I blew it

Please don't be so hard on yourself. There are a number of reasons why your weight can go up. It could be you had too much sodium, could be your thyroid, could be depression or could just be some bad food choices. Have you ever had your thyroid tested? I know one thing that will absolutely drive you crazy, and that is weighing yourself every day. Our weight fluctuates daily and anyone expecting to see a loss every single day is kidding themselves (just my opinion). I hope you feel better and stay on MFP. I look forward to your posts.

I did the same thing over Christmas and one day turned into two and I ended up gaining 10lbs in 2 months. Hungry much? You've lost 17lbs, so you know what to do to lose. Get up tomorrow and keep doing it. The more you dwell on what you've done bad, the worse you will feel. It is way easier to put on than take off, as I am experiencing right now. You can do it :bigsmile:

Stop. Hands up. Step away from the scale! No sudden moves.

Seriously, breathe and forgive yourself. This is a lifestyle not a quick fix. You probably got scared and freaked out. It's okay. It happened. Do better next time.

First of all, congratulations on how far you've already come. Fluctuations are normal especially when you have eaten items with hight sodium contents. Make sure you weigh yourself at the same time each day (after the bathroom first thing in the morning is best as its not effected by what you have/havent eaten that day).

Dont let it get you down, use it as encouragement to continue to be active and to focus on what you've acheived so far. Try to swap items that you can see are slowing your progress and go for healthier options (eg home made versions or smaller portions). \

Just remember that the results dont appear overnight so try to limit yourself to weighing in twice weekly. Stay focused on the reasons you want to lose the weight and dont allow yourself to be negitive Chin up

Oh my gosh, this happens to SO many people. Myself included. Maybe weighing yourself everyday isn't healthy for you! Just get back on the wagon, get yourself healthy eating and exercising again, and wait a week to weigh in. Drink plenty of water to flush out the crap you ate today, and I bet you'll be happier with the number you see a week from now

everyone has those days, just dont let it turn into months!

Please...do NOT weight yourself every day.

I want to point out that you reached your point of frustration by watching your weight vary by ONLY A HALF POUND! That is eight ounces. That is the weight of a 16-ounce glass of water. NO BIG DEAL!

Fluctuations of that size happen all the time just taking into consideration normal body functions.

Make sure you are drinking plenty of water each day. That will help with many things including flushing out toxins, keeping the digestive track moving and helping your cells produce energy that keeps you going and motivated.

Feel like you're getting a hunger pang throughout the day? Have a glass of water.

Hang in there! You've come this far. Keep the momentum.

Tomorrow is a new Day for you to start over and make better choices. I weight myself everyday and notice changes like this too, but you cant let the number on the scale influence your choices on what to eat if your craving something have a taste, but not a whole bag. Be smart and leave trigger foods at the grocery store, so its much more difficult to access them in your moment of weakness. Also hard workouts and salt consumption may play a part in weight fluctuations. Best wishes for a better and brighter tomorrow...

I have gone through a bout of scale obsession myself. That is a no-no. Do not weigh yourself everyday. Your body fluctuates daily, depending on water intake, sodium intake, food choices ... that time of the month. There is a two week window that I don't step on the scale because of that. So you had a bad day. Forget about it. Take tomorrow as a new day and make better choices. You have the power to step back and say "know what, I am not going to eat this today". Be conscience and say "maybe I will eat half today and the other half tomorrow". That has helped me out of some binging episodes. I learned in weight watchers ... tomorrow is another day. You have another chance to make it right. Just take one day at a time. It really helps mentally when having a bad day. Good luck and congrats on your success!

You're right; we're harder on ourselves than we are on others. May I suggest that you not weigh yourself every day? I don't even have a scale at home because it's too tempting. Our weight can fluctuate a lot just due to salt levels and water fluctuations in our bodies. Once a week should really be enough to give you a guideline. Also, if you're working out you will be adding muscle AS you lose fat... so you lose one pound of fat; TWO pounds of muscle can fill that same space... so try to rely on your clothes to tell you if you are maintaining, losing or gaining (just don't wash jeans in hot water, lol).

Weight is like I.Q.... it's a guideline. (^_^)

Heck I've been up a whole pound for a week and it's okay. It does eventually drop again as long as you are hanging in there. Weight seriously does fluctuation a good 3-5lbs on a regular basis. I've been weighing most of my life because my father was a daily weigher and it is a habit. I'm so in tune with what my body's normal fluctuations are that it doesn't throw me off to see that. If you are freaking out over that little of a fluctuation, it does not fit your personality to be a daily weigher. That's okay. In fact, the more you work with who you are on this journey, the better your success will be.

I wish I could give you a snapshot of my MFP progress report from my app. There is CLEARLY a downward spiral but I have so many M's on it that it is actually comical to me. The biggest and most defined M came from my TOM. (M describes what the graph line looks like--in case that isn't clear, weight goes up and down and back up and down). What I look for are my valleys. Are my lowest points decreasing over time? If yes, then I'm good. I don't look at my spikes except to laugh at them. The only time I might do that is if my last lowest downward valley was some time ago and then I might start looking at more strategies to get it going again.

Again, if you only see your weight on a very short period of time and use that to gauge where you are from day to day, this method is not good for you. It's a trend over time, definitely not something you can use as a daily feedback mechanism. Sometimes I know why it spiked but sometimes I really don't. That's your body! It likes to keep you guessing!

As far as blowing it? You only blow it if you decided to completely give up. The fact that you are making this post suggests that this is not what you did. So you blew your calories for the day. Just get back up and keep going. Now if you do this regularly, then you might see some stall in progress but sometimes even then it takes some people awhile to get into the swing of really being able to attend to this lifestyle change.

What's good is analyzing why you did it and come up with a strategy to prevent it. It sounds like for you, looking at your scale daily was a definite trigger. Luckily there is a fairly easy solution for that.

I haven't read all the responses but I do this as well....for me I think I sabotage myself...could this be you to?

Logically it doesn't make sense...I want to lose weight, I do it, I get to a milestone, and then I sabotage myself. It has more to do with my mental health than me physically. I am trying to overcome this.

Just a thought.