Need some encouragement

I've about quit weighing. I only do it here and there, and on days I am feeling good. :laugh: Forget what the scale says. You say you are eating healthy, getting tons of exercise and staying in your calorie range -- AWESOME!!! If nothing else, you are taking care of yourself which is more than 90% of the population does, and you WILL be rewarded for it. Maybe not always in pounds lost, but in other ways. Good going, girl! Keep up the hard work! :drinker:

Have you been eating healthy and staying within your calories?
Have you been exercising?
If so, you are on track and what the scale says right this moment simply doesn't matter.:flowerforyou:

It can be really discouraging to see the numbers go back up when you've worked so hard to lose the weight! You sound like you've got the right idea though. Scales do fluctuate...your period will affect your weight...weight can fluctuate naturally with water retention! This is all true. You've lost inches!!! You know you are being good to yourself...so why then are you feeling discouraged? Sometimes it takes a lot of "positive thinking" and excuse the term "blowing sunshine up your own butt" to keep you focused on forward motion. It's far too easy to fall back into old self destructive habits...it's easy to fail...it's easy to get caught up in the negative self talk that will spin us out of control...that's why so many of us have become so far out of shape in the first place. Nothing in life is easy...nothing comes cheap...it's going to take hard work and dedication to reach your goals and YOU CAN AND WILL DO IT! BELIEVING it is the KEY!!! If you just put faith in yourself and let go of all that negative "I'm not going to quit or anything, but I'm definitely not feeling enthusiastic right now." and try to think differently...you'll succeed! Setting yourself up for failure by thinking this way...isn't going to get you to your goals. You gave valid reason for why the scale might be reading a little high...focus on their validity!!! You are eating well...You are exercising...THE WEIGHT WILL COME OFF...end it there...so what if you don't feel motivated...the only way to change that is to "THINK DIFFERENTLY" Ever consider that your thinking might be twisted? Does any of this sound familiar to you?

All-or-nothing thinking... You look at everything in all-or-nothing terms.
Over generalization... You view a negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.
Mental filter... You dwell on the negatives and ignore the positives.
Discounting the positives... You insist that your accomplishments or positive qualities 'don't count'.
Jumping to conclusions...
Mind reading: You assume that people are reacting negatively to you when there is no evidence for this.
Fortune-telling: You arbitrarily predict that things will turn out badly.
Magnification or minimization... You blow up things out of proportion or you shrink their importance inappropriately.
Emotional reasoning... You reason from how you feel: "I feel like an idiot, so I really must be one." or "I don't feel like doing this so I'll put it off."
Should statements... You criticize yourself to other people with 'shoulds' or 'shouldn'ts'. 'Musts', 'oughts' and 'have-tos' are similar offenders.
Labeling... You identify with your shortcomings. Instead of saying "I made a mistake" you tell yourself "I'm a nerd" or "a loser".
Personalization and blame... You blame yourself for something you weren't entirely responsible for, or you blame other people and overlook ways that your own attributes and behaviour might contribute to a problem.

Getting a handle on HOW YOU THINK will have long term positive effects on everything in your life!
You can do this...just believe in yourself and keep working hard!
Cheers...

My advice..Don't weigh yourself when it's that TOM. All women know that when it is that TOM we have water weight that we carry around. If at all possible, refrain from weighing during this time because it will discourage you to see the added "weight gain." Good luck to you!! :drinker:

Hey, I'm with ya sister! I'm three weeks in, consistantly leaving a 500 calorie deficient everyday that I exercise, which is 5-6 days a week, I'm working hard at cardio and lifting weights, and I got on the scale this morning for my weekly weigh in and it barely budged. But I'm eating right, I'm exercising, my clothes fit better.....so SCREW THE SCALE!!!!

I feel good, I'm looking better, I'm feeling muscles in places I forgot I had them, my skin looks better, I'm not as cranky (eh....) and I know I'm doing good for myself so YEA ME!!!! (that's sunshine being blown up my own butt) I like it!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: