Bummed out. Need cheering up...

[DragonflyMoon]

Hi STACers...

So i am up a pound today. I just don't get it. TOM is over and i've been perfectly good. No cheats. I had a horrible day yesterday and was really hoping that i made goal today. Instead, i am just one more pound AWAY from goal. I am really bummed out...

[Thinner08]

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I'M SORRY THAT YOUR NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE TODAY BUT IF YOU JUST TRY TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE AND KNOW THAT YOU WOKE UP TODAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF LIFE, AS WELL AS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CHANGE, MAYBE THE VERY THOUGHT OF THAT WILL HELP YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY. LOOK AT HOW WELL YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN THE THE PAST. DON'T LET ONE LITTLE POUND GET YOU DOWN. THE WOOSH FAIRY CALLED ME AND SAID, "YOU TELL THAT DRAGONFLY MOON, TO HOLD ON TO HER BLOOMERS, CAUSE WHEN I VISIT SHE'S GOING TO NEED SOME NEW ONES ANYWAY!" SO JUST CONTINUE TO HOLD ON MY FRIEND, YOUR TIME IS COMING!

[Desertthorn]

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Hi Neighbor, ( I live south of Olympia)

You know scales are evil, you know that that pound means little, so don't let it bum you out. Go look at those old fat pants, or better yet, look at those new tight pants and you'll be smiling and happy.

[Serenity Raging]

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I can relate. I started induction a week ago and haven't lost a thing. But the way i look at it is.. I enjoy not feeling bloated and blah. I really do feel better and I am determined to wait my body out till it throws in the towel and gives up the pounds. Hang in there.

[RachelnLa]

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For me, the scale tends to go up right before it goes down. After TOM I was up two pounds.. then four pounds gone! Then up two, down one, down one.. etc. I weigh daily and keep note of it. I see the pattern and know when it goes up.. it's about to go down. You have been legal so you know you are doing it. Also, inches. When inches come off the weight goes up for me. Crazy. Don't understand it, but that's how it works. I was expecting a whoosh after TOM and was very disappointed because it had been two weeks since weighing and had been very very strick and legal to find it went up. The inches left and soon the scale caught up. Soo... that my be what is happening. Do not cheat, stay strict and I assure you it will move!

ps... the scaled whooshed about 3 days after TOM!

[Lady_Hawke]

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[Lisa M]

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((Dragonflymoon))

Put the scale away for a week, sweets. You're worth is measured by you, not the number on the scale or the tape measure. If the scale keeps going up the make adjustments in your daily carb intake. Water/food fluctuation is so common. Hang in there!

[DragonflyMoon]

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Thanks, girls. I appreciate you all so very much...

I was just telling Jess that although i do have so much to be thankful for and grateful for... sometimes i just need to be a girl and feel a little sorry for myself... today is one of those days! Thanks for the cheer up... i'll try to stay off the scale for a bit and see how i do. I do feel pretty good, and my jeans feel loose, so that is good... I just am so close to this goal and it is frustrating that i am not reaching it. It'll happen...

Thanks!

[Outback Jess]

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I am sitting here thinking about your posts and PM's. It made me think about the tide. I think dieting and transforming our bodies and our lives and moving them to places we dream of. Stablity, health, strong and exercised, the proper weight, maybe pain free or disease free, it's really a journey and I think it reminds me of waves and tide.
I went on a long deserved vacation this summer, it was a gift actually. I could get up early and go to the beach in the morning. My husband gave me this cool little lawn chair with a strap, so I put it on my shoulder and took off with a quart of coffee and a hat. I watched the waves, wash to the shore, over and over, and then one would be stronger taking the water line up a bit more, and then others would be consistently behind it but not quiet up as far. Soon another would break and come up higher, and others would lap up behind..not quiet as far...pretty soon everything was consistenly lapping at my feet...Breakthru and then consistency holding, then another break thru...
I think our journey is like that here in Atkinsworld.

[sofarsogood]

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Dragonfly - I think we're sisters in another dimension. I was sharing your crappy day yesterday and I am up a pound today as well. I read all the posts written to cheer you up and they helped me too.

[Sarah1341]

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Jenna!

Hang in there!! Maybe your mood and/or stress is just causing you to retain a little water. Plus, you have been doing The Firm alot lately. That could just be muscle weight. I'm sure it will get better. You are so close. Now is the time to stay strong and don't let this cause you to stray.

[DragonflyMoon]

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Dragonfly - I think we're sisters in another dimension. I was sharing your crappy day yesterday and I am up a pound today as well. I read all the posts written to cheer you up and they helped me too.

Ooooh... maybe we ARE! We're the same age and all... when's your b-day? LOL.

Thanks again everyone for the kind words. You all really do help me so very much. I am doing better today ~ still at 2 pounds from goal. I have to confess that i did cheat a little Sunday night. But it wasn't too bad ~ just some tempura veggies & i ate the noodle "croutons" on my Thai Chicken Ceasar Salad. But i am over that and jumped right back onto my program today. I did the Firm again (Sarah, you could totally be right ~ i am gaining muscle and my body is changing around.) So back on track & i have a better attitude too...

PLUS ~ OMG ~ i fit into my size 16 pants today! Now, mind you, i can't actually WEAR them out or anything because they are so tight and it pushes that fat roll up - i'm sure some of you can empathize with that one - but they did fit, button and zip up - without even lying down to do it! So something is changing for the positive in my body, even if the scale isn't showing it.

[sofarsogood]

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My b-day is July 21st - when's yours?

Awesome news about the jeans! I still find it so weird that my body shape can change so much without losing a pound. I am still not down to my lowest weight, but I can wear a smaller size than I ever have in my whole life. People I know who always seemed so small are giving me their jeans that are too small for them and they fit!

[DragonflyMoon]

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Mine is January 11th - so we are almost exactly 6 months apart! Also, that makes you a Cancer, and Cancers & Capricorn's are great friends. One of my best friends shares a b-day with you!!

You've come so far with your weight loss ~ it is so motivating to me. I don't even know what i'll look like in the 150s when i get there again ~ last time i was there was junior year in college! And i looked pretty good then... now that i am older, who knows! I have always been able to wear sizes smaller than i should for my weight, if that makes sense. I am not sure why. It is interesting how are bodies change. Probably all the exercise helps a lot with that...

[RachelnLa]

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Hey! July 21st here too! Neat-O. Is not't it amazing you can wear smaller at a higher weight? That was one of the first things my daughter noticed when she lost weight.

I'm in the boat with you Dragon.. one pound to reach 20 pounds.. and it's just hanging on for dear life. argh!! I want to be able to say 20 pounds lost so bad. 19.5 just doesn't sound as grand LOL