the scale is a dirty LIAR.
Its not anything new that I have been trying desperately to get back to my pre penny weight of 140. In all honestly 140 was heavy for me, but I had gained 5-10 lbs right before we got pregnant and was actually in the midst of running my buns off to get back in shape. Then bam! That stick showed us two pink lines and i ate ALL THE THINGS! This led me to a whopping 210 at the day of delivery. EESH.
I have managed to get to 153 on a good day just by eating better, but that damn scale. It will NOT move. I have been running every day for 3 weeks now (with the exception of when i got sick and had to take a few days off). After 3 weeks of running and some turbo kick classes i am STILL 153. That is insanely frustrating to me. Even though…i feel better, i can feel myself leaning out, and things are starting to fit just a little bit better day by day.
This is usually where I throw in the towel. “Nothings happening!” “I’m working my but off and I’m STILL over weight” (these are my inner thoughts). Usually when this happens, i give up and binge eat all things unhealthy and lay on the couch for a week straight saying terrible things to myself about how i suck and ill never be the same again.
Stupid scale! Get out of my head.
So…instead of giving up…i took a picture of myself. One of those really unflattering kinds where you just worked out and you look terrible in your sports bra and yoga pants. I compared today (7 months post penny) and an equally unflattering photo of when i was 3 months post penny and this is what it looked like.
There has totally been major progress. I may not be the weight that I want, but I look WAY better than i did 4 months ago. It honestly takes a lot of guts for me to post photos like this because…well…its embarrassing. BUT, I want other mamas to know that it is TOTALLY possible. Just keep going and do not get caught up in the lies that that piece of crap tells you (the scale). Don’t believe that your work outs aren’t doing anything. Take photos…they are better at telling you whats really going on. Take notice to how your jeans are a little bit baggier than normal. Its working. Keep it up! Lets do this mamas!
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You look GREAT! You are right; the way clothes fit and what you see in the mirror are much better indicators of progress than the numbers on the scale. I have always wrestled with body image and since fertility meds, well… Let’s just say between hormones and more hormones, it hasn’t been pretty these past few months. But I still can’t wait to be on the OTHER side pregnancy, even if there is some extra poundage to show for it. Keep working; you look amazing! Don’t give up!!!
You’ve probably already heard this one or a hundred times, but working out usually means gaining muscle mass, and that is often a reason you may not see a big change in weight while you know your body is visibly different! Muscle weight is GOOD! I’ve had to re-train myself to be less caught up in the number on the scale, and more aware of how I feel about myself in the mirror. I started giving a crap about my body and fitness in 2010 and I weighed 168 lbs and was a size 12/14. I worked hard for like a year and got down to about 152 and a size 6 (sometimes 4). Then in 2012 I kinda forgot everything and let myself slack off a bunch, and found myself at the beginning of 2013 back to 165 lbs!! But I still fit in most of my size 6 clothes. How is that even possible? MUSCLE! Anyway, now I’m working hard to get stronger and “tighter” so that ALL my clothes will fit a little more comfortably, and I’m dreaming about 150 lbs but I know I may reach a place of feeling super sexy and toned and still be 160! All this to say, you are doing GREAT and looking FABULOUS and you are an inspiration to me as a someday-mama! 🙂