Butterfly’s Journey to Health

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Interesting LaMa. I could try but I'd have to do it kneeling of something, my dog is very small. Thanks Cate, yeah I hope I get more snow.
 
I have been eating well. Was eating a little more carbs than I would like due to low blood sugar, but still thought I was doing well. Got weighed 3 days ago and was expecting with today's weigh-in either the same weight or a slight loss. But it was a 3.7 lb gain. In 3 days?!?!? What the heck?!?!? Back up to 298.1. My most important goal is to never hit 300 lbs. I'm so nervous I will. I don't think I had that much sodium. It's not my time of month so I shouldn't be gaining water weight from that. I had bread but it was low carb low calorie bread and I skipped the chips completely. Grr!! Really hoping there is something wrong with my scale. But I did go to the doctor a few weeks ago and my scale matched theirs almost exactly.

I did exercise after my weigh-in. Burned about 72 calories doing Wii exercise games and than ran in place for about 4 minutes on top of that.

:banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
Don't fret. If you did the right things this was just a fluke. There's no way you'd gain a pound of fat a day without knowing where it came from, so that's not what's happening. Big hug!
 
It won't be fat Butterfly. Bread is really high in sodium. If I cut out bread altogether I drop weight almost instantly. My weight can fluctuate 2kg from day to day. It can be very frustrating, but that's just how it is. Relax hon xo
 
Thank you Cate! The bread I eat is only 60 mg of sodium a slice, so not sure it's that.

Had about 2,400 calories yesterday. Could have been better, could have been worse. A little high on the fat though.
 
Butterfly, I hope this helps a bit. I always panic when I gain any weight but I expected to over Christmas holidays. It looked as though I had gained almost 10lbs but after a week of doing nothing different but going back to normal, I was down 9 of those 10lbs. I'm actually only .6lbs more than I was and things are still shrinking. Our bodies are weird and can hold a lot of water just from stress...heck, sometimes a good poop can clear up why the scales were so messed up (but don't poop on the scales or they'll be REALLY messed up).

As much as it sucks, and PCOS and ANY chronic illness does SUCK, please remember that every single time you don't give into a craving, you take that energy and use it to exercise, you eat a healthy meal instead of junk, or make any healthy decision, your body appreciates it and you are getting healthier. It doesn't feel like it now - it may not feel like it for ages...but you, my dear, are amazing! You are persevering, you are preventing your weight from taking over, you are taking control of your future and trying your darndest to do the best you can.

While that may not show outwardly right now, you're a trooper and pretty darn incredible.
 
Thanks again Samantha!

Weighed in a few times and seem to be averaging at 296, which is still more than the 294.3 than I was. :( Felt like giving up eating healthy and did for a few meals but I'm ready to get back on track.
 
Never give up, hon. Quite apart from the scales you will feel better eating well than eating horribly. Be nice to your body and be proud of yourself for taking care of yourself.
 
Thank you LaMa and Cate. I haven't been eating very well and had a scary weigh-in. My most important goal is never reaching 300 lbs but I was seriously close yesterday at 299.6. I find myself eating well until about 2 PM each day and then I seem to go crazy for the snacks. I guess its stress eating, I just don't see why I'm so stressed. I restart therapy Friday, maybe that will help.
 
Yay for therapy. Maybe you´re stressed because you´re unhappy with yourself? You wouldn´t be the first person to self-medicate with food.
 
Yesterday was a terrible food day. Had about 3400 calories. I was high on carbs, fat, and sodium too. Did exercise a bit and not have much sugar though, but still. I think I eat like this more than I realize. At least I know why I've been gaining weight and why I had indigestion yesterday. Figured out why I'm so stressed. Well, sort of knew but tried to ignore it. I haven't posted this before but I also have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I keep trying to pretend I had a normal childhood but I didn't and faking it and ignoring it is not working. 2 days till therapy, but it feels like forever.
 
I'm so sorry to hear that, hon! Jedi hugs, if you have a use for them. Two days of finding comfort in food won't be the end of the world - please be kind to yourself when you're struggling.
 
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