Do you still have days when you feel really fat??

Not sure if it is PMS or the few pounds I am up this week but I am feeling extremly fat today. My fibro is flaring. When that happens I always weigh more. Not sure why but I do. I have typically been teatering between. 112 and 114. This week I have been up to 115.2. I can remember when I would have literally died to weigh this now I am terrified I my slipper has been taken and I will be big again. I know it sounds crazy but I feel it in my clothes. I am snippy and irritable. Maybe I am PMSing and maybe this fat feeling will go away. We have had something everynight this week. I have not been able to tread maybe it is my  guilt talking or my treadmill calling my name. On a happy note my son was inducted into BETA club tonight. Our daughter is leaving middle school and going to high school. She was one of the students inducting the new members. It was so wonderful to see them share the stage tonight. Afterwards I found myself hiding behind the camera to avoid pictures because I felt so BLAHHH. This is so not like me since surgery I have been a camera HOG. Maybe I need a mental health day. No time for that until at least Sunday. PTO tomorrow night and son's baseball game. Chaperoning a dance Friday night and son plays baseball Saturday. I think what I need is some good old fashioned ME TIME!~

Anybody else still have FAT DAYS or am I going CRAZY????

 I still don't see the getting smaller me and guess we will all fall back on weight as excuse for our feelings.... but from your description of your week I don't think it is the pound you are up....I think you need some serious ME time.  Find a few minutes, somewhere, to enjoy a manicure or a cup of coffee at a book store or whatever you enjoy.  You deserve it.
Janet

Bless your heart!  I totally understand how you feel....Isn't it crazy that we can still feel fat at such a "dream" weight???  I think we all suffer from FAT BRAINS!!

I'm currently in a 6 week stall (I actually have FINALLY dropped a pound this morning) so I've been a little depressed and having been wondering if I'm done losing and am not going to even make my goal.  At one point last week the scale even said 144...WTH???  Definitely my time of the month but ...oh so discouraging to this mental journey!!!

  I finally have talked myself out of this mental "funk" and have gotten back to the basics and am trying to be mindful of my gift and successes.....sounds like psycho-babble but it's working to keep me on track!  I know I am smaller but I still feel like I'm still a size 18/20 most days....I wear a 6 now but still feel I look FAT even in pictures...UGH!!   Maybe when I reach GOAL, my brain will click into "thin mode"!

As a fellow teacher, I can only imagine the stress you are under as the school year ends.....we are about to get some SERIOUS "me" time (SUMMER!)

Hang in there!  I think you are awesome!

I still, and probably always will, have times when I feel great about my new weight and times when all I see is the fat that is left.

I think that is probably our new normal at least for the near future.  Maybe some of the long termers see themselves as thin but not me yet.

In terms of stress and ME TIME, I haven't found a good balance.  I tend these days to have too much ME TIME, then stess over getting my real work done.  But when the weather is nice, the ponies are fun and there is fun stuff to do, I play retired and play instead of working.  I am so grateful I work at home and for myself and can catch up my paid work when it isn't good pony weather.

Danielle- YES!  I had one yesterday. 

My jeans are tight in the thighs and that makes me self-conscious - PLUS I caught my reflection in a glass plate window and my butt looked HUGE. 

I know I've gained some weight and this definitely makes me want to get back on track!

Hugs to you - and get yourself some ME time - you deserve it.

Yes!  Its the same as having stalls- its frustrating and irrational (the fears) but they happen. I am currently stalled on week 3..down 18-16 pounds depending on the day.  The only thing I haven't done is began my exercise routine.  I got some Zumba DVD's ordered and I have plans to start once I get the official okay- But I keep thinking am I going to be FAT 4-ever?!  I remember about 12-14 months (from my original RNY) out wearing a size 6 skirt- I never ever in my whole life remember wearing a size 6.  But when I looked in the mirror all I saw were flaws.  Definitely the 'fat brain'.  Good luck.

 Yes, sometimes when i  put on ( or say no to )  teeny tiny  but gorgeous runway samples ..... i mean theyre SO SMALL i wonder if ill ever be able to go there  again as i must .

And then i wonder  must i REALLY  to work on camera ?   I mean who says a size 0  isn't small enough for a 5'9"  person?   

Maybe I'm just being greedy and wanting to wear everything  ( well hello  , im not twelve , 85  lbs  soaking wet and 6'2") ..and I ate last week  lol ....

.  Honestly   my cure for all this  is strength training  .   NOT  by the way  ,  more aerobics  ( though they work , temporarily  but  are not a permanent  solution )  

Building muscle lowers Ur setpoint a nd gives U the cut- up  defined body Ure wanting .

Yes there  is  that condition called skinny-fat .   I think  a lot of  post bariatric patients have it  .  They eat practically nothing  from the sound of it  ... but  a LOT of the calories  come from full fat cheese  which IS  half butter .... and  for the life of me i don't understand why  someone with  empty fat cells  would willingly ingest  the very stuff that they  just  fought an epic battle  with their body  in order to EMPTY  them .   

It goes without saying  that once ya  HAVE the empty fat cells  U are VERY PRONE to filing them up  especially through eating   fats  or bad carbs .  Not saying thats  U at all though ..

I hear a stressful , over busy LIFE   coming through ..kind of sounds  like MINE  ..thats  why I can relate .   U have enough STRESS  , Ure tired enough U  can't  lose weight either  and U just might make bad food choices . 

Just think .. what would happen  if U accepted less of these  commitments  ?   are U afraid Ud be depressed  ? collapse ? (  maybe U NEED  to ) or watch Jerry Springer  from the tub a time or two instead of  doing something "productive" or " supportive " for others   ( its not a crime )  .  What  are U expecting  back from these  folks Ure supporting  and are they fair expectations  ?  

I've voiced my concerns with body dysmophia (sp) many times!  I feel fat A LOT more than I probably should!  I don't step on the scale anymore.  I go by my clothes fit.  The scale will never say what I want it to say.  But I do notice when my period is coming, the bloating seems to be more noticable!  So NO you are Not crazy!!!

Congrats to your son and daughter!  Just remember....Momma said there would be days like this!!!  You are not alone!!