Shloobee's Erosion Project :)

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shloobee

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So, the quest to rid myself of at least some of the almost 8 stone (that's something like 110 lbs) that I've accrued since I met my husband nearly 16 years ago has already begun. I've lost 3 of the suckers so far and while it would be nice to go back to my old weight, I'm just happy to be getting healthier and fitter. But wait! I'm having some problems. Momentum is currently not my friend :ack2:

I've not lost ANY weight for two weeks. TWO WEEKS! It's been hot here and I've exercised everyday - so I have officially been Mrs Betty McSweaty. Eating has been good, okay a few sneaky badduns, but I'm a vegan and am actually pretty healthy most of the time. :smash: By the way, the Vegan thing is pretty recent and part of the push towards a generally healthier me - I don't want to debate the merits of my choices and I won't try to tell you should do the same, just so you know. :smash: So what the heck is going on?

My clothes are getting bigger, but I won't go to a shop and buy new stuff because I don't want the hideousness of disappointment when I try to pour myself into a smaller size only to realise that I'm barely any smaller. I'm already feeling useless enough with not being able to quite keep up with my tennis partners (before I met my husband I was a mean tennis player and generally very sporty and it's hard knowing how much worse I am now and the struggle it is going to be to get back to anywhere near how fit I once was) I can see small changes but feel like if I see someone I know who I haven't seen for a month or two, they won't notice any difference and will doubt my claims of weight loss. I feel like I'm running around in circles. I'm chugging the Green tea (decaf of course) and I don't want to limit my food intake too drastically because I want to do this slowly so my poor old stretched skin can keep up and get itself back into place without the aid of a doctor's knife.

I'm doing this alone - my metabolically-able husband had put on a little weight but not that much, and now the beer belly he had (which was pretty profound) has shrunk quick smart without him doing a single damned sit up!!! A pox on him! I don't intend to fall off the wagon, I like the way I'm feeling nowadays and know it's better, but how can I look at myself and think 'Ok, there's progress, let's keep this baby going!', especially when I look at the scales and see NO CHANGE?

I feel stuck and like this is going to be it forever. So near, yet so far. It makes a shloobee sad and frustrated. What can I do?
 
Disregard the scale: if your clothes feel bigger, and you feel smaller, you know whatever you're doing is working! Why don't you start measuring inches lost with a tape measure? When the scale won't budge, I always go to the tape measure and look at that- it usually turns out that I've been making progress anyway. It gives me a much bigger thrill to find that I'm an inch smaller somewhere than a lb, because it's that inch that affects how you look.
 
Hello and welcome!!!
First off, congratulations of wanting to make a change and your progress so far!

If your weight hasn't gone down in a couple weeks, try changing up your routine a little bit. What does your exercise routine look like? As many people here suggest, if you're not doing any weight training... you should start!

I wish you much luck!

~Ryan
 
Thanks Layri, I've taken your advice. I have no idea what the scale says and I've eased up on myself a little. The jeans I bought before last christmas with the hopes that I'd eventually fit in them and were feeling too tight, are now a bit big!!! Putting them on and feeling the button sink home so easily was possibly better than standing on the scales and seeing I'd lost weight because I felt comfortable!! I guess that's my goal, really, to feel comfortable with myself and like I'm able to do whatever I want to do. Thank you again :)
x
 
Thank you for your advice too, Ryan. I have changed my exercise a bit, although not yet with weights but that's going to happen soon. I'm feeling pretty good at the moment and right this minute I couldn't care less what those damned scales say :D
x
 
Slowly but surely wins that race

I've taken some lovely advice and am feeling more relaxed than I have in a while. A pair of jeans I was thinking would never fit sit proudly and snugly (but not too snugly) on my not quite so fat bottom as we speak. I'm also feeling less conspicuous as I walk around town - not that I was a crazy screeching lady running after people with cucumbers or the such before, but you know how you think everyone is looking at the behemoth that is you as you struggle along the pavement? And don't let skinny fellas tell you you're paranoid and that nobody looks. They damn well do but that doesn't mean they can't go to hell! Well, I'm still far from svelte but I feel more capable and that's what counts, non?

I've eased up on myself. If I want this to last then I have to drop the urgency and focus on the long term. For me, this has to be a complete life change not a temporary fix-me-up. So it is. Life change. Hello. :waving:
 
I've been taking it easy this week because I've been a bit under the weather. The discovery of vegan mozarella at a local health food shop has not helped - but I've not put on any weight! Hurrah! My trousers feel bigger than they were - husband is going back to england in a couple of weeks so he's going to get me some smaller ones! A size 20 (UK)! I've not been that size since before we moved in together 14 years ago! Hopefully, the small dance of sheer happiness that I am currently doing will remove a couple more milimetres from the waistband :)

Easing up on myself seems to have helped. Maybe I was retaining water with all the worrying?!!
 
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