Starting over! And blogging this time.

I figured it was water. I'm only .2 higher now. Yesterday I drank lots of water. Last time I drank, the weekend of mothers day, I wound up going on a huge food binge too and it caused my to jump up by 6 pounds, (that I did lose lol) but this time I did much better. I think it's because I planned what i would eat while drinking before i started. haha.

Looking forward to tomorrows weigh in still. And I'm looking forward to the month of may challenge nearing to an end! I still think I'm gonna reach my 30 pounds mark by june 1st. Woohoo! I think I'm becoming more confident in my ability to lose weight. If I saw the number go up some I'd think I screwed up but now I just realize it's probably water weight and I'll balance out
 
I am GAINING weight!!!! I don't know why. I'm still eating 1500 calories or less a day, and I exercise every day. I don't see how it would be muscle since it's just aerobic exercise. This is really making me frustrated. I've gained for 4 days in a row now. This better be water weight, because at this rate I'm not reaching my goal now.
 
Several things might be happening. You could be eating more than you think you are, you might not be getting enough water, you could be coming up on TOM, your body could still be recovering from the weekend (if I go nuts one day, I'll see weird scale results for about a week before my body catches up to me being back on track), it might be a side affect from medications, stress, higher temps outside (etc) or it could just be a fluke.

If you are sure on your calorie count and water intake, just keep doing what you know to be right and give it a little time. Four days isn't very long and I'm guessing (since you didn't post numbers) that the amounts are pretty small. Hang in there, you won't get anywhere if you give up.
 
Thanks Mizzie, I just get so worried sometimes that my weight loss will stop and i'll gain it all back again. Lately I feel like my hormones are out of balance, big time. I keep getting my period late, last time it was 7 weeks late, and as of now I'm a week late, during the time in which I'm suppose to get it, I get depressed and irritable up until it finally shows it's ugly face. Maybe I should see a doctor, if I had money haha.
 
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Thanks Mizzie, I just get so worried sometimes that my weight loss will stop and i'll gain it all back again. Lately I feel like my hormones are out of balance, big time. I keep getting my period late, last time it was 7 weeks late, and as of now I'm a week late, during the time in which I'm suppose to get it, I get depressed and irritable up until it finally shows it's ugly face. Maybe I should see a doctor, if I had money haha.
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Could be PCOS if you are over weight, ladies with PCOS can get a period without ovulating and if they do ovulate are usually very late... some have cycles that are 60-90 days long. This can also contribute to out of whack glucose levels and stuff, making weight loss harder. The good news is if you lose weight and have it, it can be managed.
 
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Thats one thing I'm afraid of. I've always been irregular, I got on the pill to help regulate it but now that I can't afford it, I'm not on it. I have chin hair (embarrassing!), dry hair, I get cramps even when I don't have my period and I get less then 9 periods a year when i'm off the pill. Someone told me the test are really expensive though, and i can't afford it
 
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Thats one thing I'm afraid of. I've always been irregular, I got on the pill to help regulate it but now that I can't afford it, I'm not on it. I have chin hair (embarrassing!), dry hair, I get cramps even when I don't have my period and I get less then 9 periods a year when i'm off the pill. Someone told me the test are really expensive though, and i can't afford it
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Yeah, without insurance I am sure it would be very expensive. If you just keep on you hopefully lose enough weight to manage it well. If you don't plan on starting a family yet then it is not as much of a worry for many women. You should try googling diets for ladies with PCOS because I know it has a lot to do with insulin problems which is why it can be hard to lose weight and easy to gain it, maybe being on a low GI (glycemic index) diet will help? It makes it so you don't release too much insulin at a time, it is what many diabetics do.
 
Well, my weigh in day is tuesdays, but I got my period this month (still have it) and yesterday I was peeing alllll day so I had to weigh myself this morning to see... 207.9!!!! I REACHED MY -30 POUNDS BY JUNE 1ST GOAL!!!!!!!!

I didn't workout yesterday, and I'm not today. I know working out is suppose to help cramps when you have your period but being anemic... I just don't have the energy. I think I'm gonna need a ferritin transfusion some day because my ferritin levels (iron storage) are very low which is what is causing my anemia. Bleh!

My new job makes up for me not working out though, since I'm on my feet the whole time, walking all over the place! I keep trying to remember to wear my pedometer one day so I can see how much walking I actually do, maybe today i'll remember.

