Tonight I binged.

NCchar130

Has anybody ever tried so hard only to see the scale go up? It's like no matter what I do or hoow hard I try I'll always be fat. I can eat perfectly for 6 days and then mess up on the 7th and the whole week of progress is lost because I gain the weight back. I don't know what to do anymore. I want to lose weight so badly but i Can't be perfect all the time and the second i deviate I watch the scale inch up...

If you really are eating perfectly for 6 days and binging on the 7th, you probably are NOT undoing all your forward progress with a gain of actual FAT.

I had a free day around Christmas where I went out to eat with family twice in one day. For lunch, I ate Chinese food like it was my last meal on earth. For dinner, I ate half a New York style pizza. (It was an awesome day by the way LOL :drinker: ). Best calculations I could come up with for my day was close to 5000 calories. The next morning, I was curious, and weighed in and was up SEVEN pounds. Two days later, my weight was back down to my previous low. The big factors in that binge or free day or whatever you want to call it is sodium/water retention and any change to bowel habits. I think it would be hard not to take in a massive amount of sodium unless you are binging on fresh fruits and vegetables :laugh:

Don't give up after a single bad day. There will always be days like that and it is so helpful when you stick with this for awhile to see that you actually can have a day, sometimes a few in a row, like during a holiday or vacation, that actually don't mess you up over the long-term. The scale is such a tricky b1tch sometimes - it isn't going to distinguish among muscle, body fat, water, etc. Find some complementary methods such as measurements and pics to track your progress along with the weight. And if daily weigh-ins are messing with your head that much, try only weighing yourself once a week or once a month or something. :flowerforyou: