Houston! We Have A Problem! Trying not to Panic!

[Finelly]

Re: Houston! We Have A Problem! Trying not to Panic!

Whoa, whoa there, girl! SLLLLOOOOOOWWWWW DOWN!

1. You must eat veggies, meat AND FAT. LOTS of fat. FAT, FAT, FAT.

2. See, this is why the scale doesn't matter. It's a stupid, stupid instrument. Let me give you some personal examples:

- this morning, I woke up and weighed 206.5 lbs. I took one slug of coffee, peed again, and weighed 209 lbs.

- On Tuesday night, I weighed out of curiosity. I weighed 205 lbs. On Wednesday morning, I weighed 207.5 lbs.

- Last Sunday, I woke up and weighed at 207. Three hours later, having only eaten 1 flax cracker and had a cup of coffee (a known diuretic, so what the heck?) I weighed 211. Three hours after that, I was down to 207.5

8 lbs of water weight is NOTHING. You have to a) weigh the same time of day, b) use the EXACT SAME SCALE, and c) Not give a hoot what it says.

Have you lost inches? Huh? Huh? Have you? Ok, then.

Now sit down, take a deep breath, throw away the soda and the Atkins bars, and:

* do NOT starve yourself to "make it all better"
* drink a lot of water, which you were probably doing anyway, since your ketostix were pale
* DO. NOT. OBSESS. ABOUT. THE. SCALE.

[lbrowne]

Re: Houston! We Have A Problem! Trying not to Panic!

I just want to ditto not doing anything extreme. IGNORE THE SCALE. I know how hard that is, but weight fluctuates. Only weigh yourself once every week or two if at all possible.

A diuretic gets rid of excess water in the body. You truly don't need to work on that as it'll naturally happen as it is ready, but natural diuretics are okay to use as long as they aren't in huge amounts.

Atkins is a diuretic diet on it's own, but as was said, sometimes the body will hold on to extra water. Do ***NOT*** stop drinking water. It won't help anything and could cause problems with your health. Your body NEEDS to have water.

~ Linda

[Desertthorn]

Re: Houston! We Have A Problem! Trying not to Panic!

Its not you, its the scales in the doctors office. They are mearly different than yours. Not to panic, my friend/

[Natasha]

Re: Houston! We Have A Problem! Trying not to Panic!

Thanks you guys you are spectacular....and my heart goes out to you for being so good to me....Im not giving up....Thats a promise....Im so focus I just gotta get a hold of the situation....

Rest assure I won't stop drinking my water...the ole body needs it...It was never my intentions to get on the scale.....Kinda didn't have a choice....I got thinking to see maybe 1 or 2 lbs less than my previous lost but got a big shock...Its ok...Im cool now....that right....COOL AS A FAN....LOL ....SO NO WORRIES...ITS ALL GOOD....

[Lisa M]

Re: Houston! We Have A Problem! Trying not to Panic!

Shoot the scale...the scale is evil.

Glad you've calmed down and relaxed a bit. Hang in there! These ladies have shared it all, so all I can add is "ditto" and DRINK YOUR WATER!

[Sarah1341]

Re: Houston! We Have A Problem! Trying not to Panic!

You've already received great advice - just popping in to give you support