Also, sorry I've been MIA around the forums lately, PMS is a killer, thats all I'm gonna say! lol
 
CONGRATS on your 30 pounds goal! I'm kind of new to the forum so I've been reading diaries. That's so great that you've hit such a big milestone!
 
hmm, I WAS 207.9 two days ago but these past 2 days i've been hanging at 208.6. I'm not really upset because I've been eating late dinners since I'm not getting home from work till 10:30p and I haven't been going to the bathroom that often :(

Tonight after work I'll only eat something small, tomorrow morning I should be back to 207.9
 
Last night was my friends birthday, so we went to the bar. I wasn't planning on drinking at all, but my friend was upset that I wasn't drinking with her for her birthday. I got pressured into drinking. I hadn't eaten much for the day because I was busy, and having a bad day (I got two tickets because A: My car's registration expired 2 days ago and B: I had left my new car insurance documents at home >.<) So there goes 200 dollars that I DON'T have, literally, my bank account is negative right now. My financial situation is getting worse. I wish I didn't break my leg....

Anyway, what I'm getting at is, after having a drinking binge last night, I was afraid my weight would shoot up like usual, so I weighed myself and to my surprise I was down 3.5 pounds o_O

I was 207.9 this tuesday, this morning I was 204.5. I'd love for my weight to stay there but I know once I eat and drink (water) for the day it will go back up haha. But still. Seeing that number sure cheered me up
 
Weight loss is so weird, isn't it? Seems like when I think I'm going to have a good loss, I get nothing, but when I think it's going to be awful, I drop 3 pounds. Go figure. Just do what you know is right and hope for the best really. You might have had a whoosh.
 
I wound up gaining most of that weight back. I'm guessing I was just dehydrated. Now I'm 206.6. But I'm still lower then tuesdays weigh in so I'm fine with that. Would be nice if I lost a little more before weigh in, which I probably will because tomorrow I have an 8 hour shift and I am on my feet all day.

I know what you mean mizzie, it can be so frustrating!
 
I know what you mean about it being frustrating. I tried this a year ago and gave up because I went back to school, gained the freshman fifteen and now I'm done moping and back into it. :)

I'm sorry to hear about you breaking your foot, but things happen for a reason.... Maybe at that point in time exercising would have been bad for your health? I always try to find a reason for things happening... Not always easy though.

One of my major incentives is that my big brother gets parolled (He didn't do anything horrible i swear, it was a halfway house thing) in December and I want him to look at me and go WOW. Not only that but winter is my favorite time of the year and I and to look good in cute coats ;)

What's your big incentive (Besides your health, of course! Health should always be the number one reason to lose weight!)
 
Hey Casey. When I broke my leg I got pretty depressed. But it also helped me want to do the weight loss thing more then ever. The ability to work out was out of my control, and as soon as that control came back I wanted it so bad that it fueled my weigh loss initially. I'm doing well now because losing weight is really empowering for me. I feel like if I can do this, I can do anything.

Hmm.. I have a few big incentives, it's hard to just pick one.

I want to go clothes shopping, but being at a heavier weight it's hard for me to actually like anything I'm wearing. This is a big motivator.
I want to live my life without always thinking about how fat I look.
I want to be able to do more in the bed (hahaha)
Go swimming without caring.

There's a lot of incentives. But mostly I just want to accept myself. Along with weight loss I've been doing a lot of other positive changes so I think in due time, acceptance will happen.
 
Keep going. You're doing fantastic, I'm sure you and your boyfriend are very proud of your progress thus far. I'll be here and watching if you ever need to chat :)
 
Just a note - the lower weight after binge drinking always happens to me too... dehydration, through and through!!

Don't allow yourself to be emotionally affected by more than 1 weigh-in per week (unless the frequent weigh-ins anre helping you stay on track)

My 2 cents, and oh, hello! Read some of your diary and will be back to see how it's going. Great job on the huge loss so far!!
 
Hey Anke. I find when I weigh myself every morning, it's kind of like I'm promising myself to make the best choices I can as far as eating goes. After that night of drinking, I expected my weight to go back up because I was pretty dehydrated. It did go up, but now it's gone back down.

Somehow, no idea how, I've lost 5 pounds this week. 199.whatever is so close... I am 203.5 right now. In two weeks, I may be under 200. I can't believe it!
 
Hmmm this week my weight has been jumping all over. Yesterday I was actually 201.5. Today I am 203.5 again. Hopefully I'm at least in the 02's when I weigh in on tuesday ^_^

Having a little bbq today. I hope I eat well! Last night I had a wawa hoagie so I think thats why I'm up a little from yesterday, lots of sodium in those things.
 
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