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    Frustrated!!!!!

    So today i had a lot of cravings but i didn't succumb to them..and then i came home and decided to measure myself...didn't weigh but i did measure..now granted it is only my 5th day but still...NOTHING!!! not one 1/4 of an inch down...i mean maybe i am expecting it too fast but still i hate the way that that tape measure (and usually scales) make me feel. it makes me feel like i could have eaten the stuff that i wanted today...like i could have binged or something..i don't know...i am just having a bad day i guess. i REALLY hope that the scales move down when i weigh in....i am REALLY SCARED that they wont!!!!!

    Start date: May 28th
    SW: 175 GW: 140 CHeight: 5'7 CHips: 42 CThighs: 25
    June 11th: goal =169 MET GOAL, JUNE 3RD (16
    June 25th: goal=165 MET GOAL JUNE 10TH!!
    July 2nd: goal=160
    July 16th: goal=155
    July 30th: goal=150
    August 13th: goal= 145 and 15 inches lost
    August 30th: PT test/Weigh in for the Naval Academy!!!
    Inches lost since May 28th: 2.5 Thighs, 1 hips, 2 waist

    I will not eat for pleasure. I eat for survival. "through God we can do all things"
    "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got".

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  • #2
    Re: Frustrated!!!!!

    You didn't put the weight and inches on in 5 days, don't expect them to come off in 5 days! Patience is the key. Be patient, follow the program, and you will get results.

    Now put the darn tape measure and scale away until day 14!
    START 8/16/06 @ 270+~MG1: 220-12/2/06~MG2: 210-1/07~MG3: 199-3/2/07~MG4: 190-4/27/07~MG5: 180-7/04/07~GOAL: 170
    RESTART 11/2/09 @ 224.6~MG1: 215~MG2: 210~MG3: 205~MG4: 199~MG5: 195~MG6: 190~MG7: 185~GOAL: 180
    F / 28 / 5'8" FITDAY

    Missoula Marathon 7/13/08 5:41

    Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance
    GLUTEN-FREE since 10/08

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    • #3
      Re: Frustrated!!!!!

      i suppose you have a point. i won't tape or weigh until day 14. it will be hard but i won't do it!!! i guess i am just scared. this is something that i have wanted for so many years now but i always ruin it by eating too much! i haven't seen anybody on this board who said that they have gained weight so i guess i will be safe...thanks!!!

      Start date: May 28th
      SW: 175 GW: 140 CHeight: 5'7 CHips: 42 CThighs: 25
      June 11th: goal =169 MET GOAL, JUNE 3RD (16
      June 25th: goal=165 MET GOAL JUNE 10TH!!
      July 2nd: goal=160
      July 16th: goal=155
      July 30th: goal=150
      August 13th: goal= 145 and 15 inches lost
      August 30th: PT test/Weigh in for the Naval Academy!!!
      Inches lost since May 28th: 2.5 Thighs, 1 hips, 2 waist

      I will not eat for pleasure. I eat for survival. "through God we can do all things"
      "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got".

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      • #4
        Re: Frustrated!!!!!

        It's hard isn't it I can FEEL that I am majorly retaining water or something this week so I might skip my usual weigh in because I'm afraid the scale will tell me something I DO NOT want to hear......I know that I will get there on my body's own time. But still.....no one likes to see no results. Keep going, and they WILL show up, I promise!
        SLIM IN 6!
        Week 1 DONE!
        Week 2
        Day 1 DONE RIU
        Day 2 DONE RIU
        Day 3 DONE RIU
        Day 4 DONE WIU/Limber
        Day 5 DONE RIU
        Day 6


        Berry Rung

        Goals: Stay cheat-free, exercise at least four times per week, drink at least 100 oz of water per day :walking

        Rewards: new clothes, new bathing suit and a happy me!:guns:




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        • #5
          Re: Frustrated!!!!!

          YOu have to think about how bad do you want this ?? How bad do you want to lose the weight and look and feel better. If you keep that in mind and concentrate on just today, not yesterday, not tomorrow, do not think about how many days you have been on plan, just today. The weight and inches will take care of them selves and measuring them is just a way of keeping score. If it discourages you that much, do not weigh or measure for at least a couple of weeks, why set yourself up for the feelings you have had today.
          I know you can do this, and it will be worth it. Just stick to it and do like you did today and come here so we can all help you through your doubts. MOst of us get doubts, but we work through them.
          Good job fighting off the cravings, keep it up, you will be so proud you did !!!
          Stephie
          Stephie

          242 /start weight/ currently 231
          first goal
          219 , that will be very exciting !!

