How is this possible
I am so depressed, and angry and confused. I gained 2 pounds this week. I don’t understand how it is possible. I followed my plan the way I have been following it the last 6 months. The only thing I did different this week is walk everyday instead of taking one day off. I walked 4 miles Monday and 2 each of the other days.
How could this have happened. I don’t know how to deal with it. Everyone will say it is ok.. it is just a number don’t be worried with the number…. but it is more than a number for me. It is an emotional journey too. I am feeling right now like why bother going on and I know that isn’t good. I knew that one day there was going to be a gain, but it has been 6 months since I started and I was beginning to think that it wasn’t ever going to happen. I was doing so good and bamm! I gain 2 pounds. Maybe my doctor was right, maybe I can’t do this…. maybe it is too much for me. I am sitting here crying like a fool….. I don’t know how to go and face the day….. what I really want to do is crawl back in bed and hide from it.
I really need my buddies today……
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Your walking every day might have built up more muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. That is what I have always heard. Don’t be so hard on your self. I think you are doing so great! I can only hope that I do as well! I’m just starting out and I already feel depressed.
I lost every week for 4 months, and then bam….three weeks of nothing, and then a 2 pound gain. I was hugely upset, but I did not give up, kept going and the next week I had a 4 pound loss, and have lost every week since. My husband told me that I had lost a lot of weight , and quite quickly, and my body was just adjusting to the change. Who knows , maybe it clicked into “starvation mode” and tried to cling to every miserable calorie for awhile. The main thing is , the losses started again…don’t give up, it seems to be a normal part of the process to plateau now and then. This is where most people get discouraged and give up. Don’t do that. You’ll get past it, have faith in yourself. You didn’t do anything wrong, it happens. Look at how much you’ve lost so far. You are doing amazingly well!!! Hang in there!!
Well, you probably got my message by now, so you know how I feel. Now I’ll be nice. You are spoiled, girl. Every week you have a nice loss, you made it through a very stress filled month, You’ve lost over 50 lbs, (passed me up) and now you are depressed over a little gain. I know you have the strength to carry on. It’s exactly what you would tell us to do. Do you think you’re better than the rest of us? That’s the message I’m getting. Oh my, I was gonna be nice, what happened? See what you made me do? You made me be mean to my accountabuddy!
It’s your wake up call! Life isn’t always fair, you work harder and have a gain. Not fair!, but so what, it’s the way it is, and surely you will not let something that stupid and unfair derail all the hard work you have done, now that would be really unfair to yourself. I agree, it’s probably muscle and the good news is that more muscle means more calories burning while you are doing absolutely nothing! So in the long run it will be a benefit and worth the temporary disappointment! You are doing great, keep it up!
Look at how far you come, you always take a bad weigh in so personally. It happens to everyone. You are losing weight and getting to where you want to be so you can have a baby. It is hard to stay on track, I know that. But you can do it.
okay, everybody has told you don’t give up. and they’re right. the body is not like a gumball machine where you put a quarter in, remember when it used to be a penny, and get a gumball out everytime. there are lots of other things going on in the body. this might be your first test on patience, perserverence, and disappointment, but i can guarantee you it won’t be your last.
i’m mad about the #s that are showing up on my scale lately too, but i have some choices 1)stick with what i’m doing for another week or 2 and see if my body kicks into gear, 2) tweak my food and/or workouts, or 3)eat to get back at the scale.
i don’t know about you, but i’m going for 1 and then 2.
what i can’t get over from your blog is your doctor telling you that you you can’t do this. what can’t you do?
yea…who is your doctor…do they not know you? i would change doctors if they dont believe in you…
if you need us so much …where are you ?? still crying ..you better not be! get up and get on here…and let us all know that you forgot who you were for a moment …but, your back!! hope this helps too! A FEW ENCOURAGING SCRIPTURES
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings as eagles they shall run,and not be weary;and they shall walk and not faint.Isaiah 40:31
God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.Psalm 46:1
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Philippians 4:13
So that we may boldly say,the Lord is my helper,and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.Hebrews 13:6
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear,but of power,and of love and of a sound mind.1 Tomothy 1:7
Yea,though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil:for though art with me;thy rod and thy staff they comfort me Psalm 23:7
O my God,I trust in thee:let me not be ashamed,let not mine enemies triumph over me.Psalm 25:2
Lead me in thy truth,and teach me:for thou art the God of my salvation;on thee do I wait all the day.Psalm 25:5