Monday Weigh In

I hope you feel better soon!  I want to run!  I'm so strong!  As surely as those 4 pounds came on...you know they will come off.  I hate water retention too...I majorly F's with my head.

It does but i suppose the only upside is I can see the 4 lbs when I have a F*N pregnant looking belly - at least its not a secret where the 4 lbs are coming from :)

could the swelling be caused by something specific you eat?

I dont think so...nothing in my diet has really changed since prior to PS and there is no rhyme or reason to it. Its not necessarily normal or abnormal at this point (not to mention ive been doing 90% liquids these days) - i had a lot of skin/tissue removed cut and my lymphatic system is just in shambles so....i need to just learn to deal with it lol.

I know when I exercise - while I'm working out - I can see and feel the swelling start and continue so im pretty sure it's all PS related.

Congrats on your first major goal Sassy!

Here is how I did:

LW: 174.4

TW: 171.5

Loss of 2.9 pounds.

Water retention can really mess with you.  I guess before I was losing so fast that I didn't' notice it during my TOM.  Not cool! Not cool!  I've tried everything possible to get rid of the water but my body just holds on to it during that time.  Nothing I can do.  The loss has slowed down a lot.  Now I just hope for five pounds a month.  Still gotta keep going Slow or not I guess I will get there.  You know I always seem to have issues around major goals for me.  Like getting to onderland seemed impossible.  Now I'm about to be in the overweight category when I hit 169....but the scale is messing with me lol.  Then I have to think about revising my goal to get to a normal BMI.  Still it's odd being this small already.  I can feel my bones everywhere!  I can see my bones...it's very strange.  I have never in my life experienced this...since I was fat my whole life.  I keep telling people I'm still obese but they don't believe me.  Also I've already been asked when I will stop!?  Some lady already told me I was too skinny...I'm obese!  I don't get it.

First, you are awesome! So happy for you! Almost 3 pounds in a week when you are so close to your goal is amazing.

Second, you are only "obese" by those stupid BMI charts.  Those charts don't take into account bone structure or muscle mass.  My husband is 200 pounds and almost 6 foot.  The BMI chart puts him at about a 28 which is overweight but he is not really.  So many more people are classified now as "overweight". It is true that we are gaining weight as a nation but it's also true that they changed the ranges on those charts a few decades ago so overnight people went from being normal to overweight.

I know I won't ever be a "normal" BMI.  I would have to be 164 I think and that is too small for my frame.  I was 160 when I was a teenager and starved myself to get to that weight and lost my period for a while because I had such little body fat.  I think I stayed that weight approximately one week... LOL  Not something I could maintain.

Just assess how you feel at each new weight and size and see if you feel healthy and comfortable there.  Don't let BMI charts or what others say influence you to lose less or more than you want.  You are doing so awesome!! Keep up the great work!

Thanks for your post!  I kind of agree with you but it seems like success is measured by a "normal" BMI.  Still I'm already getting really thin.  I can see bones starting to stick out everywhere and even though I'm 5'3" I wear a size 10 in pants.  I should be bigger right?  Maybe I will stick to my original plan! It's just trying to decide what is it that I consider success?

wow you must be so proud! 

For water retention, lower sodium intakes.  If you use the pill as a birth control, some can trigger water retention.  Up your fluids whem it's your TOM

Karine

LW: 314.6

TW: 313.4

Another week, another really lousy loss. I'm only down 1.2. I started adding in 30 minutes on the treadmill a day this week, so maybe that was part of it. I really hope it picks back up. It's going to be a really, really long journey if I only average a pound a week loss from here on out.