I just feel disgusting.

I had finally been doing pretty well with my fitness and eating over the last two weeks and things looked promising. But lately, over the last few days, I've been eating more, poorly, and been less capable of exercise. (I go to the gym and things feel hard again, right when they were starting to feel easy.) And I just feel DISGUSTING. I feel bloated and gross and overstuffed but still generally hungry. I dont feel like any of my clothes fit well and I hate looking at myself. I HATE feeling like this! Where did my sexy, confident self go? And WHY, why is it that every time I start to get serious about losing weight the scale goes up?

I'm hoping this is just a period of bloating-- I have no idea where my sodium is at right now, but its probably not good. I just cant stop eating and cant work out as well as I could and I just feel like a slob =( Does anyone else have times like this? How long does it last? Ugh

Its happen to me actually not that long ago and I just stuck with it and tried to drink a ton of water and eat as best as I could in that moment...

Stick with it you can do it!

I hate those feelings! I've been kinda stuck lately too. I get on the scale and just get really angry. I think more than anything, we have to remember why we started this in the first place, and what we want to accomplish in the end. Do you want to eat healthier, be more fit? Well, even if the scale goes up, if you're putting in a valiant effort, there will be a reward at some point. Just knowing that you've stuck with it for longer than you have before is a great feeling.

Don't give up, I know you can do it!

Yes ,I think we all have been there some point in our lives. I was there not too long ago actually. It is hard to keep eating right and exercising with all the temptations out there.I just have to keep telling myself do you want to get healthy or feel like crap all over again?I seriously was feeling really bad and my health was not looking so good either. This is my second time back on this website because I did fall back into my old bad habits. I have a commitment and that is to get back into shape ,to feel confident again, and look hot.lol. Most importantly is to get healthy again. It sucks but exercise and diet is the only thing that will make this happen. I have realized this and there's no turning back. :-) Just keep motivating yourself thats key, and just remember how great you feel when you do eat healthy and exercise,how much energy you have.

sunday I ate fried fish and hushpuppies. For lunch. then again for dinner. Plus grits - with butter.

I went with a maintenance day... but went too far with bad foods.

So I got up monday for gym and almost puked. Crawled back into bed.

Felt disgusting all day. Still feel bloated today, and the scales are backing me up here since they're up 4 lbs.

BLARG!

So I got back up on the wagon and left monday behind.

:) C'mon, climb back up! Your body forgets, but your mind KNOWS that this is what works, eventually, and we just have to be patient with ourselves!

I hear ya!

This is a long road, and I'm starting to understand just how much work it takes to get it right!  I've been at it for almost 3 months, and I fall off the wagon constantly. 

I do really well during the week - I can pack my own food, keep CC open all day on my computer and log everything religiously, and use my lunch break to go to the gym.  But when the weekend comes, I eat like I've never had a meal, and I think it actually keeps me balanced, yet I'm not going to lose anything or get in shape by doing that!

But I have to remind myself that the successes I do have during the week count for something, and as long as it's something that always matters to me, and that I always at least try, I should be okay!

I've also learned that even if I eat a donut, or something "bad", I can still incorporate that into my calories for the day - it's not a reason to chuck the whole day aside!

So, there ya go!  Good luck to all of us!

Its like you took the words and feelings right out of me on this one.

Ive been the same exact way lately, and I dont know how to stop myself. I put on 3 lbs in 2 weeks, I feel like crap, I feel like I look like crap, but Im still not stopping ???

all you can really do is think that tomorrow is a new day and try your best to eat the healthiest, and attempt any exercise possible. If you have time, go out for a walk instead of eating something bad for you, it takes your mind off it and you feel alot better

good luck, im in the same situation, I should listen to my own advice (haha)

sounds like ttom/pms to me.  my appetitie is hard to control the week before and i will gain up to 5 lbs in water. it usually all gone within 3 days of my period.

my daughter goes thru the same thing. i think its pretty normal for us girls.

its discouraging as hell but just watch the binging keep drinking your water and it will pass.

I suffer from this for about 1 week every month when I want everything I see and feel fat and ugly and its purely hormonal for me.

I hate it because I know that when I get over it it will be back again 3 weeks later.   Even though my clothes are loose and I have lost a heap I still hit that special week and feel fat and bloated and blah!

I also have a week of feeling fab and not wanting any food whatsoever and struggling to eat my minimum calories - those weeks I like! :)

Samantha81- When I first started cc I lost 15lbs in 2 months but unfortunately gained it all back plus some.But while I was on my diet I noticed that eating a cheat meal of whatever you want on sat and sun really helped me with my cravings. It can only be 1 meal though for each day.I was losing 2lbs a week doing this still. I ended up gaining back my weight because school started again and didn't have time to exercise or cook at home.I fell back into my old habits Yeah I know excuses excuses but I'm back again determined to lose my weight and keep it off.Its all a learning process and it is easy to give up and fall back into old habits but just got to get right back up and focus and continue exercising and eating right. :-) Good luck!

You are preaching to the choir, honey!  I feel exactly the same way!  I've been doing awesome for like a month now but last weekend and this week, I just don't have it in me.  I get home and feel so exhausted I don't workout.  If I do workout, it takes so much out of me, like it's day 1 again.  I just can't understand it.

I got home from work totally planning to do my workout yesterday afternoon.  I even had the house to myself for once.  What did I do?  I ate 6 pizza rolls, drank a Pepsi, and flopped on the bed with a book. 

As far as the bloating goes, I feel you.  I feel so yuck when I'm bloated, like I'm the fattest, greasiest person to walk the Earth.  A lot of times it has to do with PMS and it goes away after a few days.  Other times, it's because I ate a big fat juicy steak that didn't digest well.  I also get really bloated after I take a pain killer, like a Lortab or something.  That actually does it to me the worst.  I'll be bloated for a week straight.

I feel bad when I shrug off exercising but if you attempt to keep your calories below or right at what you burn, you at least won't gain anything.  Granted, you won't be losing anything either but it's better than being a pound heavier the next day.  If your bloating is due to any of the issues I gave, it will go away after a few days, maybe a week. 

You'll be ok.  Don't be disgusted with yourself.  You probably feel worse than  you actually look.  Just try to keep your eating in check as best you can and if you can't get yourself to workout, maybe you could take a walk around the block after dinner or something.  At least then you'll feel like you're doing someting towards your weigh-loss goal.