weigh in today

I am down a half pound.  Big whoop, makes me want to do another 60 miles on that darn bike.  No, really the leader said that a big exercise deal such as that will make a body retain water for a couple days. She said if I had done it a week ago, the weigh loss might show. Hmmmm.

I am actually inspired to do really well this weekend and next Tuesday May 1 goal:  down 2#.

I know how ya feel!  I started walking again since my knees are feeling more stable and it's just discouraging when so little weight comes off. Hang in there though. You've got that exercise thing down pat. I wish I had your drive/desire or mojo for it! I had my WI yesterday for tops.  I gained 3/4 lb.. :(   I'm blaming it on the clothes and the fact I had just eaten though.  Nonetheless it still bums me out cuz I got on the scale this morning and I am at 301.5 again.. ARGH! I was at 300 only 2 days ago.  Yesterday was a bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad really F&@#*%) bad day so I kinda let myself go.  Gah, so aggravating. Am I the only person who binges when they get pissed off and frustrated??  WHen I'm bored I just graze and it's usually not bad. Couldn't seem to control myself yesterday.

Boy I've got anxiety going on right now.  I'm unsure about my current job. Not sure if it's going to last and not sure if I can land another one anytime soon.  Maybe this is my punishment for becoming distant from God...  That feeling makes me feel worse and then the thought about God not punishing His children makes me even more upset because I realize it's me punishing myself..But for what...  yeah.. Imma have to go see a shrink soon, I can feel it!

A loss is a loss -- congratulations!

Hiya Neecee,      She's absolutely right.  Really intense exercise will temporarily cause some water retention from inflammation and such, so in reality, you're probably actually lighter than you think you are.      It works that way for me.  Sudden major exercise will usually show up as a loss for me days later, not immediately.  I still say if we had immediate results from "doing good," losing weight would be sooooo much easier.

Hiya Chris,      Nope, not the only one...pretty much any emotion was a trigger to binge.  Anger?  Binge in retaliation.  Relief?  Binge as a reward.  Depression/anxiety?  Binge as a way to self-soothe...and so on.  It was the one-stop cure-all medication for everything.      Now I'm trying to hardwire my responses into other pathways.  Channel those emotions into exercise/sleep/sex/shopping/anything at all that's remotely satisfying.  And amazingly enough, it does seem to be getting easier and easier with the passage of a LOT of time.