Monday, May 9, 2011

Not a Happy Camper

I was so close to the 100 pound lost mark that I started weighing every day. 574. 574. 573. 574. Then finally 572. Yay! I trumpeted to everyone on SparkPeople, Facebook, etc. And what happens on my "official" weigh in day? I'm up three pounds to 575. A one pound gain since my last weigh in. And I couldn't even tell you why. I've been within my calorie range all but two days of the last nine - one was over by only 100 calories, the other by 400. So it's not like I binged. Not only that, but all the other weeks I've lost four to five pounds, I've had at least one day a week where I was a few hundred calories over.

I got on the scale, off, on, off, on. Then burst into tears. I know all the things to say: water weight, sodium intake, it's just one week, normal fluctuations. But it still hurts. I still feel frustrated. It was an emotional blow. I have feelings of wanting to give up. Like nothing I'm able to do is going to get this weight off. But then I shake my head and keep plodding forward. I'll be especially careful this week and try to stay on the low side of my range, if not a little under.

It just makes me want to cry. I'm so sad.

3 comments:

  1. *hugs* I know how much those scale numbers get inside one's head, and it is so discouraging when they turn on us. However, I know that you can keep on and get those numbers going downward again very soon! <3 ya, Morphy. :)

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  2. Hey you did lose a hundred pounds! You reached 572 and very soon you will be below that!

    My weight bounces up and down without any real reason. I always LOG my lowest weigh in number even if it drifts upwards the day after.

    You are doing this!
    Congrats on hitting 100 down!

    YAY!

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  3. Thanks for the support. It helps.

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