be smaller TODAY then a lot bigger 4 months ago! Shell

When ever I get on the scale and it doesn't move I think..."well at least it didn't go up" I have not been this low in I don't know how long. I am 52 years old and since I have been 10 I have always been the biggest of the family. Hopefully that won't be much longer. Granted I am at least 4-6 inches taller than my sisters so weight distribution is different . But I have always been self consience of what I look like. In July I went to a family cook out ( dad's side) I told them next time I saw them I would be different. Well I will have that chance in a month. I have always been the biggest kid of that side of the family. I intend to change that also. They say that muscle weighs more than fat so maybe you are building muscle to replace the fat. That in turn will burn more fat and you will be on your way again. Don't beat yourself up just be happy that you are a "LOSER' Sandy

I have 2 twin sisters. They was born dec 6 -56. I was born Dec 4 57 We are not even a year apart. They have always been so thin under 150. So judgemental. I at times hate to be around them. They are now on a big diet to lose weight they are so scared of me being smaller than them. They called my surgery a cosmedtic surgery and never sent me flowers because of that. It was a medical necassary. (Spelling is so bad.) I have always been the biggist tallest uglyist in my family. I have always felt different like I wasnt good enough. I still feel that way. I wonder if it is a mental thing. I dont know. No matter how much I lose when I get around them I feel depressed for a week. It is upsetting. They are twins and I know they talk about me all the time. Talk about my sagging breast or somthing that is how they are. Dont they relize I saved my life. I am sick of trying to please others. I think you are beautiful. From what I have read about you on here you are a wonderful lady. Put your head up and go. You are doing great. Hugs Barb

WEll I guess I am with EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!! I have lost 58 lbs ( I had my surgery Sept 26) and am getting discouraged thinking that I am not going to get down any further. Its taken me about 2 months to lose 10 lbs. I gained a lb yesterday at TOPS. I am losing my hair now and THATS FRUSTRATING!!! Geez am I gonna be skinny and no hair or fat with hair. I just can't beleive I am losing so much of it it scares me. I had a dream that I gained 20 lbs overnight. I know the likliness of it is not real but its so scarey!! HELPPP With the madness!!!