Frustrated!

[laura35]

I am trying to find a way of eating I can stick to and finally this week I have been doing the diabetic diet and have mostly 99% of the time sticking to it. It has me eating the right amounts of protein,fats, and carbs together at each meal. I am eating 5 smaller meals having me around 1500 calories. yesterday I ate a little more but anyway this is good for me, someone that cant stick to a eating regimen. I got on the scale this morning and it had me weighing more by a couple of pds. It is very frustrating to know that you have been eating way better than you normally do and working out and your going up instead of down. I am at the tail end of my period and we did eat late lastnight, do you think that could be why I am up a couple of pds? I also have done cardio 4 straight days and my legs really feel like they have been worked. I also that last two weeks have added another wt session with heavy wts for upper body because I want to get my arms leaner,more cut and I have heard so many good things about more wt training with heavy wts. I feel like I look better but then when your seeing something tell you your more than you think you would be its depressing. sorry for rambling, I was just so excited to finally find and eating plan that I could live with, i think anyway and thought this is it, I am going to lose those last 6 lbs that have been so hard for me,because eating for me has always been the culprit on holding me back from attaining my goals. should I give it more time and see if it drops later, that maybe my body is adjusting to the change? thanks for listening and sorry for whining.

 

[gidget1978]

There seems to be alot of hype lately about the stupid scale (and trust me, Im no better) If you think you look and feel better,....then don't let the scale upset you. I know its very fustrating to eat clean and to not benefit on the scale end of things but try to look at the other things you have accomplished. You have an eating plan you can stick with, so thats good, your bound to see the scale drop at some point in time. Earlier this week my scale was up but TTOM started. But I have to say, I didn't "feel" the same either. My jeans felt tighter and my measurments were up. Since then I have dropped those extra couple lbs that were nagging me and I feel better. At the same time, this wasn't just about the scale.I felt bloated!
But maybe the goal you are aiming for isn't realistic? I know that when I was 118 lbs as a 18 yrs old, I had no muscle tone. I have made it to 118 in the last yr but didn't stay there. I am kind of tetering between 120-122 these days.
Just try to focus on the way you look and feel instead of what the scale tells you, and maybe I will try the same! LOL
lori

 

[laura35]

your right the scale shouldnt rule me but the numbers do bother me. I feel that I weigh too much for my height but I do know that I have alot of muscle and I am strong. I dont focus on losing wt like I use to yrs ago but I do however when I get past a certain point of wt that it does put me in that I am fat mode and feel I need to lose wt. However I mostly stay around a certain number except in the winter months and am usually happy with where I am because I know that I am strong and muscular and athletic , which is something that I would have never seen myself as before. People tell me the same and it sometimes seems funny to think of myself as athletic but really, I am. I just was hoping that cleaning up my eating would benefit me in the wt lose dept and when you see that you weigh more it kind of gets to you sometimes but I will wait a few days or so and make sure that the PMS symptoms are all gone and try again. I also tell myself that usually in the spring I almost always lose that 5-6lbs that I put on in the winter. kind of like an animal shedding its extra coat. thanks for your advice, I would love to weigh 120-122 by the way!