i feel like im getting fatter

i feel bigger.

each day i look in the mirror to get dressed and i swear my stomach is growing.

i try and be positive and think it cant be it feels flatter etc but it just doesnt look it at all!

i hate the way my clothes fit even more than i did.

my face seems to be thin one day and yet the other it looks puffy.

i dunno what im doing, is this my mind, is it paranoia, is it my mood reflecting on how i see myself?

i feel totally down n out, just feel really really low!

Have you tried measuring your body size and weight?

no lol

im tryin to weigh once a month so it'l be 17th Sept.

now im gettin all these doubts and pangs ppl av said i should weigh.  Only thing is i dont wanna become obsessed with numbers again, thats why i stopped in the first place.

no lol

im tryin to weigh once a month so it'l be 17th Sept.

now im gettin all these doubts and pangs ppl av said i should weigh.  Only thing is i dont wanna become obsessed with numbers again, thats why i stopped in the first place.

Sounds like if you're not obsessed with the numbers you get obsessed with your reflection instead....     How about weighing once a week and leaving the mirror alone? 

spose.

i am very hard on myself and i find it hard to relax sometimes, i have phases of being perfectly happy n fine n then thinkin this is too good to be true, i must change something/something must be wrong.

I may weigh once a fortnight.  i think i will definitely get weighed on Monday......or shall i just put myself out my misery and weigh tomorrow morning n every fortnight after that or as and when i feel like this?

this is where this has started, ive convinced myself that i must be putting weight on or not losing because i am not finding it that difficult and then low n behold i start mithering n therefore finding it difficult.

I have to say this though.......I AM VERY PROUD that i have not given up! Ive carried on with the gym and my kcals intake etc.

It's natural to have doubts and to wonder if what you're doing is having the desired effect.  Jumping on the scales all the time... yes, that would be a silly thing to do.  However, staying off them completely is just leaving you totally in the dark and surrounded by imaginary bogeymen with 'puffy faces' and 'growing stomachs'.   Ignorance is not bliss...

Get on the scales in the morning and see what they say.  Then put them away until the following Friday and repeat the exercise.  And, in the meantime, try to take each day on its own merits.  Keep giving yourself pats on the back for going to the gym and eating properly.  Even if you haven't lost so much as an ounce, by doing those you're much healthier than when you started.

True!! very True!

I said i wanted to be healthy and change my lifestyle and lose weight well, as the song goes...2 outta 3 aint bad.  So if i havent lost a thing ive still doen the other 2.

i will weigh tomorrow!!

i cant wait!! well?... yeah balls to it i cant wait!!

I hope i post an amazing result tomorrow!! which its been 3 weeks so 1.8lb a week so say 5-6 would be a good loss!

Fingers crossed eeek!   ;0)))

THANKYOU

Stop looking in the mirror. And don't set yourself for disappointment by hoping you have lost 5 or 6 pounds. BE HAPPY IF YOU LOST EVEN ONE POUND. One is better than gaining or none!

I weigh myself m-f. I'm not obsessed, those are the days I focus on deficits and workouts, on weekends I relax.

Every month or so I measure also, that way if the scale isn't moving much, but my measurements are I focus on my progress and not the numbers.

If you've not measuring yourself, are you measuring your food/working out? I find that I gain weight if I'm not on task (measuring/weighing/working out).

Stay focused. Why wait until the 17th? Just get it over with and whatever it says, relax and keep going.

I weigh myself everyday but I don't really pay much attention to the numbers (some days though I can't help but notice when my weight has dropped a lot  or risen a lot ). Really, those numbers are just numbers. At least right now they are. Instead of looking at the number as something with meaning in and of itself keep your eye on your trend line. As long as the trend line skews down and to the right you are doing fine. And you really don't want that trend line to be too steep either. Just a nice even drop.

I don't bother trying to gauge my weight loss in the mirror either because I've found that my mind plays subtle tricks on me. I might look thinner in one mirror but thicker in another. And when I am losing my weight doesn't drop off proportionally over my whole body. I lose weight in my face first, then my limbs and then my stomach last so it might look like my stomache is getting bigger at first. But then it starts to even out.

My advice to you would be to try not to sabotage yourself. You are not always the best judge of how you look. But you are the best judge of how you feel. If you feel better--physically, emotionally, mentally--that should be enough for now. If not, then maybe you need to deal with those issues first. I find that exercising helps me feel better about myself even when I don't see the weight loss I want right away. Beating myself up over how much I weigh or how fat I look on a particular day makes me feel worse.

Other than that keep working out and eating right and the weight loss will follow.

stop looking in the mirror as we are always our own worst critic! I remember even at my thinnest i thought i was fat... *bangs head* i was so stupid

Sounds like you might have Body Dysmorphic Disorder. I lost a lot and wear a size 2-6, or xsmall-small to my 135 lb and 5"7. When I shop I'll pick up something my size, look at it and mentally decide it's several sizes too small. I think I look like the blob (with worse skin ). I have friends that weigh like 50% more than I do, and I think they all look skinnier than I. Don't know what to do about it, but I guess it might pass if I just give it some time.

I weigh myself every morning btw.

Well it cant be BDD, it cant be imaginary guess why...............cuz ive only lost 2lb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2lb in 2.5 weeks WHATTTTTT????????

Never ever ever have i done so badly in the first 2 weeks of dieting.

excuse the anger but i just feel so let down by this.

i wont give up, im healthier and fitter i know but seriously, 2lb????? why, what am i doing wrong? what av i gotta change?

WTF???

Well it cant be BDD, it cant be imaginary guess why...............cuz ive only lost 2lb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2lb in 2.5 weeks WHATTTTTT????????

Never ever ever have i done so badly in the first 2 weeks of dieting.

excuse the anger but i just feel so let down by this.

i wont give up, im healthier and fitter i know but seriously, 2lb????? why, what am i doing wrong? what av i gotta change?

WTF???

Original Post by nutbox:

i wont give up, im healthier and fitter i know but seriously, 2lb????? why, what am i doing wrong? what av i gotta change?

WTF???

 You're doing nothing wrong.  You've lost weight.  Ker-ching!  Job done.  In the past when you've lost weight faster did it stay off?  No, or you wouldn't be here now.

2lbs is 2lbs.... That's a lot of fat and 1 - 2lbs a week is a reasonable rate to lose weight at.  Reset your expectations a little... you're only feeling annoyed because you'd geared yourself up to see 4lbs+ missing.

And then keep at it.  I've posted on the other thread.... 1lb a week means you'll be over 15lbs lighter by Christmas,  25lbs lighter by Valentine's Day...  52lbs lighter (if you need to be) by this time next year.  

Your objective is to develop healthier habits that not only help you lose weight but mean you maintain that loss afterwards.  Losing weight relatively slowly is the best way to make that happen  

Thank you!!!

WOW 15lbs by christmas sound HOTTTT to me lol.  I adnt thought bout it that way only in the ooooh i cud be 30 odd lbs lighter by christmas and nrly at my target but id settle for 15lb if it meant they were never coming back lol!

Thanks.........i av responded to your post on my other thread   xxx

If you do the math, 1 lb a week means a 500 calorie deficit a day, as 3500=1lb and 500 x 7 = 3500. 

So you're right on track!  That's a perfectly reasonable weight loss trend. 

Go you!

Don't complain....you are already losing 2lb already!!

That's better than gaining those 2lb.

Continue going on with the effort and if you find yourself tired, read a bit here to get some motivation and find some useful resources.

The key is to never give up! :)