Just need to share my frustration about myself with you all...who else understands?

Marti O.
on 8/18/08 12:08 pm

Well, I anxiously got on the scale this morning after working out 6 of the last 7 days, really really being careful of what I ate all last week....drinking lots of water...at least 2-3 times as much as I normally have been drinking and of course you know it.......I gained a pound!!!!

But I will NOT LET IT DEFEAT ME....I always have before...just given up...but not this time...I am not going to gain all this weight back by giving up....

As I stood there on the scale I said out loud "BUT I'VE BEEN GOOD!!" ...but to no avail.

Just had to vent. Love, Marti

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"

Eileen Briesch
on 8/18/08 12:15 pm - Evansville, IN

RNY on 06/29/04

It's muscle, Marti .. it weighs more than fat

(I used to say that all the time when I gained ... but it is true, and if you have been working out, it could be that you have gained muscle and lost fat ... which is a good thing).

So keep at it.

Eileen Briesch

lap rny 6-29-04

[email protected]

Marti O.
on 8/18/08 12:36 pm

RNY on 10/24/06

I used to say that too...do you really think it can be true?.....arrrggh...Love, Marti

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"

annette R.
on 8/18/08 12:28 pm - ithaca, NY

RNY on 10/31/06

Marti, Dearest Marti,

A very wise woman once encouraged me and all the other OFF family with excellent words.

She said "Keep on keeping on".

Lo and behold, it worked. Not quickly, not easily, but it worked.

The added water combined with extra water HAS to be muscle and water weight. You are on the right course of action. Don't give up but go ahead and vent away..

BTW - the lovely lady was YOU

Hugs
Annette

Annette

Marti O.
on 8/18/08 12:35 pm

RNY on 10/24/06

Thanks sweetie...I am gonna keep on truckin'...but boy I want to give up.....but I won't...I want to lose this and I KNOW I HAVE MY POUCH NOW.....so it will work....e v e n t u a l l y....
Hugs, Marti

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"

Judy G.
on 8/18/08 12:51 pm - Galion, OH

RNY on 10/17/06

ahhh sweet marti....don't go beating yourself up over this pound!!! with this crazy weather we are having all over it could be fluid retention!!! also muscle if you were working out!!!! give it another week and see what happens...i am going to go get weighed tomorrow and see where i am at...i am scared to death i am waaaayyyyyy up in weight but the clothes still fit like before so it could be my imagination...i know i am retaining water because my legs and feet sure are swollen at the end of the day and i am drinking more water then i have been before i started working again!!! i drink and it all goes to my legs and feet!!!! sighs...hang in there sweetie!!!

hugs

Marti O.
on 8/18/08 1:11 pm

RNY on 10/24/06

Thanks for all your sweet words....I will hang on..you too honey....but right now I think I am gong to crawl up in my bed and watch an old movie and just forget about it....I wish your legs wre improving. Hugs, Marti

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"

Judy G.
on 8/19/08 10:24 am - Galion, OH

RNY on 10/17/06

hi marti...well i went to the cafe and weighed myself before i went to work today...astro machine is the place that makes the blood pressure/weight machines for the stores that have them by the pharmacy area...any how i weighed myself and i am still 190 pounds and my BP was 120/80 i still have swollen legs and ankles but not as bad today as they have been...i am drinking pleanty of water hardly going to bathroom to pee it out and thats because it all goes in to my legs and feet!!!! makes me mad it does this too!!!!

also if you can't drink water try to use a pretty blue tinted glass or a fancy glass/goblet etc and see if that helps you drink it more...i mentioned that to one of my new co-workers and she tried it today and has drank several glasses of water!!! she said it worked for her...also have you tried putting a squeeze of lemon or lime juice in the water?? might help you also drink more...

wishing you the best sweetie...i know how difficult it is for you because i am there also...hopefully after monday i can move on to MY life again!!!!

hugs

Marti O.
on 8/19/08 11:21 am

RNY on 10/24/06

That is awesome that even with your swollen legs you are still at 190...Once those go away....you will be even less....now they just need to ...GO AWAY! Hugs, Marti

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"

(deactivated member)
on 8/18/08 1:12 pm - San Juan Capistrano, CA

RNY on 07/11/07 with

Aw, Marti, Please don't be too upset. You should be so proud that you're doing the right thing. OK, so you don't see the results on the scale right now, but you know it will follow. You're in Real Estate Sales, right????? My husband is a broker, & he always said "If you do the right think often enough in the right place, sooner or later it will pay off" (or something like that). He used to work with clients till he was blue in the face, thinkin he'd never "get the sale", but he kept doin' it & doin' it & it paid off!!! I'll bet you've found the same thing with your sales? Why should it be any different with weight loss? OK, enough of the pep talk - if it were me that worked so hard & didn't get the results on the scale, I think I'd rather have a HUG than a peptalk, so here' s your hug:

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