The slow loss saga continues....

[Smallerizing]

Wooo Hoooo!!

Stepped on the scale this morning and to my surprise I not only lost the two extra pounds of TOM weight, but two more!! I was getting so aggravated that my sig said 156 when it was really 158, and about to change it. I was even thinking about cheating. (but didn't) NOW the sig is 2 pounds too MUCH!!

My scale is even more evil than all it's brothers in the world, in that it will give me different readings when I step on and off and on again. So the really really good news is that the first reading was 152!!!!!!!!

I feel so skinny!!!

But I can't count the low figure since I can't duplicate it, even with about 8 tries. I'm cool with a 2 lb loss for now, though, I know the rest will be gone eventually.

Do y'all think I should change my monthly goal? I set it low because this has been so SLOW for me lately, and didn't want to be discouraged. Now it seems a little silly....

[jimenitayo]

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hi
im in the same boat as you... i set my goals low, and as soon as I did my body refused to cooperate! its stuuuuuuuuuuuck. even with the low goal i dont think im gonna make it

my scale did the same thing... eeeeeeeeevil teases, i could make it change even 4 pounds just by stepping on it different.

[drosa75]

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I have the same issue with my scale...the damn thing. . But way to go, keep up the good work.

I am just going to it the next time it teases me!

Send the whoosh fairy to NY/NJ would ya.

[Binsk]

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I thought that I was the only one that had that problem with their scale. Mine gives a different reading if I get on with my left foot first than if I get on with my right foot. It also changes if I bounce a litte. We must look funny getting on and off the scale and bouncing.

Well done on the loss.

[sallyseachange]

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My scale is so erratic that I get off and on several times. I reckon when I get a weight that is the same three times over, that's it! Darn thing!

[Kate113]

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I do the three times weight thing, too and it does seem to change depending on which foot I step on with first. Funky thing. lol

[rissa]

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yes my old scale was awful (it was digital) so i saved a little money and bought myself a nicer one thats not digital. it was only about 20 bux. right on the dot everytime. well it looks like you made your goal right? so yeah i would set a new goal. it will give you a little more motivation. keep up the great work!

[2big4mysize]

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you know how frustrating goals not achieved are keep your tiny goals and jump for jpy as you exceed them

[Smallerizing]

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The only jumping I'm doing this morning is up and down on the stupid scales. The scales giveth and the scales taketh away I didn't realize that this trait was so prevalent in the scale family. Rissa, I think you are right -- I tried a non-digital one a month ago at Costco and it kept giving the same exact reading.

This morning they gave me back FIVE pounds!!

I did have some soup yesterday that was very salty, so I hope that's all it is. My carbs went way up for a soup and salad supper at church, cuz I brought a maintenance level soup but no salad cuz it always goes bad when it's leftover, and my gut doesn't always cooperate when I eat a lot of it. Well, NOBODY brought salad, so I had a little of my lima bean celery soup, and a lowish-carb corn muffin. I didn't count the carbs but it was all maintenance-legal food, but I salted the soup way more than normal. I was told it was normal for other people, but I don't salt very much at all and I'm not used to it.

Please, O powerful and mighty scale, let these bountiful pounds be water weight, and taketh them away soon before I lose my momentum!!!

[jimenitayo]

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hang in there small, you can do it

I hope the evil 5 pounds go away by tomorrow

you gotta persever though, cause you've inspired me with the small goals... it helps to have someone else out there who is sticking with it through the stalls....

I'll be rooting for you and waiting to hear the news

[Smallerizing]

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Oh, great, NO PRESSURE. Now I have to be good so I won't feel guilty if YOU goof up!!


Just kidding, actually I was looking to YOU for strength!!
But I guess that's what the board is for. I'll keep plugging along, but I gained (!) another pound from yesterday, no apparent reason.

[jimenitayo]

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ha! you made me laugh!

ok, so we'll be the slow twins...im pretty stuck, and I'm starting to realize that I'm not going to make my goal on the 22nd... this month has been reeeeeeeeeeeally slow.

when i think about it, it's still worth it to me to stick to it...
it makes me think about why I want this, and what i want to achieve... the only option i can see other than this diet is to go back to the way I was eating and I definitely dont want that.
I dont want to gain back all the weight I lost, and then some.
even if it means just maintaining the weight I'm at, i still think it's worth it, if I go off plan it'll keep getting worse and worse, and that's not acceptable

for me it feels like I have to make the decision to stay on plan every day. it doesn't really come as a given. so far, I'm glad I've always come up on the saide of staying.
the truth is: I'm feeling pretty good about myself and my life, I'm doing new things, like excercise, and I'm not feeling tortured and deprived, i really dont miss the other foods much. I've done new and amazing things like learning to drink water without wanting to gag, and I really feeli like I have a happy, healthy glow about me.

so, here I am, sticking with it, chugging water, and hitting the pool.
If I lose some more weight that would be lovely, If I dont, i still feel like I can keep doing this.

I guess I'm feeling philosophical today thanks for telling me you were also counting on me for support, made me feel all warm and fuzzy it's hard keeping things in perspective... and every nice vibe helps

[iyamamaschke]

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I am Poof that Patience really Pays off this time was Probably my 100th time starting and even know it has been slow at times I am still going Down WOOHOOO. You'll get there way to go on the Loss

Sarah

[Smallerizing]

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when i think about it, it's still worth it to me to stick to it...
it makes me think about why I want this, and what i want to achieve... the only option i can see other than this diet is to go back to the way I was eating and I definitely dont want that.

My feelings exactly!!! So we can sit here and whine and make excuses (I have a BIG one today, but thankfully I didn't use it), or we can do something about the bad hand we've been dealt, and just plod along. And we both have seen where the first option gets us. More poundage!

It's great to see your attitude about it, and how good you feel and KNOW that you look, even if it's just that "glow." Which has to come from inside and our mind-set. I wish I could feel that way every minute of this WOE, cuz sometimes I think it stinks. When I'm off it, I KNOW that the other alternative stinks!!!

So let the "slow-loss twins" keep plugging away. Even if I'm up a few pounds. Today the scale said 157.5, but I know it's just trying to trick me into getting discouraged and gaining lots more in a hurry by pigging out on carbs. And don't think that hasn't happened in the past!! I WILL be at 156 by May 21, even though I thought I lost it already. And if not, like you said, still have the good health etc. that it's really all about.

Thanks, Sarah, for your encouragement!! You have a VERY impressive loss to back you up in this, so I choose to believe you and not the evil metal monster.

[jimenitayo]

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thanks for the support christine...

OK, slow loss it is then....
evil scale-monster...

I'm gonna stick it out past this stall... sometimes aI do hope, and maybe It'll start moving again...

sorry about your tooth! glad you stayed on plan! you must be so proud!