HELP..i havent lost!! Serious encouragement needed!

claire30

Makeitallsue- thanks for the reply. I will have a look at that site in a bit..just cooking dinner!! (must make sure it doesnt burn by the end of my post)!!

ange_merchant- its so frustrating isnt it! I am resisting the urge to re-weigh myself though. I always weighed my self 1-4 times a day before i joined this site last week, but i now understand how, if you weigh everyday, it doesnt give you a real weight, so i am just trying to wait till friday, as fridays are my weigh days now! Just before the weekend!
I am just hoping that Friday i will bring me some good news!!

evilincarknit

Be strong! I hit a plateau for 2 weeks one time, where no matter what I did or ate I couldn't lose even 2/10 of a pound (I have the masochist scale!). But after that, it started coming off really easily. It's like our bodies resist the change for awhile, then finally give in!
To shake things up a bit, try not eating after 6 pm for a day or two and see if that helps. I get my calories in earlier in the day and slow down after 4:00, maybe have something light at 6:00 for dinner like a no-dressing salad. It seems to help jump-start things.

Good luck, you can do it!

Clairereynard

Keep going it just takes time.... Some weeks you don't lose anything... but don't give up. I know how you feel....

Good luck.. Hang on in there..

ange_mechant

Makeitallsue- thanks for the reply. I will have a look at that site in a bit..just cooking dinner!! (must make sure it doesnt burn by the end of my post)!!

ange_merchant- its so frustrating isnt it! I am resisting the urge to re-weigh myself though. I always weighed my self 1-4 times a day before i joined this site last week, but i now understand how, if you weigh everyday, it doesnt give you a real weight, so i am just trying to wait till friday, as fridays are my weigh days now! Just before the weekend!
I am just hoping that Friday i will bring me some good news!!

I've tried so many times to just not weigh myself--I got to 3 days one time and it drove me crazy! So I gave in and I'm back to weighing myself all the time, but I only check in and post it on Mondays. I try not to take it to heart when I weigh myself and it goes up and down--it's just that it's not going anywhere on Mondays when I actually do check in that's the problem. Stupid scales! What I really hate though is that my scale at home will show something like 176 one day and the scale at the gym says 181. Or my scale at home will say 179 and the gym says 181. I really need a new scale. The gym has one of the old school ones like the doctor offices...which I hate because it's never quite in the middle like it should be. Ugh.

wannabe

same thing has happened to me in the last month i have lost 2 lbs. i did cheat for 1 week cuz it was a crazy week but i felt like i should have lost 5 the way i was working out. so i got really upset and went on a "give up" binge peanut butter hot fudge sundea included.......dont do that. may be you;re not eating often enough. or maybe you're just being t hard on yourself, remember that if you keep going at it you are still building muscle, becoming healthy and making healthy habits, eventually you're body will start burning more fat when it gets into the metabolic burning routine. dont give up! im back on track now too

claire30

Hi guys!

thanks again for all your support, you guys are amazing!!
I am determind to carry on, and have just packed my gym stuff ready for my early morning gym session tomorrow. I have also bought an iPod from eBay, and an arm strap for it..so i can listen to some rocking music while i work out. All high tempo of course,, to get me in the mood!!

You know what..i just dont care that i havent lost much this week..yes, you read that right I DONT CARE!!!!!!! From reading so many posts on here, saying the same thing as me "i havent lost this week" etc...i have come to the conclusion that it TAKES TIME!!
My body is probably in shock, and i should give it some time to re-adjust!

So i am going to carry on doing what i'm doing, and hope that on friday (weight day), i will see some results!

claire30

Hi guys,
i just wanted to thanks you all for your support! I was feeling REALY low when i started this thread..but carried on anyway, inthe hope it would eventually work. WELL, i shouldnt have weighed myself till friday (thats the day i chosen every week)..but i caved in, and weighed today..i have lost 1lb!!! And, evenn better than that, i have lost 1inch off my tummy!!
I can definately see the difference, even if i have only lost 1lb...my stomach looks flatter already, and physically i feel great (apart from a pulled muscle today)!

So thanks again for getting me past a tough couple of days!