Bad day

3babybeans

I just really need to vent right now & you all are the lucky recipients.

First of all, I should say that i got about 3 hours of sleep last night which is contriubuting to my "near tears" state. Also, I had to drop off food at our church for a funeral lunch, which is always depressing whether you know the family or not.

So I busted my butt yesterday & was incredibly disciplined about my diet. I did 2 rounds of Turbo Jam & a 3 mile walk with my kids. I did the second round of TJ b/c it was such a rough afternoon with my kids, that I wanted to punch, kick & dance the stress out of my system instead of shoveling m&ms into my face like I REALLY wanted to do. I made cookies for the funeral & limited myself to one of them, even though I could have sat & ate them all night while my kids were awake & snotting all over me.

Anyways, I wake up this morning & hop on the scale. Since I started losing weight this time, I've been excited every morning to wake up & see what kind of progress I've made. A moment of serenity in a house of chaos (3 kids 3 & under can be overwhelming). I know I really *shouldn't* weigh myself every day, but it makes keep on course; discipline if you will. So, in what is now my morning tradition, I hop on the scale first thing. As if I'm on The Biggest Loser, my numbers are going up & down & up & down for a few seconds...then it stops...and it shows that I GAINED TWO AND A HALF POUNDS IN ONE DAY!! :noway: WTH?! I've gained weight from day to day before, but really nothing more than a pound, which I can easily attribute to water weight. THIS, however, was heartbreaking. I've been on such a good path this time & this gain took me behind mt 20# loss that I was so excited to see exactly one week ago. *sigh* I just had to get that off my chest. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

3babybeans

I just really need to vent right now & you all are the lucky recipients.

First of all, I should say that i got about 3 hours of sleep last night which is contriubuting to my "near tears" state. Also, I had to drop off food at our church for a funeral lunch, which is always depressing whether you know the family or not.

So I busted my butt yesterday & was incredibly disciplined about my diet. I did 2 rounds of Turbo Jam & a 3 mile walk with my kids. I did the second round of TJ b/c it was such a rough afternoon with my kids, that I wanted to punch, kick & dance the stress out of my system instead of shoveling m&ms into my face like I REALLY wanted to do. I made cookies for the funeral & limited myself to one of them, even though I could have sat & ate them all night while my kids were awake & snotting all over me.

Anyways, I wake up this morning & hop on the scale. Since I started losing weight this time, I've been excited every morning to wake up & see what kind of progress I've made. A moment of serenity in a house of chaos (3 kids 3 & under can be overwhelming). I know I really *shouldn't* weigh myself every day, but it makes keep on course; discipline if you will. So, in what is now my morning tradition, I hop on the scale first thing. As if I'm on The Biggest Loser, my numbers are going up & down & up & down for a few seconds...then it stops...and it shows that I GAINED TWO AND A HALF POUNDS IN ONE DAY!! :noway: WTH?! I've gained weight from day to day before, but really nothing more than a pound, which I can easily attribute to water weight. THIS, however, was heartbreaking. I've been on such a good path this time & this gain took me behind mt 20# loss that I was so excited to see exactly one week ago. *sigh* I just had to get that off my chest. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

danarochelle

3babybeans,

Keep your head up! It's the long term goal you're shootin' for ! I've been struggling for a VERY long time with my weight and just keep my eye on the prize~ I bet you will have a loss by tomorrow morning or Sunday morning. Sometimes it just takes a few days for things to kick in.

Anyway......as I tell myself, "What alternative do I have? Go back to not exercising and eating like crap?" Don't think so!

Hang in there!

ericarey85

you shouldn't worry about the gain so much, the same thing happened to me this week. i weighed myself 2days ago and i gained 3.5 pounds, today i weighed myself and i was down 4, just take a few deep breaths, relax and repeat. :flowerforyou:

andnothinghurt

def. dont worry about it...its just weight fluctuations...i can weigh up to 4 lbs heavier depending when i weigh myself...its all on a number of factors...water weight...maybe you need to go to the bathroom...could still have food in your system. so i wouldnt stress. its horrible seeing that number go up for any reason...so when i step on the scale and it says a higher number....i just try to think logically....like..say it takes 3500 extra calories to gain a lb...so if its 2 lbs more ill be like...well i def didnt eat 7000 extra calories...so this isnt true. i mean...it really is impossible to actually gain 2 lbs in a day. just relax and try to think of that.

3babybeans

Maybe I added too much butter to the cookies. :laugh:

Thank you, ladies. Like I said, I think the lack of sleep has added to my irrational way of looking at this. That, and having 4 people in my full size bed during my 3 hours of sleep didn't help anything either. What really got me was the voice in my head saying, "Dang it! I could have had another cookie if I knew I was going to be up anyways!" LOL

Again, thank you. You helped me put it in perspective. Just have to keep chugging along!