my struggle

**PaulaMM** · June 13, 2007, 11:05 AM

Re: my struggle

I feel for you, I really do. My body does the exact same thing at 164lbs. It's maddening, isn't it

?!?

Try to focus on the health aspect of this WOL and stay AWAY from the evil scale. If possible, have a family member or friend hide them. Right now, the scale is not your friend and that stagnant number will only discourage you. Set a date for your next weigh-in and avoid a scale at all cost until that date. I would aim for no less than a month, preferably two. Then focus on eating clean, and getting adequate exercise. I'm sure that after that given time, you will see a change for the good, and hopefully, lost that need to let a number control how you feel for the day.

Anyway, this is what I'm planning to do and I hope it helps you in some way. I wish you the best of luck and success and hope that you are able to break that rotten plateau soon.

**LooseShoes** · June 13, 2007, 11:16 AM

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I had to face some issues within myself at 189. I kept sabotaging myself and cheating. I had to dig deep and decide that I really did want to lose the weight, and the problems I had of protecting myself behind the fat could be handled different ways. I'm not saying that's your problem, it was just my experience. My head is harder to control than my stomach. Atkins does work if you stick with it, and sometimes you reach plateaus that you just have to live through. Patience is a hard lesson to learn, but try to relax and enjoy the journey to a healthy weight and it will come.

**harmony3098** · June 13, 2007, 11:29 AM

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yeah, you hit the nail on the head for me, caryl...it is really all about facing my truth and being ok with it. it's very difficult for me to move beyond this space, so i am going to take paula's advice and put the scale away for a while. i'm commiting to a date later today after i look at my (realistic) calendar. thanks very much ladies!

**Outback Jess** · June 13, 2007, 03:49 PM

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Hi Jen,
Hang in there girl, this can be the biggest turning point and freedom could be right around the corner, pursue it! Think of who you really want to be at 40, that's what I did at 49, thought about what I really wanted to feel like and be like, and I found by refusing to go back, I moved forward, and a new freedom is mine, but truth is you have to then maintain what you've received...
i've thrown peace with food away many times, but this time, it's the bigger picture, keep seeking the higher way, the bigger picture and you will move past this place and it will never hold you back again!

**Sherri** · June 13, 2007, 09:34 PM

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Good advice at hiding the scale! I was reading through my first year jounaling on atkins and counted 35 days where the scale did not move. I had lost sixty pounds by then and I can still remember the frustration. Although still a scale-aholic, I was reminded to hide them this time around . DH hid them for me and am now weighing once a week. In the future, if they stop moving like that again I'll wait a couple months to weigh again. We learn so much about our bodies in this wol. Remember the tape measure is a better friend than the scale. Hang in there, patience is a virtue. Sincerely Sherri

**partytrouble** · June 13, 2007, 10:36 PM

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harmony,
hang in there girl! my body does the same thing (and is currently frustrating the heck out of me) at 174....never comfortably below that unless i am literally starving myself. my body always seems to go back to or 'stick' at that number.
funny you posted this, i was just thinking that all i really want to do is get to 169 so that i can leave that dreaded mid 170 number behind for GOOD!
let's hang in there together. just keep doing what we are doing, working out in the pool, running, healing injuries, and eating right. i betcha in a month when we recheck ourselves, we will both be below our 'set point' number.
dont' be discouraged!

**Sweet Strudel** · June 14, 2007, 08:22 AM

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partytrouble...

First of all, I wish my reward at goal weight was a new saab convertible!

Ok that being said, I think we all have a weight that our body seems to settle at...mine for YEARS was at around 195...seems I ate whatever I wanted and might go up a pound or two or down a pound or two depending but then settled back at around the 195 mark.

Of course the only problem with that for me, or for most of us it seems is that the number our bodies decide to settle at are not the numbers we want.

This is the first time I can remember being in the 180's in sooooo many years. Well, I was there once in January, but after I was really sick, so that doesn't count. Even though I'm at 189 (its not much into the 80's but I'm takin it

), it feels good to have broken that barrier.

I guess as the other ladies have said, just hang in there, keep doing what you are doing and you will win the battle against your bodies unwillingness to leave its "comfortable" weight.

As I have said so many times before, I view the weight loss aspect of Atkins as a bonus, its really the overall better health thats the prize. Of course who am I kiddin, we all wanna look good too...

Hang in there!

**harmony3098** · June 14, 2007, 10:30 AM

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hi everyone, thanks for your support and suggestions...i have decided to put the scale away...and, i need to be better with my water...i think i've really fallen off the wagon since the challenge ended this week...funny how easily i fall back into these patterns. the urge/the action of sabotage is so present with me right now that, if i did have any binge foods in the house, it would be game on...so, still struggling...i need to be running again already! 6 more weeks to hang in there...i've decided to swim and strength train but have not made my exercise goals for the week...so, kind of in a funk, so i need to set more realistic goals for the upcoming week...love the struggle/hate the struggle, know what i mean?...thanks for being here!

**Sweet Strudel** · June 14, 2007, 10:59 AM

Re: my struggle - New Water Challenge?

Soooo...maybe since we all did so well and were held accountable on the water challenge....perhaps we should have another one...say starting on Monday June 18th.

It worked the first time for lots of us. Maybe we just need to be held accountable to others to maintain our water intake.

So, anyone game?

**PaulaMM** · June 14, 2007, 11:04 AM

Re: my struggle - New Water Challenge?

Originally posted by Sweet Strudel

Soooo...maybe since we all did so well and were held accountable on the water challenge....perhaps we should have another one...say starting on Monday June 18th.

It worked the first time for lots of us. Maybe we just need to be held accountable to others to maintain our water intake.

So, anyone game?

Sounds good to me!

**Sherri** · June 14, 2007, 11:35 AM

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