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bex · Chanel

PANIC ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

member · Hermes

Are you sure the new scale is accurate? I know we bought a digital one and I think it sucks - every day I step on it, I weight a completely different weight. So if it's digital, I'd take that into account. Or if not, can you go to your parents so you know what you get is accurate?

I'm sorry Bex ((((hugs)))) I've seen your posts in TS and I think you look great!!!

laken1 · Hermes

Ok, don't panic yet. I have been told you may weigh differently on every scale you every get on, even at weight watchers they suggest you always get on the same scale. So don't panic!

bex · Chanel

shopchicago33 wrote:

Are you sure the new scale is accurate? I know we bought a digital one and I think it sucks - every day I step on it, I weight a completely different weight. So if it's digital, I'd take that into account. Or if not, can you go to your parents so you know what you get is accurate? I'm sorry Bex ((((hugs)))) I've seen your posts in TS and I think you look great!!!

i'm waiting for the BF to come home so he can weigh himself. now i know why he was against me getting a scale... its b/c he knew there would be daily drama about my weight.

thanks ShopChicago for thinking i look great. unfortunately, if you "knew" me before, you would know i am definitely up in weight. thats kind of why i stopped posting in TS b/c i couldn't stand to look at myself in those pictures b/c i looked so BIG... (by what i used to be)

Elle · Hermes

I agree! Not all scales are created equal!

I actually bought a scale right before my last doctors appointment. Once I found out how much a truly weighed, I came home and re-zeroed my scale so I'd be the same weight on it as I was at the docs office. So now zero on my scale is actually 2 lbs, but I figure better accurate and depressing than inaccurate and false hope providing .

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

don't panic. it's ok. just take it one pound at a time. and also, try to weigh yourself every week and no more than that. this is the time where your mental state matters most, don't go getting down on yourself--it's only counterproductive. so, repeat after me:

i am fabulous. i look fabulous. even if my pants are a little tight right now, i am still a *very* pretty girl. and soon, my pants will be loose and i will look even more fabulous than i already do.

right now the only thing to do is start eating right and exercise. there are some great posters here who are fitness experts (jen and drew come to mind) and i'm sure they'd be happy to give advice.

when you find yourself getting down, DO NOT reach for that pint of ice cream. instead, throw on your workout clothes, get that ipod out and start running! preferably the HIIT way jen recommends, tailored to your comfort (but not too comfortable) level, of course.

we're here for you so go bex go!!!

bex · Chanel

esquiress wrote:

so, repeat after me: i am fabulous. i look fabulous. even if my pants are a little tight right now, i am still a *very* pretty girl. and soon, my pants will be loose and i will look even more fabulous than i already do. right now the only thing to do is start eating right and exercise.

*sob* how come you all are so nice!?!?!?!?

i swear- thanks for making me not feel like such a whining idiot.

BF came home and weighed himself and he said it was pretty much on target but could be off by a few pounds... how is a few pounds don't matter to boys and to us we live and die by them?

so BF and i went to the track tonight and I ran/walked 1.75 miles and i also lunge walked some areas as well. he then took me to the grocery store (i thought we were going to get stuff for breakfast food) and he got 2- 1/2 gallons of ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wtf? he knew i was upset over my weight so he BUYS ICE CREAM????????????? i had ONE bite of the ice cream and refused anymore. grrrrrrrrrr

Shello · Kenneth Cole

First, congrats on the restraint of only eating one bite of ice cream. There's no way I have the will power for that; if I eat any, I'll eat a whole lot.

And I totally feel you. I looked in the mirror today and realized that I've gained at least like ten pounds since I started college. Probably more. It's really depressing. *sigh*

blubirde · Chanel

Oh Bex, I feel you. Since I've met the boy, my pants are all too tight, too! I hate that! He brought me his digital scale and it's 3 pounds off of my regular scale (which I raised 3 pounds to make it match the dr.'s scale). At first I freaked out but then I weighed myself on my regular scale and while up, I wasn't up an extra 3 pounds. So I decided to a) just use the digital scale as a measure of my activity, not actual weight (i.e. did I go up half a pound or down half a pound, etc.) and b) to average my weight on it. I weigh myself on it three times and take the average of the weighing.

Ugh. Isn't there some pill you can take that will keep you from getting fatter? And by "you" I mean "me."

But on the bright side, I had a killer headache yesterday (lasted all night too) and I still went to the gym. Just get through the door, that's my new goal. I only ran/walked a mile instead of my usual 2+ but whatever. It's still a good thing, considering it would have been so easy (and less painful) to just go home.

Stick with it, Bex. Cuz you are beautiful. No matter what they say. Words can't bring you down. Ohhh noooo. Cuz you are beautiful. In every single way yes. Words can't bring you down. Ohhh noooo. So don't you bring me down today.

Seashells · Dooney & Bourke

Bex!!! I just went through the same type of thing! I am trying to get my head around it as well. You should know that you are absolutely gorgeous the way you are, AND when you are working out, you are going to gain muscle weight 1st! So don't give up!

I lost about 5lbs the last time I went to the dr and then this time I am 10lbs heavier!!! I thought I was going to lose it! I was working so hard!

Not that it helps, but scales tend to be 1-5lbs off.