Guest guest Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 did you know that a pound of muscle & a pound of fat actually do weight the same thing BUT a pound of muscle is 2/3 SMALLER than a pound of fat! so if you've been working out and you now buying smaller pants ... maybe that weight gain is muscle rather than fat?? just a thought .... Congrats on the loss!!  ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 5:27 AM Subject: Re: Mixed Emotions  You need smaller pants - yay hay! Well done. Scales can be helpful. I'm a regular weigher but only as a guide, not an absolute. I use them to help keep me motivated, but I never actually believe any particular number, I just watch the trend over time and this reenforces that what I am doing is working - but I generally know if I've been waiting until hungry before eating and stopping before over full and I also know when I have been drinking too much wine and snacking when stressed. Celebrate the new pant size - that is the real proof that can't vary from day to day. Viv > > I have been really excited lately because I NEED to go shopping for new pants. Smaller pants! I decided to take next Monday off work, take the kids to school/daycare, and spend all day shopping. This is something I never do so it is a real celebration for me. > > I weigh myself every other Thursday morning. So far I have lost 15 pounds since March. Slow but steady. I have made a number of changes to my habits over that time. I no longer snack in the afternoon at work, I eat slower and more purposefully, I make healthier choices, I even climb 6 - 10 flights of stairs 4 - 5 days a week. I do have some areas to work on still but I feel good about the progress I have made and about how I am looking. > > Then I weighed this morning. Up two pounds. I know I shouldn't freek out over two pounds but it is bothering me. My first thoughts were too many sweets. No more sweets. Salads, lots of salads. Which is not a bad thing. Its a way of self correcting really. I just don't like the bummer that it put on my excitement. > > I thought about not weighing but once a month. But I am concerned that the extra time would allow me to stray too far before correcting. > > I'm not sure exactly what I am going to do about the extra two pounds but I do know that my stubborness won't let me give up. I don't really want to. I like the changes. I like not worrying about if I have snacks, or what if I get hungry, or freaking out when I did get hungry, or the feeling that I have to eat it all right now because there may not be any more later. All of these thoughts and feelings are gone and it is soooo awesome. So I will press on and hopefully start losing again. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Thanks for the encouragement. You have reminded me that it is my actions not the scales that I should be focusing on. And that its not just about losing or gaining weight but that my body composition is changing and that isn't reflected on the scale.  Thanks! ________________________________ To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 9:16 AM Subject: Re: Re: Mixed Emotions  did you know that a pound of muscle & a pound of fat actually do weight the same thing BUT a pound of muscle is 2/3 SMALLER than a pound of fat! so if you've been working out and you now buying smaller pants ... maybe that weight gain is muscle rather than fat?? just a thought .... Congrats on the loss!!  ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 5:27 AM Subject: Re: Mixed Emotions  You need smaller pants - yay hay! Well done. Scales can be helpful. I'm a regular weigher but only as a guide, not an absolute. I use them to help keep me motivated, but I never actually believe any particular number, I just watch the trend over time and this reenforces that what I am doing is working - but I generally know if I've been waiting until hungry before eating and stopping before over full and I also know when I have been drinking too much wine and snacking when stressed. Celebrate the new pant size - that is the real proof that can't vary from day to day. Viv > > I have been really excited lately because I NEED to go shopping for new pants. Smaller pants! I decided to take next Monday off work, take the kids to school/daycare, and spend all day shopping. This is something I never do so it is a real celebration for me. > > I weigh myself every other Thursday morning. So far I have lost 15 pounds since March. Slow but steady. I have made a number of changes to my habits over that time. I no longer snack in the afternoon at work, I eat slower and more purposefully, I make healthier choices, I even climb 6 - 10 flights of stairs 4 - 5 days a week. I do have some areas to work on still but I feel good about the progress I have made and about how I am looking. > > Then I weighed this morning. Up two pounds. I know I shouldn't freek out over two pounds but it is bothering me. My first thoughts were too many sweets. No more sweets. Salads, lots of salads. Which is not a bad thing. Its a way of self correcting really. I just don't like the bummer that it put on my excitement. > > I thought about not weighing but once a month. But I am concerned that the extra time would allow me to stray too far before correcting. > > I'm not sure exactly what I am going to do about the extra two pounds but I do know that my stubborness won't let me give up. I don't really want to. I like the changes. I like not worrying about if I have snacks, or what if I get hungry, or freaking out when I did get hungry, or the feeling that I have to eat it all right now because there may not be any more later. All of these thoughts and feelings are gone and it is soooo awesome. So I will press on and hopefully start losing again. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Also remember that weight loss is not linear--especially for women. Your accomplishments are wonderful, and there's not much better than needing new pants. Smaller pants, obviously! ________________________________ To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Re: Mixed Emotions  Thanks for the encouragement. You have reminded me that it is my actions not the scales that I should be focusing on. And that its not just about losing or gaining weight but that my body composition is changing and that isn't reflected on the scale.  Thanks! ________________________________ To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 9:16 AM Subject: Re: Re: Mixed Emotions  did you know that a pound of muscle & a pound of fat actually do weight the same thing BUT a pound of muscle is 2/3 SMALLER than a pound of fat! so if you've been working out and you now buying smaller pants ... maybe that weight gain is muscle rather than fat?? just a thought .... Congrats on the loss!!  ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 5:27 AM Subject: Re: Mixed Emotions  You need smaller pants - yay hay! Well done. Scales can be helpful. I'm a regular weigher but only as a guide, not an absolute. I use them to help keep me motivated, but I never actually believe any particular number, I just watch the trend over time and this reenforces that what I am doing is working - but I generally know if I've been waiting until hungry before eating and stopping before over full and I also know when I have been drinking too much wine and snacking when stressed. Celebrate the new pant size - that is the real proof that can't vary from day to day. Viv > > I have been really excited lately because I NEED to go shopping for new pants. Smaller pants! I decided to take next Monday off work, take the kids to school/daycare, and spend all day shopping. This is something I never do so it is a real celebration for me. > > I weigh myself every other Thursday morning. So far I have lost 15 pounds since March. Slow but steady. I have made a number of changes to my habits over that time. I no longer snack in the afternoon at work, I eat slower and more purposefully, I make healthier choices, I even climb 6 - 10 flights of stairs 4 - 5 days a week. I do have some areas to work on still but I feel good about the progress I have made and about how I am looking. > > Then I weighed this morning. Up two pounds. I know I shouldn't freek out over two pounds but it is bothering me. My first thoughts were too many sweets. No more sweets. Salads, lots of salads. Which is not a bad thing. Its a way of self correcting really. I just don't like the bummer that it put on my excitement. > > I thought about not weighing but once a month. But I am concerned that the extra time would allow me to stray too far before correcting. > > I'm not sure exactly what I am going to do about the extra two pounds but I do know that my stubborness won't let me give up. I don't really want to. I like the changes. I like not worrying about if I have snacks, or what if I get hungry, or freaking out when I did get hungry, or the feeling that I have to eat it all right now because there may not be any more later. All of these thoughts and feelings are gone and it is soooo awesome. So I will press on and hopefully start losing again. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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