don't read this if you are not at goal

Okay, I know this is petty and silly but I gotta vent and obsess for a minute. I had actually lost below my goal and felt great and so smug and was actually a little concerned about stopping the weight loss. So over thanksgiving i increased calories to 1000 to 1200 calories and carbs to about 50  thinking i can do this much and stop losing and this is a good time to do it. . And I was very good with holiday food and didn't overdo anything and kept my food journal . So I was rewarded by gaining a half pound. now i know this is not big deal and i shouldn't be even concerned but i am really annoyed because it takes 1750 excess calories to gain a half pound and there is no way i did this in those 4 days. Thought it would drop off but it hasn't.  What is disturbing to me is that this is the way it always went in the "old days" when i would diet traditionally, lose weight, then regain it. I know i am being ridiculous and was at support group last night and again heard the great dr. cirangle say that its normal to regain 5 or 10 but I DONT WANT TO.  I want to wear my sparkly a$$ jeans.  So thats my vent for the day. feel better already. But it still seems to be one of the great mysteries of the universe as to how to loose weight and keep it off - that and where do those socks go when put a pair in the dryer and only one comes out!  D

Neiner land.  That's where those socks go.

You do not have to gain 5 to 10 pounds.

YOU WEAR THOSE SPARKLEBOOTY PANTS!!

Go do some primal stomping and make a chubbledy hippo.  that half pound is just jacking with you and you are stressing out and feeding it cortisol and helping it stay!

You need a doobie, savasana, meditation time, or a good long walk somewhere!

Damned old neiner land.  Some of my best sock and favorite undies are there. 

HA Brandilynn, How did you know i live in doobieland - Humboldt county. and i don't do the stuff - afraid i will get the munchies. you are right. i just need to chill. now i will go to the art studio if i could only find some socks to wear that go with my sparkly a$$ jeans. D

Well then!  I will be there to visit and you can just get a contact high near me. 

Is that in/near Mendicino? (sp)  I lived there (among other places) when I was a wee me.  It was beautiful, we lived up overlooking the town and the cliffs and had woods to roam.  It was a great place for a gurl and her dawg! 

*plans to look for and/or make sparklefoot socks!!*

HI B, yep Humboldt is one county north of mendocino county. beautiful area. and of course part of the "emerald triangle".   Really a wonderful place and i love to take my dogs to the beach which is big and empty. and no one cares if you wear sparkly socks or any socks or anything else for that matter. D

You ladies are crackin' me up today...thank you!!

Venting is good!  You did NOTHING wrong and your weight will fluctuate for no reason some time.  I've been at goal for a while longer than you, and after the 2 year mark I had star****ching myself, no longer being able to blindly trust my sleeve only.  Those good ol' carbs do it to me every time- it's like the snowball effect.  At least you were journalling and watching yourself. 

I went to hell in a hand basket, ate non stop, drank alcohol, lots of blondies and not one ounce of exercise(unless you count the dancing Saturday night!).  And my body thanked me with  a 3 lb weight gain.  Oh I weighed every morning, and watched the scale move up(4 lbs from the Friday before Thanksgiving)  That scares me, but not so much because I know that this week, I'll get back on track, hit the gym and lose most of that by Friday.  Unfortunately(or fortunately) I leave for Puerto Rico on Thursday!  Oh the temptation!

I am sorry you are going through this Diane, and I must confess I totally get how you feel.  That .5 lb seems like so little, but we are scared of the re-gain.  I am now at 104.8 lbs. which is one pound more than I was one month ego at this time.  I have been trying to lose it over the past four days, but no luck.  Dr. Cirangle told me about the 5-10 lbs. re-gain, but I don't want it.  I am back to three meals a day, mostly lean protein and veggies as snacks until I am down that extra pound.  I think the fact that we are aware and not hiding from it will prevent the re-gain.  Keep posting about it, it helps many of us cope with our own feelings.

Thanks E, I knew you would understand this. We both got below goal and i was continuing to lose without trying and was just beginning to get concerned. So i guess this is just my body's way of finding where it should be. Still annoying that i can't be in control as for the first time i  my life the sleeve made me feel like i did have power over my weight. oh well. will keep eating properly and maybe try to excercise (cirangle got after me about that last night in a kindly way) and will go off and do something fun. D

Vent away honey, we all need to.

I so believe you on what you ate and how you tracked--but I have a question. . . was your sodium higher with holiday food? Could the *regain* be nothing more than salt intake?