HYC Week 42 Check In

OK Mr Scale, what gives?! It's been a pretty good week. I haven't been perfect but I haven't really gone over my points either. I haven't exercised as much as last week but I haven't been a total slacker either. What's the problem? How can I be a couple of pounds up again?

Well, I think TOM is approaching which doesn't help. Also, there was a reasonable amount of drinking this week which also really doesn't help. Grrrrrr!

Thinking Thin Too posted a great article about Why the Scale Lies which is just what I needed right now. A great reminder of the many reasons I am feeling the frustration I am right now. I do constantly remind myself that although the numbers on the scale can be a good indicator of success in some ways, I shouldn't focus too much on them and be pleased with the NSVs too, but it's not always easy. While I am a firm believer in WW and their program, I do think the emphasis they place on the scale puts a pressure on us that can sometimes be unhealthy. Last week I got down to the last notch on my belt, this week I comfortably got back into a pair of jeans I haven't been able to wear for months, I'm seeing and feeling the difference in my body, I'm getting comments from people around me, etc etc, and yet if I go to WI tomorrow and get told I gained 2-3 lbs this week I will feel like shit. It's all very well to tell yourself it's water retention or muscle gain or natural fluctuations, blah blah blah, and it's not that I don't believe it, I do already know all the stuff the article says and most of the time I'm pretty level headed about it, but with the struggles I've had with Mr Scale lately I'm frustrated and a little bit sensitive when he acts like a mean old bugger!