Well THAT was discouraging!

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  • EmmaOnTrack
    EmmaOnTrack Posts: 425 Member
    The scale is only ONE measure of health / improvement.

    Check your measurements as well.

    The scale will get there if you stick with it.

    Hang in there! "No progress times" happen to the best of us!

    Thanks for the support. :smile:
  • EmmaOnTrack
    EmmaOnTrack Posts: 425 Member
    Was all amped up to weigh myself at the gym this morning and track the progress of my second week of good eating and lots of working out...and I haven't lost an OUNCE!

    Sure, I'm starting to feel fitter and stronger (not to mention incredibly virtuous for staying at or below my calorie allowance for 2 weeks straight)...but why isn't it being reflected on the scales yet?!

    Yours in quiet exasperation,

    Emma.

    Are you jumping in the scale (the same one all the time) without clothing, after using the bathroom, and before you eat and exercise? If not, then expect weight fluctuations or not downward movement of the scale. In addition, two weeks may not be enough time to see a difference in the scale or with the measuring tape.

    Keep it up, it will work!

    Yes, all conditions exactly the same for my weekly weigh in (use the gym scales just before my Sunday morning yoga/Pilates class)...which is why I was REALLY expecting to see some movement. Didn't go up though, so I guess I should count myself lucky.
  • EmmaOnTrack
    EmmaOnTrack Posts: 425 Member
    I'm so glad you posted this, I have been going through the same thought process. I started by cutting my calories and added exercise a couple weeks later. Now I am 5 weeks into this and I know I have lost 5 pounds, but with so far to go, I feel like it should be more. I am working so hard and eating a hundred times better, it just would have felt good to see a smaller number. I don't plan on becoming a slave to the scale or stuck with a number in my head, I just want to see the needle go down!!

    From all accounts 1lb a week is healthy weightloss (I wouldn't know though...I haven't achieved it yet!), so you deserve congratulations! I think we probably both need to step away from the scale for a while (although doing that for the last 4 years is how I got myself here in the first place).

    All the best on your journey.
  • JaxDemon
    JaxDemon Posts: 403 Member
    Why worry about weight loss. Just concentrate on what you're doing and over time you will see the changes your body is making by the mirror or tape measure.
  • EmmaOnTrack
    EmmaOnTrack Posts: 425 Member
    Why worry about weight loss. Just concentrate on what you're doing and over time you will see the changes your body is making by the mirror or tape measure.

    I guess it's only natural to be a bit focused on weight loss when you commence a weightloss journey. :wink:

    Definitely need to work on my expectations and method of measuring success though.

    Early days yet.
  • Rilzy
    Rilzy Posts: 59 Member
    I've so far gained two pounds in the two weeks I've been eating healthily and exercising. I've started doing measurements though and there's been a change, also I can see that I've lost weight. So, I've decided to chuck this scale centric mentality. I will next measure myself on the 19th of August and that will also be the next time I step on the scale. The scale has been the reason I've quit so many times before and I've decide to stop letting it get to me.
  • babol23
    babol23 Posts: 37 Member
    I know how you feel, for the last month I have stayed at the same weight, eating better ramped up exercise, yet nothing on the scale. But I must say I feel much better and have lost some inches around the middle. Can't let the scale get you down.
  • amy1612
    amy1612 Posts: 1,356 Member
    The scales.....I weigh exactly the same in both of these pictures. Dont let scale weight get you down.

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  • EmmaOnTrack
    EmmaOnTrack Posts: 425 Member
    I've so far gained two pounds in the two weeks I've been eating healthily and exercising. I've started doing measurements though and there's been a change, also I can see that I've lost weight. So, I've decided to chuck this scale centric mentality. I will next measure myself on the 19th of August and that will also be the next time I step on the scale. The scale has been the reason I've quit so many times before and I've decide to stop letting it get to me.

    Brilliant post - thank you.
  • EmmaOnTrack
    EmmaOnTrack Posts: 425 Member
    The scales.....I weigh exactly the same in both of these pictures. Dont let scale weight get you down.

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    Sold. Thank you so much for posting that - pictures speak 1000 words and your say exactly what I needed to hear.

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