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Weight Gain Meltdown

September 12, 2012 By Jennifer Swafford 13 Comments

A week ago on Tuesday, I had a weight gain meltdown.

I wasn’t going to talk about it.  I had hoped that it would pass and I could just act like it didn’t happen.  Then, I realized that there are probably many others out there who have had a meltdown recently due to a number they saw on the scale.  I knew, I had to talk about it.

Here’s the scene:

It’s Labor Day.  I had just come off of two weeks of free for all eating.  I ate out a lot.  I didn’t exercise much.  I hadn’t weighed in in two weeks.  I just felt blah and gross.  I also had not weighed myself in well over a week.  Denial.

My husband and I decide together that we have had enough.  We decide to set some goals to get back on track for the rest of the year.  We both set our weight loss goals and being the techie nerds that we are, we make spreadsheets and a calendar to document what we have to do.

It is time to weigh to get the numbers down for the spreadsheet and be able to acurately assess what we need to do.  I weigh in at a whopping:

196.4

As in…less than four pounds away from that dreaded number on the scale…200!

I am sad.  I am frustrated.  I want to eat something bad.  I want to erase the past month of poor choices and pretend it never happened.

So…reality sets in.  It is what it is and I now have a choice.  Eat something bad or get my ass in gear and get it together.

I chose to get my ass in gear.

I did the math and ran the numbers and figured out what I needed to do to reach goal by the end of the year.  I need to lose 2.2 pounds a week on average.

Here is my calendar.  Feel free to use it and change it to fit your needs!

It will be tough.  It will take a lot of hard work.  It will take exercise and eating right.  It will take persistance.

But…knowing that there is a possibility of me gettting to goal by the end of the year is worth every sacrifice I will make from now until then.

No more weight gain.  No more bad days.  No more excuses.

I’ve had enough and I am going to turn the weight gain meltdown into motivation to get it together.

And that is exactly what I did this past week.  But…you will have to weight (pun intended) until tomorrow to find out how I did.

Have you ever had a weight gain meltdown?

Your body is not an enemy.

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  • Janr

    Maybe the question is how many times have I had one. I am definitely in one now but can’t get out if it for another couple of days. I thing I am going to go to multiple WW meetings next week. It can’t hurt.

  • http://twitter.com/Alicia_Orozco NeverEverBeenSkinny

    I like your calendar! It really shows that goal for losing 2.2 pounds a week! Can’t wait to read more about your journey!

  • http://www.facebook.com/mikki.parkhill Mikki Parkhill

    What are you putting in ghe daily boxes on youf calendar?

    • http://www.itsuxtobefat.com Jennifer Swafford

      I will put exercise or what the scale shows that day if I choose to weigh in daily. I usually just put what exercise I do, if any!

  • Barb

    I too have been slipping and am up 5-7 lbs.. Amazing how easily and quickly those lbs. come back isn’t it? I teach and am back to school so I had decided to mentally give myself the first month off- I am still counting my calories for the most part but have been going over my calorie count and haven’t exercised for over a week- almost two now. I would be happy with 1 lb. per week. Remember it is a marathon- not a sprint! The slower you take it off the better the chances you will stick with it and keep it off!!!!!

  • Debra

    I can totally relate! I have a class reunion coming up next weekend and instead of losing the gazillion pounds I wanted to lose, I have gained 5. *grrrrr* On top of that, it has been raining here and I haven’t been able to get in as much mileage (I am a Nordic Walker). Loved your 2.2 pound loss calendar. I need to do something like that too. Thanks for sharing!!

  • http://twitter.com/UncommonWine Carrie

    Of course! My problem this summer is maintaining rather than losing. I’m only half-way there! I lost my schedule of working out 5 times a week. I’ve told myself that at least I was maintaining and not gaining… that at least I had 5k races scheduled all summer long so that I HAD to run three days a week. It’s held me accountable. Now to up the ante for fall and winter!

  • http://twitter.com/saramarysa Sara Dawida Novelly

    Yep. I have had many. MANY. I’m in a pretty similar situation and it’s ugly. I can keep it together for about 90% of the week but then the last 10% is a disaster. Normal people can eat that way and not gain, but not me. Sigh. I’m very frustrated and I didn’t even go to my meeting for the first time in forever last week as I just couldn’t face seeing another plus sign. I didn’t quit and kept tracking and I’m going tomorrow but I feel very stuck. I feel like I can only pick myself up, dust off and try again so many times, you know? What I wouldn’t give to not have to think about this so much! Nice to know I am not the only one as sometimes I just get so completely jealous of people who don’t have to obsess about their weight/eating/exercise like I do and who maintain perfectly normal weights.

  • shanna

    frustrating right!

  • Vida

    Hi Everyone,
    I am 34, 5’4″ @ 190 lb. I look like a blob and feel like one too. I am married, but we don’t have any children. My husband is in shape and is not overweight as I am, will I consider myself OBESE. I had my Gallbladder taken out 2 years ago. I have tried everything from nutritionists to Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers and whatever pill that there is out there, I think the only thing that I haven’t done is the Tapeworm diet and being a bulimic, which seriously if I could I would try it.I have Gained a disorder that I cannot name I don’t know whether to call it being cautious or what.This is sort of embarrassing to say, but I am gonna go ahead and just spell it out, I don’t even have fun being intimate with my husband anymore cause I am always trying to tuck in my stomach or take a position where my fat doesn’t show. I don’t like going in public place with him cause once he glances at a thin woman I think he doesn’t like me because of how I look and I effeminately don’t like going to parties or gatherings with him cause all our friends and friends’ wives and or female companions are fit and can dress up sexy while I have to hide my wobbly parts in Granny close.I am losing my mind, but I wish I was losing my fat instead.
    I have a tight work schedule, but to be honest with you I like food, there are so many cures out there, sometimes I think maybe a cure for obesity has also been found, but some #$%&*!!!! out there just doesn’t want it to get out into the real world so that all those weight loss companies don’t go bankrupt.
    I just wish I could here from those who really have tried hard, but at the end they’re just stuck in it like me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/KyLynn.Ledbetter KyLynn Ledbetter

    I am inspired by you. Reading your profile reminding me so much of myself. I teach 5th and 6th grade math. I am too a runner! I have completed 6 official halfs and am currently training for my first (of many I hope) full marathon!!! I am new to weight watchers. I am not what most consider over weight. I only have 20 lbs to loose. However, I joined ww mainly to help me get control of my eating. I have the worst eating habbits. I love healthy food, have not had a coke or caffinated drink in almost 6 years. I haven’t had any fried foods for over a year now. However, I tend to benge. I even let my benges last as long as 2-3 weeks. Causing my weight to go up and down by about 10 lbs in little time. It has really affected my running. It bothers me that I have put on an extra 20 lbs, it makes me feel miserble, my clothes don’t fit, my running pace has slowed down, and most importantly my weight gain has made my long runs MISERABLE! So Im tired of ppl telling me I don’t need to loose weight….I am doing it for MYSELF and no one else. I have been doing ww for 3 days now (the rigth way…I actually tried to start a week ago) I am loving it….. I love eating REAL food!
    Anyway….thanks for the inspiration! I look forward to reading your blog updates to keep me inspired and motivated!
    Best of luck to reaching your goal!!! Remeber: If it were easy…EVERYONE would do it!!!!

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