          We have a tendency to overestimate what others can do and underestimate ourselves !! author unknown
          Not anymore !!!

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          • #6
            Re: Frustrated!!!!!

            i'm so sorry you are having a frustrating day alaska. i feel you! on day five i had no weight loss register on the scale nor did i feel myself shrinking. i am going to say the same things everyone is saying...be patient. we will lose on this way of eating. it will happen. just think of how you would beat yourself up if you do binge...don't let the negative voices win...you are worth the wonderful things that are coming your way as you stick with this plan...and when you are reaping the rewards of staying true to your self by not cheating, this obstacle, this challenge that you BEAT will be all the sweeter! stay the course...you already know what the other side is like. stay with us...we need your support and encouragement. YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
            jen
            "life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." ~anais nin
            female/40 years/5 feet 5.5 inches
            original starting weight=245
            bw=194 (07/09/08 - restart)

            goal 1=clean induction

            245 180

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            • #7
              Re: Frustrated!!!!!

              Hey Alaska, some days are just plain awful! You just find yourself in a battle. I find myself there all the time...I am usually so grateful when sleep time comes, I can slip away from the war within....
              Congrats for holding your ground. Your body is going to respond! Some times it just takes time for things to get moving. Our bodies do have alot of "say" in this and they loose when they are ready to. It's the frustrating part, we plot and plan and stay right with the world and don't SEEM to loose, but then right around the corner, it just comes off! A Whooshie will come your way!...
              Maybe when you measure and or weigh, do it first thing in the morning before eating drinking and going out and about!
              74 8/1/06
              SW225/CW142/GW135 83lbs GONE!
              2 YEARS and 9MONTHS!!! I've been here
              Jess Female/51/5'3

              www.jdudley.blog.com blog site

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              • #8
                Re: Frustrated!!!!!

                Hey, Alaska!

                H2O Cheers! I think why you are getting sooo much encouragement from this board is that we have all been there and we KNOW the pain and frustration that you are feeling. There are many caring people here to support you. I'm so proud of you for posting your thoughts. This so helps get the dreaded war in your head out of your head so you can live a little more peacefully.

                This WOE is so personal to each of us. I'm only on day 12 of induction and i quit weighing myself simply because if I got 0 results, it was so easy to say, "What the heck, I might as well eat poorly" And then, you are in deep doo doo. The cycle just repeats itself.

                One time, I was soo mad that I had given so much power to the results on the scale that I put it on my garage floor and ran over it. My Parents came be a couple days later and my Mom asked me what the smashed up parts on my garage floor was. I responded that it was my scale and I'm leaving it there all week so that I run over it again and again because I didn't need the number to define me.

                Since then, I have a different perception on weight.

                I guess my point is that you are doing great. Keep posting your thoughts, keep your mind at one day at a time and, know down deep that this is not a diet it is a WOL. You are transitioning yourself from old habits to new ones and that my friend is why it is soooo hard at times.

                Hugs from Florida,

                Buffy
                Buffy


                Female
                STAC Date 5/14/07
                5'10"








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                • #9
                  Re: Frustrated!!!!!

                  wow, thanks you guys! that made me feel a whole ton better!!! you guys are great! and I WONT give into the cravings!

                  Start date: May 28th
                  SW: 175 GW: 140 CHeight: 5'7 CHips: 42 CThighs: 25
                  June 11th: goal =169 MET GOAL, JUNE 3RD (16
                  June 25th: goal=165 MET GOAL JUNE 10TH!!
                  July 2nd: goal=160
                  July 16th: goal=155
                  July 30th: goal=150
                  August 13th: goal= 145 and 15 inches lost
                  August 30th: PT test/Weigh in for the Naval Academy!!!
                  Inches lost since May 28th: 2.5 Thighs, 1 hips, 2 waist

                  I will not eat for pleasure. I eat for survival. "through God we can do all things"
                  "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got".

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                  • #10
                    Re: Frustrated!!!!!

