Ive been really depressed lately.Im so unhappy with the way I look. I feel hideous. I feel so fat and ugly. I have been working my ass off like you wouldnt believe to lose weight. Ive been hitting the gym like crazy and sticking to my weight watchers plan. I expected a huge drop on the scale this week.. and i gained .6 lbs! And I cried.. because I was so disappointed in myself. I have never been so unhappy with myself. I feel like nothing i wear looks good anymore... and no matter what I do with my hair or my makeup I can never look pretty. I just don't know what to do anymore.. ive been trying so hard. I feel like such a failure, like I can't achieve anything.
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So unhappy
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.6 lbs?...I've taken dumps and lost 20 lbs, lol.Remember too, that muscle weighs more than fat. We're far too 'weight' based instead of health based. If you JUST changed your diet, yes, gaining weight would be a bad thing...but since you work out, there is a VERY high possibility that you are gaining more muscle mass, especially considering you're still at a prime age to develop muscle groups.As for the body image thing; in reality there isn't much we can really say that'll act as a magic cure. In all honesty, you do have to accept yourself for who you are. (Sorry, that sounds like a cheesy movie line...but it IS true)
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***Hug***Depression makes you feel useless and ugly. But it lies. How it lies!
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.6 is alot when you have been looking forward to losing it all week.. Im trying so hard:(
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by ur pic u don't look big... ugly either. i dk how to try to help with the losing wight cuz i don't anythign about it. but i do knwo that when u work out u get mucle and mucle puts wight on u. i dk.. u might have already done this. but ur gym should have this thing to tell the fat mass from mucle mass. it piches u or somthign and u take mesurments. i don't know how the thing works but i have seen my brother use it. i'm sure helms knows kinda wut i'm talking about. i don't know how reliable they are tho.
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Caleb is exactly right. You may have put on some muscle mass.And you're definitely not ugly.
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Thanks guys, it means alot to hear you say these things.
Ive had problems with my self image for years... i just can never be happy with myself.
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I'm just saying .6 lbs (9.6 OUNCES) is too small of a variable to account to weight gain. You may have been wearing different clothing, retaining water, just ate or meal, or literally...haven't had a good BM before weighing yourself.
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*hugs* hon, you're beautiful, and .6 isn't enough to think about, did you weigh yourself the same time of day, or eat closer to when you weighed?
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yeah, same time of day, i go to weight watcher meetings.
I hope my period had something to do with it.
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I read somewhere that women do retain more water when they are on their periods. Don't know if it's true, though.
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Dear, you could gain 50 pounds and still be gorgeous!
Could it be that you're getting too hung up on the number on the scale? Are you healthy otherwise? Do you have a satisfying life otherwise?