Making up lost ground /rant

Erisad

Okay, last month I weight in at 190 and I was super excited. I lost three pounds within the first 2-3 weeks of this month so I thought I was on track. Then this week I gained 1.8, 1.4 higher than the day before. How can I gain that much weight in one day? This morning was .6 higher still so now I'm back up to 189.6 and I'm worried that I'm not going to have a good number to report on my monthly progress photo next week. I went to the gym more this week, although when I'm at work my mother is in charge of cooking and she said she "ran out of veggies" but we still had plenty of potatoes apparently. I was also stressed at work so I did have an appletini and margarita this week too. I need to get back on the wagon again but I'm just worried that I already screwed myself over for the month. I thought I was done with the months where I lost less than a pound in a couple weeks. Apparently not because I get a good lead and then I screw it all up. *sigh* I'm on my feet 40-50 hours a week so what the hell? I used to be able to indulge a little and not gain this much weight? Maybe I have to lower my calories altogether. >.<

I know I shouldn't weigh myself every day but at this point I feel like I have to so I can try and prevent myself from gaining anymore. I'm becoming obsessed. I even purchased a body fat% measuring tool to help me gauge progress that way too. I'm at 36.5% apparently. I

Lozze

The simple answer is you can't. There are a variety of reasons the number was higher, ranging from time of the month, too much sodium or even alcohol (I ALWAYS gain if I drink)

Weight loss is not linear. You will go up and down the entire time. As long as the trend is downward you're fine. You've only failed if you give h and go back to your old habits.

Merc71

Your weight will fluctuate throughout the week. Drinking alcohol doesn't help your case, but Lozze hit it right on.

Get in the habit of weighing yourself every day, but only count one specific time/day per week as "official."

Erisad

The simple answer is you can't. There are a variety of reasons the number was higher, ranging from time of the month, too much sodium or even alcohol (I ALWAYS gain if I drink)

Weight loss is not linear. You will go up and down the entire time. As long as the trend is downward you're fine. You've only failed if you give h and go back to your old habits.

I used to be able to have a drink and there not be any issue. And grandma was talking about bringing donuts home too. My boss was mentioning bringing donuts in for work today. God dammit. So I'm gonna have to be the odd one out and say "no thanks" because I'm a big fattie fat. Hopefully he forgets to bring them in again. >.<

Blargh. I know it's not linear, I started at 260 in May 2010. I thought I would be done by now but because of all the gains and platueaus I've had, I'm still nowhere near done. I'm getting sick of dieting, sick of working out and sick of people asking me how much I've lost and the number being the exact same as the last time they asked.

Erisad

Your weight will fluctuate throughout the week. Drinking alcohol doesn't help your case, but Lozze hit it right on.

Get in the habit of weighing yourself every day, but only count one specific time/day per week as "official."

Friday is my official weigh in day, although I keep getting better numbers on Thursday so maybe I should change it to Thursday. :P

Lozze

I used to be able to have a drink and there not be any issue. And grandma was talking about bringing donuts home too. My boss was mentioning bringing donuts in for work today. God dammit. So I'm gonna have to be the odd one out and say "no thanks" because I'm a big fattie fat. Hopefully he forgets to bring them in again. >.<

Well of course your body will change as you get older. That's normal.
But if you were 260 I would say the alcohol DID make a difference, just not as noticeable.

Second, why would you say nasty **** about yourself? You are not a number. You would go off at someone who said that about your friends so why put yourself down?

Also, have a donut. Just try and make it fit in your calories. If you don't want to do that, don't have one. It's quite simple. If I want something I'll have it, acknowledging to myself its not always the best choice but sometimes I don't want to be left out, or I just want to eat the damn donut. If you sit here and tell yourself you can't have something or that you're missing out (missing out on what? Being heavier?) you'll only upset yourself and life is too good to be miserable. Trust me I spent enough time being miserable!

Erisad

I used to be able to have a drink and there not be any issue. And grandma was talking about bringing donuts home too. My boss was mentioning bringing donuts in for work today. God dammit. So I'm gonna have to be the odd one out and say "no thanks" because I'm a big fattie fat. Hopefully he forgets to bring them in again. >.<

Well of course your body will change as you get older. That's normal.
But if you were 260 I would say the alcohol DID make a difference, just not as noticeable.

Second, why would you say nasty **** about yourself? You are not a number. You would go off at someone who said that about your friends so why put yourself down?

Also, have a donut. Just try and make it fit in your calories. If you don't want to do that, don't have one. It's quite simple. If I want something I'll have it, acknowledging to myself its not always the best choice but sometimes I don't want to be left out, or I just want to eat the damn donut. If you sit here and tell yourself you can't have something or that you're missing out (missing out on what? Being heavier?) you'll only upset yourself and life is too good to be miserable. Trust me I spent enough time being miserable!

it probably did. I'm sure the carbs didn't help either and a had 3 cans of soda this week too when I'm used to not having them at all. I'm cutting myself off of soda, alcohol and carbs in the evening until conditions improve, or forever. :P

Because I'm very hard on myself. I've gotten better, I used to say stuff about myself everyday. >.<

Boss forgot to bring them in again so I have been spared from the dilemma. Although a coworker did give me an oreo. Bad, bad! Shouldn't have eaten it. Oh well.