I peeked....
I couldn't help it. I made it 6 days without looking at the scale but this morning I just couldn't help it I had to step on it and NOTHING yes that's right I have lost NOTHING this past week. Yes ok so I could step on tomorrow ( my official weigh in day ) and there could be a little movement but lets face it, its not going to be "WHOA CHECK OUT THAT" type of movement. *sigh* I really wanted to go into 2007 weighing under 300 lbs even if it was only by a pound (299 ) but at this rate its not looking good. I don't see how I can manage to lose 5lbs a week for the next 4 weeks. Don't get me wrong though. I am not devastated or wanting to give up or feeling like a failure lol just irritated a small bit. I guess some place in me I actually thought "Boom, have the surgery and just step back and watch it melt away". OK so I know that isn't how it works either but lets face it after years of the up and down and the failure you have to admit that some where some place that though crossed your minds also *grin*. I wish I had a "Guide to Felicia's Weight Loss After Surgery" book so I could look at it and say "AHHH yes right on schedule" or "Yup your doing it right just keep at it". Then when I got mad at the scale I could skip ahead a few chapters and see that even though its slow in going that I will be getting someplace some day. Alas I seem to not have got that book with the rest of the program lol. What bothers me is not that the scale didn't move its the feelings of "am I do this right?" I am a planner, a fixer, a scheduler. If I am doing it wrong I want to rework the "plan" and make it work right. Know what I mean? ANYWAYS lol thats my whine for the day. On the bright side I was irritated enough that I got on the treadmill today ( my day off ) and walked an extra 10mins so far already today lol. So that means I wont die tomorrow when I add mins to my current work out. Last week I did 5 mins in the morning / 5 mins in the evening at a 1 not*****line ( I have NO CLUE what % this is ). So tomorrow I will be going 10 mins in the morning / 10 mins in the evening at the same incline. Oh I also go to bag up a bunch of shirts that will NEVER fit again as they hang below my knees LMAOO.
This is why I try not to make goals lol they stress me out. In fact I don't have a goal for so many pounds lost by such in such date its just this one stupid little one that I wanted to start off the new year 100lbs lighter then I was 1 full year ago.
Anyways thanks for reading.
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Felicia
I totally understand how you're feeling...you want the confirmation that you're doing the right thing...I try not to compare myself to how much others are losing but let's face it...it's hard not to see if we "measure up" to other peoples success. So, I do the math in my head but then I don't focus anymore on it...I'm truly happy for other peoples successes and know that I've always "struggled" with weight loss so this may go slower for me as well...I also have made a decision not to set goals for myself either as I don't want to get disappointed in myself so my focus is following my eating program, my exercise, my vitamins and my water...which I still need help on getting it all in....HANG IN THERE! Katie
I almost never do that either. Compare to others. I find it not only unreliable but just plain not worth the stress. Everyone started at a different weight, at a different age, at a different time or day or stage in the process from where they start counting lol ( see post below on that). Everyone is different. I put pressure on myself to met my own hopes and standards and that is enough pressure as it is with out adding "she lost more then me" in there lol. This was the only "goal" type thing I had sort of set. Thats why I am not totally down on it cuz who can complain with how much I have already lost for not losing a few more pounds by a particular time. Just a tad bit disappointed is all. Especially when I have weeks like this with no loss and I think " Ok Felicia what are you doing wrong or for that matter what can you change to make it work better" lol. I have spent so many years wasting away, waiting to live life and tired of watching it go by with out me that I guess I am just a little bit in a hurry to get down and get out there lol. Its still going to be an AWESOME 2007 though no matter what the scale says on 1/1/07 *grin*.
You have a great attitude on things!! Thanks for replying!
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Felicia =)
Felicia!!
First of all, HOW do you only weigh once a week? I weigh every morning. I wish I didn't. I'm sure I'd be more pleased with the big drop once a week, but I just can't take not knowing if I've lost a pound. Hence, the sadness when it stays the same for several days in a row.
Congrats on being motivated to get on the treadmill today though. It can't hurt, right? And, who knows, that scale just may move for you by tomorrow. Keep up the good work. You really are doing awesome. Don't let this get you down, k?
Susan
OK I could go a week but I would have to own a scale lol. I only have to go to see the Doc every 3 months so I think I would go nuts if I had to wait that long in between lol. Would be nice to have the control to toss it out though. I hope to do that once I get down to goal. I hope to just maintain by keeping an eye on how my clothes fit.
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Thanks for the reply!!
Felicia =)
I read an article a couple of months ago that basically said that we tend to do the weighing thing backwards. It said that during the losing stage, we should weigh weekly and during the maintenance stage, daily so that we can promptly attend to gains in weight.
Me, I weigh pretty much daily. I Deal with the small stalls pretty well since I know that at the end of a stall comes a good drop in weight.
LOL I just make sure I get fully dressed before I go into the bathroom with the scale *grin*. Then I know I don't want to step on to it cuz who wants to add the extra pounds for all those extra clothes lmaooo. Actually I usually forget about it till half the day has gone by and by then I don't want to weigh so its not that hard most days to not step on it. Yesterday was just one of those days that I was int he wrong bathroom at the wrong time LOLOL.
Thanks about the treadmill. I didn't lose anything this morning for this past week but I am going to keep up the treadmill and as you say it cant hurt!!
*hugs* Thanks so much for replying!
Felicia =)
scales = OR tape measure =
Have you taken your measurements? If not, I highly recommend starting. The past week the scale fluctuates a pound but hasn't stayed down. Normally I measure only once a month but was going a bit number crazy. AHA - I have lost 9.5 inches in two weeks. Now I feel better and don't have to kill the innocent scale.
Annette