Had an emotional break-down last night

*hugs* You can totally do this. Hell! YOU ARE DOING IT :-)

this is just a little speed bump

Not sure if you're looking for suggestions or not, but after browsing through your diary, you might want to cut back on the refined sugar. The Little Debbie snacks and Fiber One bars/cookies are loaded with it.

day by day, that's all you can do.

I have noticed that many posters weigh at night and if I did that I would stress out too! Every morning, after the bathroom and before coffee I get on the same scale and get a very accurate reading. All the water and bulk you may consume during the day is not converted into pounds, it is gone the next day, especially staying within this calorie logging system. I know if I've eaten out I will be 2 lbs. heavier the next morning. It is not fat yet and it takes a couple of days to work the meal and the salt away, but unless I eat like that every day, it will be gone. I weigh every day to catch any automatic snacking I may be doing that starts the weight to climb. Good luck with your journey; and congrats on your weight loss accomplishment. If you can lose that much, there is nothing to prevent you from success! You've got the skills

I know exactly how you feel! I was plateaued for most of the summer, and it can be so incredibly frustrating you just want to scream! It's taken me months to lose 20 pounds, and now I'm just going to stop losing weight altogether?? I even tried mixing it up at the gym, changing my meals up a bit. It took about a month- month and a half before I could break through and I've since lost 3 pounds. I know my weight loss is going to continue to be slow (unfortunately those are just the genetic cards I was dealt...) but we just gotta keep on keeping on. We'll get there eventually! And keep mixing things up! Change your workouts, change your meals, and don't forget the occasional splurge day! All good things- we will get our rewards!!

It's ok that you cried.. We need that sometimes... And like you, I like to utilize the scale to see where I'm at daily too....it keeps me accountable to myself... and I'm also on a long plateau. Most of the MFP friends I have are losing weight left and right of me, as they are working hard; eating right. i have days that I'm not always perfect, and i eat comfort foods, or slack off on exercising. Still I toggle the same three or four pounds. up and down. Depending on what I'm doing that day... that week... BUT if I look at things long term, i'm so much better than i was six monthes ago. Since December, I have lost 20 lbs.. Of course my site here doesn't reflect that because I'm starting over.. so I reset my counter.. and my goal is to lose another 10 or 15 lbs by the end of the year. it's not much... and I will have to work harder to break through this plateau myself... but it's ok. I'm acknowledging where I've been.. where I am at.. and where I want to be. Sometimes looking at the scale can let you down.. but use it as a tool. And then think of the marvelous way your clothes are fitting you now. Think how beneficial dieting and exercise is to your body now. Progress forward... adjust your eating/ exercising even more.. that plateau will break.. and you'll be losing again.. Slow and steady wins the "race".. but like someone else mentioned here, it's more than a race.. this is the rest of your life.. and you want to make slow strides to become healthier and a fitter you, so Pick up a new sport/exercise.. experiment in the kitchen. have some fun with that wonderful husband who is so supportive of you. I bet in a years time, you will so much ahead than most of your friends too and will have lost more weight. Keep on pushing. Don't give up. I believe in you.

feel for you and everyone else who has plateus. ive been dieting since 1st jan this year and i have had 2 plateus so far, 1 which lasted 5 weeks and 1 that lasted 4 weeks and i admit it was bloody hard trying to stay on track and focused when i didnt move and 1 week i actually gained too! you just have to keep going with it cos eventually it will move !! YOU CAN DO THIS !!

I read an article from a personal trainer who was emphasizing the power of goals. He talked about the conscious mind controlling the subconscious. When you weigh so often and don't see results you go to the negative thought pattern which affects the subconscious which in turn can begin to sabotage your healthy living plan. The subconscious will start "saying" oh why exercise; it doesn't do anything anyway" or "Why not eat that, I'm not losing weight anyway."

Words of wisdom! Thanks for this insight.

I weigh myself every morning.
Same or more? I make better choices. Less, I'm happy and continue doing my best to make good choices.

You might want to break out the measuring tape instead. a hassle, but it may help.

I totally know what you mean, and those plateau's suck. There is no other word for them. You will lose weight again, and you have such a great support group here on MFP that will get you through it! Keep your chin up and keep charging on. Go kick some *kitten*.:flowerforyou: