Sometimes I wanna scream!

Girl, I totally know what you mean! Seriously, there is nothing more frustrating than sweating your a** off and then nothing on the scale showing for it. Sucks even more because my best friend is a guy and we all know men lose weight faster than women do, so he's already dropped ten pounds, and I've dropped two. I love him, but sometimes I just want to punch him in the face.
I'm also doing 30 day shred and that is seriously kicking my butt. But the important thing is simply to stick with it, My coach told me this and it always sticks with me whenever I feel down "You didn't put on that weight in one night, it's not going to come off in one night. Plus, if it wasn't hard work, would you be proud of it when it's accomplished?" I'm losing weight not only to be healthier, but to also join the Navy (they say I gots too much chubs to join just yet ), so anytime I'm feeling down, I simply look at my contract and I know all the sweat, all the tears and all the discouraged feelings are for a purpose. Just remember your goals, if you want them bad enough, you will find the motivation to stick with it We all have those "f-it" days, getting past them is what makes us stronger You can do it

its 1 pound!! Not the end of the Earth....you can get that pound back....its prolly water weight gain from the beer....I have the same problem because yes I like my beers on the weekends .....dont beat yourself up so much your thinking of takin the dive into cakes and cookies....theyll only make you feel worse and you start the whole damn circle all over again! Chin up ....get moving!! Drink water to flush that water gain out and feel good about yourself! Your making changes...you cant be perfect all the time...life would be boring then!
just did some reading about beer drinking actually...they said that if you have a couple each night and I mean couple not a 6 pack lol that your body recognizes it as reg calories and burns it off like it does reg food...but bingeing on the weekends means overload for your body to burn through as excess and it stores it as fat instead.....hopefully i typed it so it makes sense lol oooo and drinking water in between beers helps too!
as far as guys go....yeah I hear ya! lol

a pound could be a bit of bloat and a certain *need* to go loo (ok that's an Aussie term for toilet) of the number 2's variety...

... or a pasta/rice meal the night before weighing.


Don't beat yourself up about it. Tomorrow is another day to start logging and eating to give you the YOU that you want to be. Past is something that HAS happened and can't be changed. Present is the time in your hands NOW and the FUTURE is yours for the taking. Grasp it with both hands and do what you want without the guilt of something that you can't go back and change.

we sure do like to torture ourselves done we... dont let that one lb get to you.. best thing you can do is live and learn and move on. being healthier is a process in the works . you're too hard on yourself

Find other ways to track your progress. There's too many variables for the scale to be your only way.

Take measurements. Go by how clothes fit. Take photos. Especially take photos.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/758160-reminder-the-scale-does-not-define-you

I've been juggling the same 2lbs for the past 4 weeks - put it on, lose it, put it on, lose it. Ive been really upset about it because Im trying my hardest, going to the gym, doing cardio, weight training. Over the past week people have started noticing my shrinkage, because although Ive not been losing weight, I've been losing fat.

Buy a tape measure and try logging your inches rather than weight, or do both.

You'll get there - hopefully we all will.

If you need a friend to motivate you, feel free to add me :-)

x

my scale hates me,, cuz I step on it all the time !!!!

last weigh in day ..... no loss ,,,, next day.. there IS the 1 lb loss I thought I deserved ???

repeat after me.... I am doing a good job
I do NOT need a gold star to tell me I am doing a good job

If weighing yourself is going to make you crazy (note your original post) then look at it differently....Total your cals for the week and see if you were over or under (for the week, not by day).

Try measuring the part of the body u hate the most and keep track of progress that way.

I understand where you are coming from...we tell our children," When they fall, to pick themselves up and try again."
Let's continue to follow good advice and be a role model to our children. We are all here supporting one another.
Good luck:flowerforyou:

I am finally coming to grips with the fact that the scale is not my friend....Yesterday I put on jeans that hadn't fit for two years, yet this morning the scale was UP two pounds. I know I have been doing everything I am supposed to do. There is NO WAY I could have gained two pounds of fat. Stupid scale...we have to stop giving it so much power! :noway:

I love this site more every day. You guys ROCK! I do feel better. (i also like the idea of drinking beer everyday, lol.)

Thanks. I won't cook or bake today I had my two egg whites and a whole egg for breakfast.

I really appreciate all of you. Thank you for turning my whole attitude around.

ETA: And on a side note, I don't think this whole "weighing once a week" thing works for me. It puts too much pressure on that one day...I think I prefer knowing all week that im over instead of thinking i feel 'skinnier' and getting a sad number

I look at your weekend and say - great, it was only a pound and I am ready to kick start again today! We all have days we have to be "bad". If you don't then you will fall completely off the wagon and make yourself crazy. If you know ahead of time that you have something special - burn the calories before you head out - Housework burns a crapload of calories, hand mow the yard, just do some extras.

As for the nasty weighing thing - I do it twice a week, Thursdays and Mondays - Thursdays tell me how I did all week, and Mondays hold me accountable for the weekend. It works for me. Good luck!

I completely understand. My husband and I went running ONCE, and he dropped 10lbs. It's hard. Last week I had lost 2.5 lbs on Monday, by Friday, I had 2 back. Just stick with it! I know it sometimes feels like 1 step forward, 2 steps back, but weight loss is longterm. This week I have a total of 3lbs lost since restarting my weight loss journey! Keep with it and know there are plenty of people here to support you whenever you need encouragement!