The VRF Weight Loss Support Group Thread

[Oatmeal Girl]

exactly, mishka! you worded it way better than me.

i have a hard time figuring out whether i've become complacent or not just by looking at myself, so i try to use the scale. for example, today i weighed myself on the scale at my mother's house. i feel okay about my body right now, but i'm 15 pounds heavier than i was when i stood on the same scale and felt unhealthy 5 years ago. i know that muscle mass and other body changes affect the numbers on the scale, but i still feel like this is a problem.

[bramble]

Originally Posted by Oatmeal Girl

exactly, mishka! you worded it way better than me.

i have a hard time figuring out whether i've become complacent or not just by looking at myself, so i try to use the scale. for example, today i weighed myself on the scale at my mother's house. i feel okay about my body right now, but i'm 15 pounds heavier than i was when i stood on the same scale and felt unhealthy 5 years ago. i know that muscle mass and other body changes affect the numbers on the scale, but i still feel like this is a problem.

somewhere along the line i lost my reference point. i was anorexic for a time, got down to below 95 lbs. that was bad (dangerously bad). i was obese for a time, got up to about 200 at one point. that was bad. now i'm halfway between extremes, i would like to lose some more but i'm healthy, energetic, and not uhhappy with how i look. so i guess i'll just chip away at those last 15 or 20 lbs and not worry too much about it

[bluedawg]

Originally Posted by Oatmeal Girl

for example, today i weighed myself on the scale at my mother's house. i feel okay about my body right now, but i'm 15 pounds heavier than i was when i stood on the same scale and felt unhealthy 5 years ago. i know that muscle mass and other body changes affect the numbers on the scale, but i still feel like this is a problem.

if it's any consolation, i think you look fantastic and wonderful, but i also tOtally understand how you feel, because i feel the same way about myself.

[Oatmeal Girl]

Originally Posted by bluedawg

if it's any consolation, i think you look fantastic and wonderful, but i also tOtally understand how you feel, because i feel the same way about myself.

aww! thanks. you're such a sweetie-head.