This is just so defeteing...

yes...12 days going between 156 and 154...never below......not giving uo though...friend said same happened to her....then lost tons...looking forward and staying off the scale......don't give up:bigsmile:

PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP!

I use to be 210, and I kept yo yo-ing for about 2 years. And finally got down to 155 pounds, 55 pounds later, and I thought it took me 2 years to lose 55 pounds, that's not enough. Until my doctor had me do a DEXA scan, which measures bone density, but it can also measure bodyfat. It came back at 18% bodyfat. I had been losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time. I am happy where I'm at now, I just need to maintain. And yes, I'm 5'2" and 155 pounds which doesn't sound like I've reached it, but working out added a lot of lean body mass on me. And I'm happy with where I'm at when I look in the mirror, I'm happy at a size 6 jeans, my family and doctor are happy because I'm healthy.

So if you're working out, which most of us are. And you don't see the scale moving much...Please don't give up. You may be getting much better results than you think.

Just don't live and die by the scale. Let it be your guide, but it isn't the be all end all of results.

Are you doing a lot of exercise? You might be replacing some fat weight with muscle weight even if you don't see the scales going down.

In any event, don't give up! I doubt anyone here hasn;t hit a plateau of some kind. Speaking for myself, between the plateau effect and the holidays, I think I've been around 200 for 2 weeks or more.

Now, the scale. It seems there are 3 camps that speak out on this. Monthly, weekly and daily. I happen to be in the daily camp. If you are only weiging monthly, is it possible you are missing a pattern of consumption where you are taking in too many calories?

What Razboo said. You also may have hit the dreaded platue. Try to up your weight training and excersize. If you do the same thing again and again, your body gets used to that and will stop burning EXTRA calories and stay at the rate that it is at now. When you see this start to happen, it is time to jazz things up a bit. Try a new class, Add weight to your weight lifting, If you are stuck doing the same routine try it backwards so the first thing is last and the last is now first.
We have all been there. You WILL get over the hump and be back on track again.
--Diann...:flowerforyou:

There is this commercial (I can't remember for what) where this man steps on the scale at the gym, runs around like mad for about 5 minutes and then steps back on the scale, see's no change and looks sad and defeated. The commerical says "Need instant gratification?".

I have to laugh everytime I see it because that's the way I feel. I went to the gym today and worked with a personal trainer. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical trainer and 60 minutes of circuit training. I was feeling so proud of myself and I was feeling STRONG because I made it through the session and was energized!

Then I came home, got on the scale, and got all depressed! I got on this site and started reading posts and I'm feeling better. I just have to keep telling myself "it's a journey".

So, you hang in there and I will too and we'll just keep coming to this site for encouragement!