Hang in the CC....look at the bigger picture and at how far you have already come!!! You are doing amazing things!! Don't give up the good fight....YOU WILL WIN THIS ONE!!!!

Take Care,

Sandi

xxx

I meant hang in there CC...lol

Yep you're going to have those down days. But you have to look at the bigger picture. You are building skills and habits that will hopefully stay with you your whole life.

Try not to get fixated on the scale. Just weight yourself once a week or only when you go to the Dr. Instead look at how your closes are fitting. Or how you can do 10 more minutes of cardio this week compared to last.

Take it from someone who didn't make their last few goals. If your not making you're goals it might be time to reevaluate them. Perhaps not a weight goal, but a time in the gym goal Or a daily protein goal. Also don't underestimate the power of rewarding yourself for meeting goals. You need that pat on the back.

Keep up the great work!!

I feel the same way. I had surgery May17th 2010. I started back to the gym and I gained 4 pounds. I am very frustrated right now. I can't figure it out. I am eating the same as before. Good Luck!!!

They say muscle weighs more than fat. I gained weight also when I started to lift weights so I've stopped... it is a catch 22, you gain muscle and you gain weight but muscle burns more calories so what do you do? I stopped lifting because I wanted the number to go down on the scale. I only swim now and seem to be losing once again. My skin hangs like crazy now...so I can weigh less and have my skin hang or be fat and have my skin tight. Good luck and don't give up yet.

Phew, you are telling my exact story. Let me first start by saying, muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. A pound is a pound is pound. After 1 month of doing spin classes and weight lifting, I went to the Dr. and only lost 4 lbs. I couldn't believe it. I was working out SOOOO hard and that's all I got. I talked to my Dr. and he said that it is just your body reacting to the change and trying to hold on to fat. He promised me if I kept with it, I would see the results.

You guessed it, I did see the results. I am now in my 2nd month of exercising and lifting weights and in those 2 months, i have lost about 16 lbs but the inches are incredible!!! Just off of my waist, I have lost about 4 inches. I am learning that inches sure look better than weight. Also, my skin isn't looking so bad either because skin wraps around muscle much better.

I started this journey Feb 26, 2010 and have lost just about 40 lbs. I started a size 22 pant and now I'm a 16 pant. I have lost weight in the past but have NEVER really exercised and dieted. Either one or the other. Now, I do cardio, weight training, and eat good and I promise you, I step on the scale excited as opposed to holding my breath. Occassionally, I will see an increase, but that is water gain and not fat. If I ate something a little saltier that day, I will notice a gain. But it doesn't stick.

I wish you all luck. Stick with the weights and the workouts. It will pay off. We are so used to measuring how good we're doing by what the scale says, but If you get away from that and focus on how your body looks and how you're dropping inches, you will be SO much happier. I'm almost laughing that I'm giving advise like this because I'm in this struggle too. Somebody shared this info with my and I'm glad I listened. BTW, I started @293 and am

remember muscle weighs more than fat