I can't believe i have to start over...crap!

C

cherrygarcia

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I've been on the forum for about a week now and have pretty much been positive throughout untill the lousiest day i had on wednesday. The short version is that i've just found out that i weigh 11kgs (24pounds) more than i thought i weighed. The long version of the story is below:

On wednesday I had asked my trainer if i could weigh in at the gym since i didn't have a weighing scale at home but all 4 scales i tried kept bringing errors and one quickly flashed 150 kgs before showing an error (note that my starting weight was 146kgs and now that i think of it the weighing scale at the time also quickly flashed 146 before bringing an error but i thought nothing of it at the time) and i knew i had been eating right for the most part and working out like crazy. so i knew i couldn't have added weight.

I should also add that i highly doubted that i weighed 146kgs, and suspected i weighed more because of how badly i'd been eating the past one and a half years, but i thought nothing of it...of course until i found out all the gym weighing scales are the really cheap ones that only weigh people upto a certain weight.

The trainer then told me that their weighing scales only go upto 150kgs....(first i was thinking, the bastards!), then the more i thought about it, i started to think that the initial reading that was given was wrong. So yesterday i set off to buy my own weighing scale....and luckily found a really good scale that weighs upto 180kgs.

So i weighed myself and guess what? I actually weigh 157.7kgs (347 pounds). And i know that this is my true weight and from now will be starting weight.

I feel really bad because it is 11kgs (24pounds) more than i thought i weighed...this has wrecked havoc in my mind and its been hard to get back to my normal programme.

On one hand i'm relieved because i know all my hard work didn't go to waste and definitely know i've lost some weight the past couple of weeks, but on the other hand i just feel like my goal has just been pushed a whole lot further...plus i have no idea how much i've lost. It always helps to know you are reaping benefits from your hard work, so now i feel like i'm back to square 1...no more like square zero.
 
That sounds so hard to deal with! But kudos for you for taking the initative to go out and buy yourself a scale. I'm sure that you've lost weight too so dont think of it as starting over, just think of it as continuing what you started. Plus its not always about a number think of the changes youve made in your life--eating better, exercising...those are bound to make huge improvements on your health and your mental well-being. Don't worry <3
 
thanks for the encouragement, it really does help...i'm doing my best to get over it and to just keep going strong.

Mad4Chillas said:
That sounds so hard to deal with! But kudos for you for taking the initative to go out and buy yourself a scale. I'm sure that you've lost weight too so dont think of it as starting over, just think of it as continuing what you started. Plus its not always about a number think of the changes youve made in your life--eating better, exercising...those are bound to make huge improvements on your health and your mental well-being. Don't worry <3
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No big deal. In the scheme of things, think of this as just a little bump in the road on your journey to your target weight. Instead of letting this bring you down, use it as fuel to get you fired up. Victory is always so much sweeter when you have to work hard for it. I know this easier said than done, but you are moving in the right direction. Buying the scale was an a great step forward as it shows you are really serious about this. Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill and remember YOU ARE IN FULL CONTROL!! The only person who can defeat you is yourself. Stay focused & stay strong. Change is just around the corner.

Mark
 
Don't beat yourself up! A wise man once said that success is measured by ones ability to not give up after a failure. Just remember this is a lifestyle change and there is no quick fix. You simply have to keep plugging away until you get to where you want to be! Keep up the good work!
 
hehe reminds me of when i started, i had a similar prob. I had no scales at home at all, i used the gym ones. I THOUGHT i weighed about 125-130kg when i started, but after loosing a dress size and 2 weeks of diet, i estimate id lost bout 10kg (mostly water weight), i weighed at the gym at 135. I weighed in every day and watched a consistant loss of 1kg a day almost for 2 weeks when they changed the scales.
After the scale change i noticed that i had gained 3kg ... i thought it odd, re-weighed in a couple more times and it was definately a 3kg weight gain. Went and did my gym routine, came back and some other guys were getting on, getting off again. They also had suddenly gained 3kg.

After some debate, and days spent using doctors scales and others, it turns out the old scales were 3kg wrong. So i would have been 138kg when i first officially weighed in, and started at about 148-150kg - which was a LOT more than i had thought!

It was also, like you, crappy to have those extra few to loose, but i managed to do it ok anyway :)
 
thanks guys, i feel much better now...it's really nice to know i have support when i'm down, i will continue on with the journey and get over the minor setback. tc
 
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