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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
WW Nesties - I need some help!
I have been overly frustrated the past few days with this whole weight loss thing. The first 2 weeks on the program, I didnt venture much outside of tracking my food and setting up a schedule so I could kind of "ease" into the program. With week 3 (currently in) I've added excercise on most days. I am frustrated because I am actually experiencing weight gains versus loses and I am not sure what to think of it. I follow the points and do not exceed the daily points, track everything (kinda anal about this) and now exercise on most days. I'll be honest here, I feel as if I might fall off the wagon because of this frustration.
Sorry that most of my jokes are borderline inappropriate. And by sorry, I mean you're welcome.
Cait_S
Re: WW Nesties - I need some help!
I've been doing WW for about 2.5 months, and I've had weeks where I've had gains for seemingly no reason at all. I track food, eat well, and exercise, and then just gain weight. It's super discouraging, but then I will lose quite a bit of weight the following week.
Keep at it and you will see results, I promise! It is possible to see a few gains along the way, but especially if you are doing everything right, it will come off in the end. Remember that this is a lifestyle change, and change takes time. A few weeks from now you'll look back and marvel at how far you've come - I promise!
Good luck, and let me know if you'd like to check in along the way. I'm always up for a weight loss buddy!
Also, if you just started working out, or are working out harder/more frequently than before, your body will retain some water and cause a weight gain too.
Don't fret! You'll get there.
I'm on WW too (also week 3!) if you need a buddy!
I'm not on WW, but this happens to me, especially if I start weight training. Certain exercises make my body retain water for awhile, I have no idea why, so I gain a couple pounds. This is extremely discouraging to me, another reason why I hate the scale!
Cait, another thing to keep in mind - measuring inches may be more helpful than doing weigh-ins. Especially if you're exercising, you'll be gaining some muscle poundage, but probably shrinking overall.
A H&F nestie posted this article once, and I thought it was a good perspective check: Scale not moving?
So far I've lost 16.4 lbs. H always laughs when I include the .4, but it's important! Ha. Just over half way to my goal of 30 lbs.
YES! The first time I gained was during my period. This time around, I lost, but not as much I average during the other weeks. Water weight makes a difference. Sodium intake and alcohol (for me, wine!) can sometimes slow the scale, especially if I eat salty food or have a glass of wine (or two) the night before my weigh in.
We can definitely be buddies! I tend to get obsessive about this so I'm trying to keep myself grounded! I've decided that I'm only going to weigh in on my day and to start taking measurements too.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I really needed this today! I'm going to start measuring at my next weigh in on Thursday
I have that obsessive personality, too. I get where you're coming from :-)
Also read this article on "why the scale lies." It's helpful.
http://www.healthdiscovery.net/articles/scale_lies.htm