venting-caution may contain some whining

amunet07

I am sooo frustrated. Everytime I enter a Challenge I try but my body decides something different. For the Thanksgiving challenge I agreed that would try to lose a # of lbs that was based on my previous loss rate and my body defected and started losing less... so for the Christmas Challenge I decided to lower my expectations to what I thought was an obtainable 1 lbs a week... guess what! It is this close to Christmas and I didn't even lose 1 lbs this week... not even anything. I've tried eating all my calories more often... It didn't work. So went back to having an extra 100 calorie defecit this week... that didn't work. Ugh. I exercised more this week and did well on drinking my water even though I still feel dehydrated and bloated. (my mouth was extremely dry both times I got on the scale this weekend! (dehydration or anticipation??!!):grumble: :explode: :sad:

amunet07

I am sooo frustrated. Everytime I enter a Challenge I try but my body decides something different. For the Thanksgiving challenge I agreed that would try to lose a # of lbs that was based on my previous loss rate and my body defected and started losing less... so for the Christmas Challenge I decided to lower my expectations to what I thought was an obtainable 1 lbs a week... guess what! It is this close to Christmas and I didn't even lose 1 lbs this week... not even anything. I've tried eating all my calories more often... It didn't work. So went back to having an extra 100 calorie defecit this week... that didn't work. Ugh. I exercised more this week and did well on drinking my water even though I still feel dehydrated and bloated. (my mouth was extremely dry both times I got on the scale this weekend! (dehydration or anticipation??!!):grumble: :explode: :sad:

amunet07

I am just feeling really down about this weight loss journey today... a bad day today. I bought a new battery for my HRM and it worked last night but today It is doing the same thing and searches for my heart beat with the empty heart symbol and then doesn't find it and the heart disappears. I need to work out but feel so down

tresa1234

I am just feeling really down about this weight loss journey today... a bad day today. I bought a new battery for my HRM and it worked last night but today It is doing the same thing and searches for my heart beat with the empty heart symbol and then doesn't find it and the heart disappears. I need to work out but feel so down

Mine does that when I need to put more water on the sensor pads (the ridgy part on the side next to the skin) and I sometimes have to move it around a bit to make it connect ... hope that will help! Hang in there!

chipper15173

hang in there it is so worth it. i know now it just doesn't and you want to call it over and done, but don't. once you get through this you will learn from it and keep going on. you will feel proud of yourself. you are hitting the last leg, and from what i hear is the toughest leg. your body needs time to adjust to changes made. so make changes, but give your body time to adjust to them.
as for the HRM. mine did that, found out it was interfering with the treadmill panel. i wear the strap and place the watch on a shelve near by and it works great. now at the gym i don't have a problem. also like tresa said it could need a little more moisture.
good luck and keep plugging away it will be worth it

amunet07

thank you for your support & suggestions. I finally got my HRM to work but the first 10 minute exercise I did it only read 7.28 minutes of it. (I think it was because I was doing twisting which might have hindered the connection.