SOOOOO FRUSTRATED

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Registered: 06-29-2006
SOOOOO FRUSTRATED
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Mon, 07-17-2006 - 6:16pm
I messed up big time!!! I just ended my 2nd week on WWs and when I weighed in this morning, the scale says I gained .6 pounds from last week (Week #1 : 7 pounds lost) I'm not mad about the .6 gain, ONLY because my TOM will be here by tomorrow, so I know to expect some weight gain. I AM upset because I started to let that little .6 gain get to me SOOooo much that I came home from work stressed, moody, and craving anything/everything....so guess what happened next? YUP!!! I caved in and ate...now I regret it even more. UNBELIEVEABLE! Sometimes I feel like I have no control. So, what might have been a loss (who knows? I could be retaining several pounds of water due to TOM), just might now be a (real)gain...... AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! I gotta get out of this funk!!!
Well, thanks for listening....I had to let all this out.
----Melissa
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Mon, 07-17-2006 - 7:32pm

(((HUGS)))

Try not to let it get to you too much. Say to yourself that as of RIGHT NOW you are back on plan and this isn't going to affect you and work on getting past it :). Don't worry about a gain, because you would have to have eaten 3500 calories above and beyond what you need in a day, so probably 6000 or 7000 calories to see a gain of even 1 lb. I completely understand the frustrations with the scale, even posted somewhat about it in my journal entries yesterday, and it's so hard to deal with. I have been completely OP for 5 weeks now, and am not seeing losses like I am used to. Yesterday I wanted to eat and eat and eat junk food, but amazingly enough, I withstood, not sure how, but I did it. I know that you can get past this, too!

I think daily weighing can be a very good thing, and it's even starting to be recommended by experts, but if you think that weighing in daily will only lead to more days like this, maybe try only once or twice a week, until you feel like you can realistically face the scale.

Also, did you maybe try restricting too much during the day today, because of the # on the scale? Is it possible that that may have helped contribute to the binge? I've noticed in the past that if I see a "bad" number on the scale and try to get it down by restricting myself too much, it only backfires and I slide downhill. If that's the case, then next time remember to focus on keeping your eating habits the same as always, even follow a previous day's menu if you have to so that you aren't too hungry or tempted to binge.

I hope you are feeling a bit better now, and don't be concerned if the # on the scale is even higher tomorrow, when we binge we tend to eat carbs and sodium, two things that make us retain even more water.
Staci


 


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Mon, 07-17-2006 - 8:27pm

Thank you, Staci....

I really needed some encouraging words. My husband thought (mood swings are horrible LOL) that I might have a nervous breakdown after my binge. I just wanna do this weight loss thing right and I feel that if I don't follow it 100%, it means I failed. I just get paranoid with fluctuations that say that I gained weight....they make me stressed, then I wanna eat, then I get stressed, etc. WHAT A VICIOUS CYCLE!!!!! Anyway, thanks again for bringing me back to reality and making me feel a whole lot better.

----Melissa

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Tue, 07-18-2006 - 1:03pm

I have to laugh when I read your post. I do the same thing! When I gain, even though it's small and probably water, it depresses me and I end up craving foods more than ever! You overate we all do it. it happens accept it, don't beat yourself up over it.

just get back on track as soon as possible, and if you stick with your plan from here on out, you should lose that .6 and probably a little more by your next weigh in.

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Tue, 07-18-2006 - 7:17pm

Been there, done that. I think we all have.


Try not too beat yourself up too bad. Just admit what you have done, and move on. As long as we don't do it all the time, we are OK.


Again, do not be too hard on yourself. You are doing great!!! And you will continue to do great!


HUGS to you!!

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 Karen


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Registered: 06-29-2006
Tue, 07-18-2006 - 8:11pm

THANKS LADIES!!!!

All of your encouraging words worked, cuz I followed my points 100% today!!!! Yayyyy!!!! I guess I just needed to know what I did was normal AND forgiveable. Well, I forgave myself and now I'm pushing forward again. You guys are the best!!!

---Melissa

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Wed, 07-19-2006 - 3:48am
Congratulations!!! Glad you snapped out of it and pushing forward again

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