Yesterday my title was "feeling good", than I went on to bitch and whine...obviously I wasn't feeling that good.
Today I feel the same, I did a 5km run on the treadmill, I felt good. BUT there is a big but here, I weighed myself before I left and still up 5lbs! I don't get it. I think today was the first time ever I was so frustrated I wanted to cry. I have been working my butt off and eating at about 80% fantastic and the scale is not moving. I find it really hard to believe that I have to eat 100% to lose, what do you think? ITs not like I have 10lbs to lose I have at least 30lbs to be in my high range (which is actually 5lbs above the WW highest weight for me). AM I FRUSTRATED...without a doubt. I feel like the weightloss battle is groundhog day, over and over the same thing.
When I weighed this much in high school, I lost the 30lbs by not eating. My mom thought I was anorexic and wanted to send me to the hospital to make me eat. (I was depressed over a break-up). I lost the weight in a little over a month and kept it off for probably 6years. Starving myself is not an option this time around.
My girlfriend is doing a biggest loser competition at work and has lost 16lbs in 3 weeks. I'm happy for her because that is so difficult!! She's not that big, so for her to lose this much is a huge deal but she said she doesn't eat much and dreams of food. She feels the only way she will lose weight is to eat very little.
I really think our bodies have a set weight and once they are at that weight it just stays put, do you agree or disagree? I feel as though I'm pulling on an elastic band and the weight will always go back to the same....
Sorry for venting so much lately I'm just at a loss and its not in pounds.
1 comment:
Hey Sarah,
VENT AWAY! It's what blogs are for. I'm a firm believer that our bodies like certain weights and are hesatent to let go of them. I find my weight loss always stalled at 175. I could get down to 172 but never past that for YEARS! I mean almost a decade of trying and then I managed to do it after I had Lillian. But it was a result of totally revamping my entire lifestyle. I went from cooking so-so healthy food and walking 20 minutes a day to cooking all healthy (and cooking everything) and running like crazy. That was the first and only thing that broke me past my lifetime plateau. So I do believe that our bodies have a pre-set weight, but I also feel you can break through it, but sometimes it isn't worth the sacrifice.
I also wonder if you don't struggle so much because you are already so active and have been for so long. I know you say your food is 80% good but maybe b/c your body is so used to the activity you have to be better with your food. Don't feel discouraged and know that many others are in your shoes and feel your pain.
You are not alone and you can do this! Even if it takes a little longer then you want it to!
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