discouraged

[michigangirly]

i am so bummed! :no not only have i not DROPPED any weight, i've put on a pound! i don't know what is going on, i was dropping so steadily and now nothing! but i'm wondering..how long before TOM do you think you start retaining water? it's not too far away...could that be it? how can i just put a pound on overnight? i hope it is water whatever the case.

[camera]

It's probably water.

Stay off the scale (weigh in at least only once a week!) and use a tape measurer to measure loss of inches on your body. You'll see that pounds don't mean a thing when you know you've lost 4" around your waist!
I learned that the hard way by sticking on the scale too often and getting upset.

[Arielle]

it's got to be a little water retention, I notice for me, the weight fluctuates..up a little...down a little, those times suck, and it is hard not to get discouraged, but then all of a sudden you'll start losing. Don't worry

[AmyinVail]

I completely avoid the scale anytime near my TOM. I just skip it. In the beginning, I just couldn't take the fluctuating numbers...now, as I feel smaller, it doesn't bother me. Keep going, trust me, it will fall off!!!!

[michigangirly]

:hug thanks guys! i know, the scale can be so evil!! i love watching even a pound come off, but geesh if i see it go up i get bent out of shape! no more weighing myself everyday!! :yikes cause it just drives me crazy!

[cnwade]

It's funny how much more you notice this when you are dieting.

I've probably always retained water prior to my TOM, but it wasn' until I got older and had to start watching my eating habits and actually gained any significant weight that I noticed the difference.

I've fluctuated as much as 8 pounds..that's a dress size...just from water retention. My breasts are often popping out of my bras during that TOM when before I am barely filling the cups! But I didn't notice it as much when I was a size two like I do at a size 8.

I think generally speaking the scale is the enemy of women in more ways than one. I go strictly by what fits and what doesnt.

[shadewolf]

i start retaining water between a week to a week and a half in advance. i noticed it when one day i'd had a whole bunch of water and it didn't run right through me like usual. the scale went up pretty much exactly the amount i drank and it took another week and a half for that to go away again. now my weight is steadily on the drop once more. i hate having to deal with water retention at all