                    Hang in there!! I am on day 6 of Induction and I am DYING to get on the scale, but I think holding off until day 14 is going to put me in a much better frame of mind....I will hold off on weighing with you!
                    HW223/CW150?/GW135

                    Mini Goal: Clean Induction MET 6/10/07
                    Mini Goal: Ext Induction MET 6/30/07
                    Mini Goal: R-N-R Half Marathon MET 9/3/07
                    Mini Goal: 170 MET 10/3/07
                    Mini Goal: 165 MET 11/27/07
                    Mini Goal: 160 MET 12/11/07
                    Mini Goal: 155 MET 2/11/08
                    Mini Goal: 150 MET 2/24/08
                    Mini Goal: 145 MET 3/1/08
                    NEW Mini Goal: 145
                    FINAL GOAL: 135




                    START 223.......... DURING 180........ NOW 140

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                    • #11
                      Re: Frustrated!!!!!

                      allright partytrouble...it will be hard but i will do it with you! today was FILLED with HORRIBLE cravings! i almost gave in about 10,000 times (not that i counted)...but i rejected them so far and had an omlette and bacon and a hard boiled egg so hopefully that will kick in. and i might make me an atkins friendly treat to get rid of my cravings!

                      Start date: May 28th
                      SW: 175 GW: 140 CHeight: 5'7 CHips: 42 CThighs: 25
                      June 11th: goal =169 MET GOAL, JUNE 3RD (16
                      June 25th: goal=165 MET GOAL JUNE 10TH!!
                      July 2nd: goal=160
                      July 16th: goal=155
                      July 30th: goal=150
                      August 13th: goal= 145 and 15 inches lost
                      August 30th: PT test/Weigh in for the Naval Academy!!!
                      Inches lost since May 28th: 2.5 Thighs, 1 hips, 2 waist

                      I will not eat for pleasure. I eat for survival. "through God we can do all things"
                      "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got".

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                      • #12
                        Re: Frustrated!!!!!

                        alaska,

                        we can do this together. a few questions for you....when is your TOM? do you think you are craving because of that? i am assuming with your fiance gone, you are living alone....did you get rid of ANYTHING that is not acceptable on Atkins? that is what i have found to be most helpful...so that i have no WAY to cheat even if i wanted to. also, i think you are on the same day of induction as me...6, right? have you felt appetite suppression at all, or do you think you are just anxious and that is why you feel cravings? one thing i have found to be helpful is to STAY BUSY. for instance, today is saturday morning, so i had nowhere i 'needed' to be at a particular time. therefore, i ate TWICE as much for breakfast as i have all week!!! i realized i did this because i had exra time on my hands/didn't need to run out the door to work. hang in there, the cravings WILL pass even though it is very hard to make it through them. concentrate on how good we will both feel on day 14 weigh in!! ps i am nervous about it actually, because it will be my TOM right on that monday and i might have to wait until a few days after that to weigh so i am not disappointed with extra water weight taht day!!!
                        HW223/CW150?/GW135

                        Mini Goal: Clean Induction MET 6/10/07
                        Mini Goal: Ext Induction MET 6/30/07
                        Mini Goal: R-N-R Half Marathon MET 9/3/07
                        Mini Goal: 170 MET 10/3/07
                        Mini Goal: 165 MET 11/27/07
                        Mini Goal: 160 MET 12/11/07
                        Mini Goal: 155 MET 2/11/08
                        Mini Goal: 150 MET 2/24/08
                        Mini Goal: 145 MET 3/1/08
                        NEW Mini Goal: 145
                        FINAL GOAL: 135




                        START 223.......... DURING 180........ NOW 140

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                        • #13
                          Re: Frustrated!!!!!

                          that is a good question...i don't know when my TOM is. ever since i got of bc it has been sporatic. but usually around this time of month. I don't have anything that is not induction legal so that is good but i live in the barracks (im in the military) and it is like a 4 minute walk to the store and i have been fighting the urge to go and buy some stuff. but i think you are right. i think it is all because of boredom. I am in a weird mood. i don't want to do anything but i dont' want to sit around because then i am going to be thinking of food all day. but i think i will do some studying and then maybe convince myself to go for a walk. man today is the WORST for cravings that it has ever been!!!!!

                          Start date: May 28th
                          SW: 175 GW: 140 CHeight: 5'7 CHips: 42 CThighs: 25
                          June 11th: goal =169 MET GOAL, JUNE 3RD (16
                          June 25th: goal=165 MET GOAL JUNE 10TH!!
                          July 2nd: goal=160
                          July 16th: goal=155
                          July 30th: goal=150
                          August 13th: goal= 145 and 15 inches lost
                          August 30th: PT test/Weigh in for the Naval Academy!!!
                          Inches lost since May 28th: 2.5 Thighs, 1 hips, 2 waist

                          I will not eat for pleasure. I eat for survival. "through God we can do all things"
                          "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got".

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