shellie77's Journal, 16 August 2010

Yo go girl and you keep going. People will notice but more important you will notice. Have a great day! 

Wow! That is amazing! You go! That is awesome! You have totally encouraged me! I am on my TOM and I have done sooooo good with food/exercise this last week and I have not lost any weight! I've been peeing like crazy, so hopefully in the next few days I will see something come off the scale. Keep it up! Good job!  

Christina, I'm sure it's because of the water retention! I weighed 289 yesterday morning and thought it was a fluke, then this morning I was 288. Never give up! 

I'm dumb,what is TOM (time of month??).  

Yes, TOM is time of the month :)  

YAYYYYY for the 280's!!! Girl, I know what u mean about not being able to see it. My parents told me they can tell but I kind of think they're just saying it to be supportive. They are so sweet, but I do look forward to the day I hear someone else say it who doesn't know I'm trying to lose weight, so I can tell them how much I've actually lost. I don't really expect it until I get closer to the 50 lbs mark, to be honest. Don't be discouraged by it girlfriend, it is what it is & it's not personal. YOU know how much you've lost, just keep at it. People who are used to seeing you every day may not notice for a while, then all of a sudden one day they'll look at you & be like, "hey...you've really lost a ton of weight!" 

Awesome! It isn't noticeable at first, but the closer you get to your goal weight, the bigger difference each pound makes. Now i can see a difference with each pound. But it took about 20-30 before I started noticing in the beginning in how my clothes fit. Other people didn't really notice until I lost enough to buy new clothes. Then they all noticed :). Good job. Keep going! 

The only people who see me are coworkers, and they are clearly jerks because I definitely look a lot thinner, haha. Or maybe it's that thing that they think I might be sick and don't want to draw attention to it. Even though my skin and eyes and everything are brighter than ever! Ah well, the important thing is that we're feeling better about it. :)  

No one noticed my first 30 lbs either. They started noticing at around 40 - 50 lbs lost. I dont know if they are afraid of offending us by commenting or what. Congrats on the loss!!!!! It will start really showing soon and in the mean time you will be much more comfortable in your clothes. 

Ya, before I joined fatsecret I had lost about 45 pounds. The only people who ever said anything were my parents and boyfriend. But I guess I have weighed less than this before so people may be used to seeing me at different weights. Sooooo, I should be done with my TOM. And guess what.... NO SCALE MOVEMENT! I am stuck at 220 like its a curse! But, its ok! I am not going to give up and I decided not to weigh myself until next thursday, a week from today. Keep up all the good work everyone! We are creating healthy individuals! Not only are we feeling good about how we look but we are taking care of our bodies :) Deep breathes! :)