Why doesn't that darn scale move
(deactivated member)
on 9/11/09 12:02 am
on 9/11/09 12:02 am
I am so focused on hitting my next goal - I want 230 pounds so bad I can taste it. But my scale seems to be stuck at 231 - my scale must be broken. LOL
These stalls are so frustrating - I know in a few days it will move, but I so want it to move sooner. I regret that I let myself get so fat that it is taking forever to lose my excess fat. I'm just venting here, I know in a few days when the scale has moved that I'll be fine and I'll look back and wonder why I was making such a big fuss.
I guess everyone who tries to lose weight goes through this frustration.
Skylar
These stalls are so frustrating - I know in a few days it will move, but I so want it to move sooner. I regret that I let myself get so fat that it is taking forever to lose my excess fat. I'm just venting here, I know in a few days when the scale has moved that I'll be fine and I'll look back and wonder why I was making such a big fuss.
I guess everyone who tries to lose weight goes through this frustration.
Skylar
only constantly!!!! LOL...not so funny when it happens alla time, tho, eh?
I can guarantee that the close one gets to the goal, the slower it goes. My body loves to be about 200#..and I am inching up there as we speak! I want to get back to 185 so badly. Not like THAT is thin...but for my body, I'll take it.
Hang in there. Shake it up a bit here and there with different bursts of exercise and low cal to higher cal days.
I can guarantee that the close one gets to the goal, the slower it goes. My body loves to be about 200#..and I am inching up there as we speak! I want to get back to 185 so badly. Not like THAT is thin...but for my body, I'll take it.
Hang in there. Shake it up a bit here and there with different bursts of exercise and low cal to higher cal days.
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
I completely understand how you feel, my weight loss has slowed down drastically and as of the last few weeks it seems to go up and then back down quite often and it's very frustrating. Especially whne you know you're doing everything right and it's still not moving. But in the end I guess it always starts moving again in the right direction I just chalk it up to my body adjusting to the new low before it starts on losing again.
I also believe the closest we get to our goal the harder it seems to loose at least it seems that way for me. To be at my goal (or at least the first one) I need to loose about 32 more pounds and it just seems to be taking forever. I'm not sure if that will be the weight I stay at or not but I figure once I'm there I'll reaccess and see if I think I need to loose more or not.
How did you all decide on your goal weight?
Johnita
I also believe the closest we get to our goal the harder it seems to loose at least it seems that way for me. To be at my goal (or at least the first one) I need to loose about 32 more pounds and it just seems to be taking forever. I'm not sure if that will be the weight I stay at or not but I figure once I'm there I'll reaccess and see if I think I need to loose more or not.
How did you all decide on your goal weight?
Johnita
Non Surgery - (HW/CW/GW) - - 247/173/150(first major goal)
Skylar, hang in there, girl! Don't beat yourself up for attaining your pre-surgery weight anymore. We have all had that moment where we realize that if we hadn't had this, that, or the other thing, we'd be that much closer to our goal, and it just makes us feel bad. Resist negative thinking!
The truth is that realizing we needed to drastically change our eating and activity habits, and committing to a healthier lifestyle, is a momentous and important event in our lives--far more momentous than the number on the scale. It's very easy to get overly focused on that number, but it's only one aspect of our health.
Lots of people are in a hurry to get to goal, but they fail to give themselves enough time to get there. Think about this: How many years of overeating did it take for you to reach your highest weight? 10? 20? Or more? So, commit to healthier choices and increased activity for at least that length of time.
When you reach the 10-year mark of eating well and exercising to make your heart healthier, food won't have nearly the same hold on you as it used to. It's a lifelong process, the evolution of a healthier you.
All the best!
The truth is that realizing we needed to drastically change our eating and activity habits, and committing to a healthier lifestyle, is a momentous and important event in our lives--far more momentous than the number on the scale. It's very easy to get overly focused on that number, but it's only one aspect of our health.
Lots of people are in a hurry to get to goal, but they fail to give themselves enough time to get there. Think about this: How many years of overeating did it take for you to reach your highest weight? 10? 20? Or more? So, commit to healthier choices and increased activity for at least that length of time.
When you reach the 10-year mark of eating well and exercising to make your heart healthier, food won't have nearly the same hold on you as it used to. It's a lifelong process, the evolution of a healthier you.
All the best!
"Fall down 7 times--STAND UP 8!"
(deactivated member)
on 9/11/09 10:09 pm
on 9/11/09 10:09 pm
Well after venting my frustration here and praying to the weight scale gods I have finally moved that scale and hit 229.5 and I'm thrilled. And I skipped over 230 which is fine by me.
I know we all feel this frustration that we want this fat gone yesterday, especially when we have made significant lifestyle changes. I know it took me many years to gain this weight and it will take time to lose it - but I can't help feeling that I want it all gone now.
Thanks everyone for your thoughtful replies and for helping me through this time.
Skylar
I know we all feel this frustration that we want this fat gone yesterday, especially when we have made significant lifestyle changes. I know it took me many years to gain this weight and it will take time to lose it - but I can't help feeling that I want it all gone now.
Thanks everyone for your thoughtful replies and for helping me through this time.
Skylar
WOO HOO, no 230 for this girl, way to show that evil, no good, lying little hunk of metal! I learned a long time ago that our bodies are going to lose what they will lose on their own time. I hate that! We may know it intellectually but it still doesn't make a stall any easier to take. Way to be Skylar,
Mary
Mary
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on 9/13/09 8:58 am
on 9/13/09 8:58 am
Thanks Mary. You're right - it is evil, no good, lying little hunk of metal - except that this morning I was 229 - so now I'm in love with my little scale....until the next time it gets stuck on a weight I don't agree with. LOL I know you are so right when you say our bodies will lose on their own time and I'm not a very patient person.
Hope all is well with you Mary - it's good to see you posting again.
Skylar
Hope all is well with you Mary - it's good to see you posting again.
Skylar
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