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I need some advise. I have been very frustrated this week because my scales have been showing that I gained 5 lbs. I was so frustrated because I couldn't figure out how I could have gained 5 lbs. Last week I was sick and couldn't hardly get my NC or calories high enough. I could understand how this would cause me not to lose but not gain! Then I was worried because on Fat Tuesday I did give in and ended up eating jambalaya, ect. But surely one night of screwing up would not make me gain 5 lbs! I don't remember why but for some reason quite a while back I had moved my scales to my kitchen. This week I decided to move them back to my bathroom. It just dawned on me today when I weighed and I was still 5 lbs. over that the increase had only started once I moved the scales. So I moved them to my kitchen and guess what... my weight was back to what it had been prior to the move. So... I think I figured out it is my scales or actually my floors. My home is right next to a coal mine and it has really put my house out of whack. The thing is that I think my weight is more accurate in the bathroom than the kitchen because the floors in my kitchen are so uneven (so much so that we are going to have to pull them up and replace them). I thought I was okay with where they was because it was the one part of the kitchen that seems the most level. So this means that I actually weighed 5 lbs. more then I thought I did when I started my diet. Ugggh. Where I need the advise is how should I weigh in now? If I put in the new weight it will look like I have gained 5 lbs. But I want it to be accurate. Should I just enter the new weight and just know that I really have lost pounds. I know that I have because the scales did come down, my clothes fit better, and I am getting comments from family and friends that they can see a difference. I just feel like I am starting all over. I guess I shouldn't feel that way because I know that I'm not. They are just numbers right? I guess I really don't need anyone to tell me what to do. The right thing to do is to put in the correct weight and just move on from there and be happy that I have lost what I have. I was just so unhappy with what my weight was when I started and then to know that really I should have added 5 lbs to that. Also I was so close to the 200 lb. goal and now I have to add 5 lbs. to that. Plus I was already frustrated that I hadn't really lost in the past two weeks let alone to find out that I had been carrying around 5 extra pounds that I didn't know about. I guess I need to give myself a break. I was really sick last week so it messed up my exercising and my diet and at least I figured out the problem. I just wish if there was a error it would have been in my favor, not against me. To myself... think positive, think positive, think positive. Sorry for the rambling but the past two weeks have been really tough. I guess I am just trying to work it all out.
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well, if you've been weighing yourself in the kitchen this whole time, and didn't move the scale prior to that, you'd have to consider that your "constant" (scientifically speaking), right?
Because moving the scale to the bathroom changes the whole game... even though it's probably more accurate than in the kitchen, it's not how you've been weighing yourself this whole time!
Don't be so hard on yourself, anyway; you were sick and everyone gets out of whack when they're sick, one way or another. :)
25 feb. 10 por el miembro: Chimeiteki
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I know...I know. I keep telling myself that but it is still frustrating. I don't know why it feels like a step back when I know really it isn't. I did join a new challenge that starts on Monday it goes by the last weigh in that you put in before it starts. So maybe I'll use this challenge to feel like a new start, even though it isn't. I have been trying really hard and I know I have done well. I must just be in a mood today. I'll have to work on that. I guess we all have them once in a while.
25 feb. 10 por el miembro: nino66
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Would this be a standard scale or a digital scale. If I'm not mistaken, don't all scales have a way or recalculating? I know the digital ones will register @ zero so you know its correct. Standard ones usually have a dial on the front or side you can adjust back to zero if it's off.
Not sure what kind you have, but would it show you if it was off?
25 feb. 10 por el miembro: kmartin
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The thing is, even though the end goal is to get to an ideal weight, the whole process is not about the numbers. It's about how you feel with what you're doing. If you were sick, you were sick. It's going to mess with your eating schedule and especially your exercise schedule. No questions about it. If you were on medications, then you might be retaining water even. I just finished 3 weeks of Prednisone. In that 3 weeks I gained 5 lbs. However, I don't look at that as falling off the wagon, I look at it as part of the process. It's life and if I can't bounce back from that, then I'll be facing even bigger struggles down the road. We're only human. Our bodies are living organisms. They cannot and will not function in a static state.
When I noticed that I gained the weight, it was a reminder to me that I needed to focus on my eating habits and re-evaluate my exercise routine. I realized that I had become stagnant in my reoutine at the gym and I also realized that I wasn't getting enough protein in my diet. Thus, I now have a renewed energy to help me achieve my goals. I actually now view it as a chance to reset myself.
Take it and embrace it. :)
25 feb. 10 por el miembro: JDuc
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Kelli-it is a standard scale. I knew there was a problem before because everyday I would have to adjust the dial to get it to zero and sometimes I would weight myself a couple times because I kept having to adjust it. I havn't had to adjust the dial once since it has been moved. I should have figured it out sooner.
Thanks JDuc. I will. One thing is that this website helps me alot when I see others struggling for one reason or another. In the past I would have probably used this as an excuse to just give up and I am NOT going to do that.
I actually feel better since I got all my thoughts out in the open. Another reason I like this website. It is really kind of a silly dillema. It shouldn't matter. I guess more than anything I get so disgusted at realizing how I let myself gain so much weight and then realizing I had to add 5 more lbs. to it!!! So I just need to use this to keep myself motivated. No matter what the scales say, I can do this. I know that I have had made progress and I am just going to keep at it.
25 feb. 10 por el miembro: nino66
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Nino,
Keep in mind that, like you - we are human. We ALL have weight issues. That is why we are here. If we were perfect, well then there would be no use for a site such as this.
Most, if not all, have struggled with scales that go up and down. I haven't seen anyone here that has stated that they were 100% perfect for 100% of the time. I screwed up yesterday. I'm sure I will at some other point of my life.
Put it in the past and be done with it.
~keli
25 feb. 10 por el miembro: kmartin
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Keli-Just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your responses to everyone. You are so supportive. I know we are human and we will make mistakes. That is why I like this site so much. You can see what others have done, see what mistakes they've made, what works for them, and see that others struggle and get down too. Makes you realize you are not alone when often times it feels like you are. And when you are feeling down usually someone will put things in perspective for you and help you get back on track. Thanks for the support you give. Really thanks to everyone
P.S. This afternoon I am feeling better than I have in a week and a half. I feel like I have more energy. I guess maybe I have just still been recuperating from my flu and hopefully I am finally back up to par.
25 feb. 10 por el miembro: nino66
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