Well, I'm totally depressed! I really worked hard this week and saw no changes (except maybe a weight gain!)

Here's where things stand: I started Oxycising faithfully on March 1, 2001. (I got the program the fall before and did it somewhat sporadically then) On my one year anniversary (3-1-02) I had lost 44 pounds, and a total of 23.5" ( 4.5 in my ribcage, 7.5 in my waist, 7 in my hips and 4.5 in my thigh). For the next few months after that I only had an additional .5 loss in my ribcage. My eating got worse as I continued to show no change. Despite that, I added other types of exercise to my routine. I guess that is what kept me from gaining back anything.

Well...I finally gave up and quit measuring about 4 months ago. I still weighed, but I'm not sure about my scales. They never seem to give me the same weight any time I step on them. So....my rough guess is that I've now gained back at least 10 pounds. I got out the tape measure a week ago and found that I had regained 7.5 inches (1.5 ribcage, 2.5 waist, 2 hips and 1.5 thigh). That spurred me into action and I really worked hard this week. I was SO hoping I would see some change today!!!

My first thought was to just give it all up and just resign myself to being overweight the rest of my life. I considered just never coming back here and posting again. So, I don't really know why I'm writing all this. I guess to get it off my chest. I'll just take it a day at a time.

Hope anyone else who weighed or measured today had a better time of it than I did.

(pity-party and plea for sympathy over with....)

Kelly

Don't worry! It's just one week! Keep up being heathy and exercising! You know that you've acheived results before, so you can do it again! Sometimes it just pays to be patient. I know that it's hard, but try not to be discouraged. Sometimes it just takes a bit for your body to get used to eating better and exercising. You might have lost some fat this week and gained some muscle. Everytime I start over, I try not to weigh or measure myself the first week, 'cause sometimes it just takes a bit for your body to get used to what you're doing. There have been too many diets I stopped because I didn't see any change the first week or two. HANG IN THERE! I believe in you! NEVER GIVE UP!

Kelly, I'm with LeAnn on this, hang in there. I'm one of the very slow losers, but Oxycise gives me so much more than just weight loss and inch loss. I really feel better after doing it.
Hang in there, keep at it and it won't be long before you will see the results.

Gail

I know how frustrating it can be, Kelly, but you're doing just great, even without the scale or measuring tape always reflecting the type of changes that you'd like to see...O has MANY benefits, not just the ones we see, but the ones we don't see as well.

Be patient..we're all here for you.

Love
Helene

Kelly,

Girl, don't you even think about giving up!
First of all, if you give up what will happen? I can tell you what will happen because I am living proof of it. Many years ago I fought tooth and nail to get from 175 to 130. It was a hard battle but I won. Then I met my future husband. I was so thrilled that I had someone who truly loved me and wasn't afraid to show it. I "celebrated" all the time. We went to dinner constantly, had hot fudge sunday in front of the tv, ate our way through the fair, etc. He was a runner, so he didn't gain weight, by slowly mine started creeping back up. I started going back to wearing my larger clothes, but I was happy and he wasn't saying anything, so it didn't matter too much. Then one day I stepped on the scale and was shocked to find that I weighed 165! I was heartbroken and depressed. Well, when I am upset I always turn to food as my drug of choice and that is how I successfully ate my way to 292 lbs.Now I am fighting my way back down the scale and trying to deal with issues instead of eating my way through them. PLEASE PLEASE don't do what I did. You can't give up. I know it is depressing when you don't see results, but giving up won't bring the results you want either. It will only get you deeped into where you don't want to be. One thing that I found that works for me is instead of weighing and measuring each week, I hang a pair of pants where I can see them (remember the white jeans?) and I work until I get into them. Sometimes the scale and measuring tape are detriments to our progress. We rely too much on the numbers. Besides, I don't know about you, but I am tempted to draw on my body exactly WHERE I measured the last time so I will know I am measuring that same place again!

The next reason is that we all care about you and want to see you get where you want to be.

The last reason is purely selfish on my part . You have hung in here so long that you are an inspiration to me. There are times when I don't feel like posting, but I always think of you and how faithful you have been. You have been the constant person I see on the boards. Other people have come and gone, but you are always here. If you stopped posting, I would really be sad and I would miss you. Please don't stop. Things will get better if you keep doing your exercises and stick to your food plan like you did this past week.

Alicia

Start weight=292(June,2002)
Current weight=255
Current goal=250
Ultimate goal=135
Inches lost=30 1/4
"When you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences" (Dr. Phil)

Thanks for all the encouragement ladies....it really means a lot to me!

When I say "give up", I certainly don't mean Oxycise. It has become too much a part of me to quit it. I DO realize all the other benefits it brings me and I want to keep that going. However, it's the food thing that is driving me crazy! I didn't eat as well as I should have on Saturday, but still didn't go overboard. Yesterday was better. Today hasn't been great, but hasn't been terrible, either. I just need to work my way back into some confidence. I'm still wallowing in a certain amount of self-pity, but will crawl out eventually.

Thanks again for all your support! I really appreciate it!!!

Kelly

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Even When

Even when the day is cold and gray, life can be filled with warmth and joy. Even when trouble weighs heavily on the world, there are very real opportunities to move positively forward.

Even in the middle of winter, there is the ever-present promise of spring. Even when all seems to be lost, there are still many ways to turn the situation around or to move on through it anyway.

Even when there appears to be no hope, someone will have the audacity to be hopeful anyway. And more times than not, that person will be right.

The greatest opportunities for positive change very often arise from the most difficult situations. The most enduring strengths are always forged against the most stubborn challenges.

There are those who give up at the first hint of trouble, and then there are those who never give up no matter what. Those who never give up are the ones who, thankfully, always get us through.

-- Ralph Marston
http://www.greatday.com/motivate

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." - Babe Ruth

I just wanted to mention something that I didn't really see pointed out in the other posts.

You say that you are adding other exercises in addition to O. Depending on what type of exercises those "gains" can be muscle.

Our bodies fluctuate so much for so many reasons. The amount of water you have drank the prior days can affect your measurement, the amount of wheat or dairy, or the time of the month for you.

In order to get a more accurate measurement, try measuring every week for a month or so and see just how much it fluctuates. Don't get discourage d though!

Tracey