THE HUNKAMETAL LIES

[Guest guest]

Ok Im really discouraged here. I have gotten back into weighing

daily. There are two groups of thoughts here: one thought is daily

weighing helps keep you on track, the other says it causes you to

obsess. Both apply to me.

But heres the thing. Ive been following my program soooo closely. I

have been exercising(one hour yesterday!), NO STARBUCKS, staying

under 1000 calories, doing protein shakes( no more than two a day,

sometimes none, just the protein from food) when the cravings are

bad. I saw a weight of 157 on Wednesday. But this morning when I

weighed in it said 160 again!! Now I know I couldnt have gained 3

pounds in one day!! But yet now I feel why struggle so hard, why

give up the things I love if its not going to work!!!

My typical day is:

Breakfast: protein bar 23 g 230 cal

MidAM: HM latte(approx 90 cal) or decaf coffee (approx 40 cal)

Lunch: Hardboiled egg,string cheese and yogurt OR tuna salad with

egg and 5 club crackers OR tossed salad with

garbanzos,egg,cheese,beets.

MIDPM: if Im hungry its a protein shake(130 cal)

Dinner: protein(fish,chicken or beef) and veggies like broccoli

PM Snack: either decaf coffee or a hot whey chocolate protein

So whats going on!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve, if you are reading HELP!!!

Huggles and SIGH

[Guest guest]

No it doesn't. Incidently, you are NOT a hunk of metal, which has a

constant weight. Your weight is going to constantly fluctuate.

Even if it were possible to perfectly balance calories taken in with

calaries burned (It's not!) the biomechanical systems will still

have an effect on your day-to-day weight.

A three pound fluctuation is a perfectly normal deviation. Water

weighs a pound a pint. If you're even slightly dehydrated, (a

favorite ploy of us trying to fool ourselves into believing the

numbers are " better " than they really are) you can easily absorb

that, as your tissues rehydrate.

The numbers reported by that " hunkametal " are neither good nor bad.

They simply are what they are. Try to observe them without judging

them or yourself. They are just another tool, for monitoring your

journey. I also weighed myself dauly for a while, until it became

obcessive for me too. I do it weekly now, and that's good enough.

Tim

>

> Ok Im really discouraged here. I have gotten back into weighing

> daily. There are two groups of thoughts here: one thought is daily

> weighing helps keep you on track, the other says it causes you to

> obsess. Both apply to me.

>

> But heres the thing. Ive been following my program soooo closely.

I

> have been exercising(one hour yesterday!), NO STARBUCKS, staying

> under 1000 calories, doing protein shakes( no more than two a day,

> sometimes none, just the protein from food) when the cravings are

> bad. I saw a weight of 157 on Wednesday. But this morning when I

> weighed in it said 160 again!! Now I know I couldnt have gained 3

> pounds in one day!! But yet now I feel why struggle so hard, why

> give up the things I love if its not going to work!!!

>

> My typical day is:

>

> Breakfast: protein bar 23 g 230 cal

>

> MidAM: HM latte(approx 90 cal) or decaf coffee (approx 40 cal)

>

> Lunch: Hardboiled egg,string cheese and yogurt OR tuna salad with

> egg and 5 club crackers OR tossed salad with

> garbanzos,egg,cheese,beets.

>

> MIDPM: if Im hungry its a protein shake(130 cal)

>

> Dinner: protein(fish,chicken or beef) and veggies like broccoli

>

> PM Snack: either decaf coffee or a hot whey chocolate protein

>

>

> So whats going on!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> Steve, if you are reading HELP!!!

>

> Huggles and SIGH

>

[Guest guest]

,

The Scale is Big Magic. Overuse of The Scale will get to you and mess

with your head; you must use the power of the scale sparingly. If

using The Scale at some particular interval (e.g., once a week) is too

hard, maybe for a while you could give your scale to someone else and

only let that person weigh you and tell you the #. But see: It ruined

your day, which was going pretty well. Argh! Don't give up--just go on

from here!

Martha

[Guest guest]

You are doing every thing right, I do the same thing. I only weigh once sometimes twice a week but my weight when I was 143 stayed for 3 weeks, then dropped to 142, then back to 143, then down to 141, then 140, back to 141, back to 140 where I've been for over a week, this is normal for your body even when you do every thing right. The lower you get in weight you're body is trying to keep fat, it gets thinking your starving when you're not. Keep on track I promise it will all work out, as long as you're being honest with yourself that your doing things right. Don't give in to the numbers on the scale and fall off track because they will really go up. You stay on track it will be worth it. Donna Diane Duenas wrote: Ok Im really discouraged here. I

have gotten back into weighing daily. There are two groups of thoughts here: one thought is daily weighing helps keep you on track, the other says it causes you to obsess. Both apply to me.But heres the thing. Ive been following my program soooo closely. I have been exercising(one hour yesterday!), NO STARBUCKS, staying under 1000 calories, doing protein shakes( no more than two a day, sometimes none, just the protein from food) when the cravings are bad. I saw a weight of 157 on Wednesday. But this morning when I weighed in it said 160 again!! Now I know I couldnt have gained 3 pounds in one day!! But yet now I feel why struggle so hard, why give up the things I love if its not going to work!!!My typical day is:Breakfast: protein bar 23 g 230 calMidAM: HM latte(approx 90 cal) or decaf coffee (approx 40 cal)Lunch: Hardboiled egg,string cheese and yogurt OR tuna salad

with egg and 5 club crackers OR tossed salad with garbanzos,egg,cheese,beets.MIDPM: if Im hungry its a protein shake(130 cal)Dinner: protein(fish,chicken or beef) and veggies like broccoliPM Snack: either decaf coffee or a hot whey chocolate proteinSo whats going on!!!!!!!!!!! Steve, if you are reading HELP!!!Huggles and SIGH Donna JordonDSJordon@...

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[Guest guest]

Donna and Martha

Im staying the course. I didnt give in to my craving yesterday...I had

a shake instead. Im also not giving into the scale...I know Im doing

what Im supposed to, I just need to remember that there are other

gauges of sucess...its sooo hard though not to focus on that magic

number.

Huggles

>

> ,

> The Scale is Big Magic. Overuse of The Scale will get to you and mess

> with your head; you must use the power of the scale sparingly. If

> using The Scale at some particular interval (e.g., once a week) is too

> hard, maybe for a while you could give your scale to someone else and

> only let that person weigh you and tell you the #. But see: It ruined

> your day, which was going pretty well. Argh! Don't give up--just go on

> from here!

> Martha

>

[Guest guest]

You're fine just hang in there. You can do it. Donna Diane Duenas wrote: Donna and MarthaIm staying the course. I didnt give in to my craving yesterday...I had a shake instead. Im also not giving into the scale...I know Im doing what Im supposed to, I just need to remember that there are other gauges of sucess...its sooo hard though not to focus on that magic number.Huggles>> ,> The Scale is Big Magic. Overuse of The Scale will get to you and mess> with your head; you must use the power of the scale sparingly. If> using The Scale at some particular interval (e.g., once a week) is too>

hard, maybe for a while you could give your scale to someone else and> only let that person weigh you and tell you the #. But see: It ruined> your day, which was going pretty well. Argh! Don't give up--just go on> from here!> Martha> Donna JordonDSJordon@...

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