Feeling Low

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My doctor's scale always put me 5lbs over. You also tend to be wearing clothes and such when you weigh yourself there, which adds to it.

Don't think of yourself as dieting. That implies you're doing a temporary eating change to get a specific result. You want to think of this as your new life. It'll be a much better life, too. Trust me!

You would have been 2 pounds heavier at the doctor's office on the first day you weighed in as well. So you've still lost the same!! We all get discouraged every now and then - you're only human. And that's why MFP is here - to give you the encouragement and support you need, when you need it.

I know its hard but think more about things in the terms of how you feel and look than the actual numbers of it all. I only weigh myself once a week at my TOPS meeting and I dont own a scale. Getting crazy about the numbers would freak me out - so I dont look often. I am still sad when I gain - but I try to think things like "my push-ups are getting way better" or my jeans feel better...

I flucuate between 3-5 lbs if I weigh myself everyday or at different times of the day. Go by how your clothes fit. Try to eat clean (less packaged, processed foods) - lots of veggies, berries (in season now) - you should start to feel results even if you don't see them on the scale. Keep it up and know this is a LIFE-long journey. You won't get to your goal overnight...just like you probably didnt' put the weight on overnight. Be grateful for your ability to make good choices about your food, body! the fact that you are tracking your food and exercising is more than most people do!

I always go in to the doctors office expecting the scale to say more because I'm weighing at a later time in the day and am fully clothed therefore I expect a 3-5 lb difference. The only scale that matters is the one at home and even that one isn't always going to be nice to you - that's where measuring comes in. The scale won't always reflect change.

Don't go by the dr's scale just use yours as your guide. Your diary looks pretty good but you need to get more water in on a daily basis. If you can't get 8 glasses in then shoot for 6 to begin with, you'll be amazed at how quickly you get used to drinking a good amount of water and it will become second nature. Good luck with your journey and keep up the great work.

Hi hope your feeling better after all the support on this site, you can view my diary,

as a rule of thumb never go by any other scales but your own!

i know what your saying, this life style change is never easy, but when you see the results it will be well worth it!

i would suggest you maybe check your bmr, to see if you are consuming the right amount of calories and excercise calories.

i have actually lowered my calories in take , but im not saying thats what you should do, as everyone is diffrent, i try to have 3 work outs 3x a week for 1 hour, which seems to help.

i did take a 6 week break from the site, as decided to relax as got to a point where i was feeling low also.

I would suggest to keep eating more Protine if you can and less Carbs or if you do ensure you eat Carbsbefore dinner time, lots of water , and good breakfast in the moring to kick start your bmr , hope this helps , dont loose faith we are all in the same boat, and were here to support each other, good luck in your journey. :flowerforyou:

All good advice above. One thing I would add is that I use body fat scales and concentrate more on that aspect. The reason for this is that it's easy to actually gain weight when you work out as I am losing fat but gaining muscle. Therefore, I could see weight gain but a reduction in body fat. That actually makes me feel better than losing weight as I know I am getting leaner.

I only log my weight once a week as I know that being a creature of routine, I will be getting up around the same time and I will have probably had the same kind of meal the night before for the previous x weeks. That means that the measure of my weight change will be in the most controlled environment possible. Personally, I don't think it's a problem to weigh oneself everyday but one needs to be aware that micro changes will occur that can affect weight quite considerably. If I were to do this, I would have two rules. Firstly, I would weigh myself at the same time every day (weighing myself in the morning one day and in the evening the next is prone to wild inaccuracies) and secondly, I would be ignoring daily weights and looking at the trend over time - i.e. is it trending up or down?

On a final point (forgive me getting on my soapbox about this), in my opinion, anything with artificial sweetener in it is a food or drink of the Devil! I was having a conversation with a doctor about this a few years ago and my jaw hit the floor when he told me about the effects that artificial sweetener has on the body. Some of the more worrying ones are as follows:

- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Thirst (in the case of diet drinks, leading to increased ingestion of said product)

I have saved the best one until last which is:

- Weight loss inhibition (if you don't believe me on this, do your own research)

So, what he was basically saying is that food and drink that contain artificial sweetener will (i) make you feel wound up, (ii) stop you sleeping at night, (iii) play havoc with your bottom, (iv) make you more thirsty with every mouthful and (v) inhibit your weight loss.

Since then, I have taken my chances with plain old sugar.

Dont let it get you down. Dont even worry about the scale. Do your measurements instead of the scale. The scale is a let down and will cause you nothing but grief. Just measure yourself and see how many inches you have dropped! Thats where it counts! Women go back and forth between numbers on the scale (periods, water weight, etc.) so it is hard to tell what you are on the scale. Hope it helps! God bless!