The Scale......Grrrrrrrrr

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jennifuffa

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Hi

I just wanted to share my love hate relationship with the scale. When I love the scale (usually when I am losing weight) I must step on that blasted thing a minimum of 4 times a day. First thing in the morning, sometime in the afternoon, some time in the early evening and before I go to bed at night. On a crazy day I can actually step on that scale more times. When I know I have gained weight I avoid it like the plague. It is so silly I know but I just do it.

Are they any other openly scale obsessed people out there?
 
oh my gosh!! i do the same thing! haha...after meals, with shoes, without shoes...loads of different times as if constantly getting on and off will make the weight loss greater...but when i know ive gained, or when ive eaten a lot its like...no way...im not touching that thing :p
 
Bad scale!

I started journaling on May 11 to start off my attempt to lose 100 lbs. I did not know when I put pen to paper what my goals would be, but they came out on page three of my writing. One of them was to AVOID my scale for thirty days.

It has been two weeks, and every day I have to FORCE myself to stay off the scale. I never thought avoiding the scale would be a part of my weight loss plan, but by journaling my thoughts I very quickly realized that little setbacks really tear me up emotionally. I need to not see the days when I have gained a pound or two. I realized the only way to insure this was to avoid the scale completely for at least the first month.

I sure hope I have lost some weight when I get back on it on June 10!!!
 
I hope so too, for you i mean :) I have trouble losing if i dont weight though, because i feel like theres no pressure. Maybe in a little while, a week or so, ill start only weighing weekly.
 
You know what twinmomm you might have a point there. If I didn't weigh myself everyday I would be forced to really stick to my food and exercise plan. I just might try your not weighing idea but start with a week and work my way up to a month.
 
a month is hard

This whole, not weighing for the first 30 days reminds me of what you hear about rehab! I don't know why I got this idea, but it is the hardest part of my whole plan. I still have two weeks to go before I can get on the scale and it is driving me CRAZY! But I know that I would just beat myself up if I saw a gain, and if I beat myself up I tend to eat. At least this way I just journal all my frustration about not being able to look at the scale, but inside I keep on believing that I must be making at least some progress!

BTW - I did cheat a little and try on my jeans, which had gotten too tight to wear since Christmas. Two weeks ago I could not button them without lying down, and I could not sit down and breathe at the same time. Today I could button them while standing, and I could sit for at least a few minutes. They are still too tight, but what a long way to come in two weeks! I am so thrilled - but I am still anxious to see a number. :rolleyes:
 
Fattrapped

:p I hope you can appreciate this. I was looking at your ticker and noticed that it said 114 and you were wanting to achieve 94. I innitially thought what the heck is this woman doing here? Clearly she does not have any weight concerns. I though if I were 114lbs I would be insainly happy to be that weight. Then I noticed that it said Kilos and not the old familiar pounds. Silly me. I am a blond :rolleyes:
 
Hey everyone i hate the scale too but i was a certified trainer for circuit training and one thing i learned was the scale doesn't always go down when you are losing weight you lose inches also which helps you fit into your clothes i'm sure you guys all know muscle weighs more than fat so even if the scale doesn't budge don't let it discourage you because you probably still are making progress and losing inches which slims you down so just remember that when you get discouraged!!!!
 
Im very very bad with the scale.. I step on it everytime I go into the bathroom.. Therefore I see a fluctuation of 2-4 pounds everyDAY.. Its hard to know where Im even at..If I dont like what I see.. I get depressed and eat.. You could say Im obsessed.. Well, NO MORE! I stuck the scale in the closet and will not step on it for 20 days!!!! WISH ME LUCK!! I wish all of you luck!! Yea go us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I would do the whole 30 day thing, but Im going home in 23 and I want to see what my progress is by then! We can be stronger than the scale!!
 
fattrapped666 said:
I hope so too, for you i mean :) I have trouble losing if i dont weight though, because i feel like theres no pressure. Maybe in a little while, a week or so, ill start only weighing weekly.
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I know what you mean about the lack of pressure. I've been pretty invisble from this site lately and I don't feel the pressure of losing weight. It's been nice actually, not caring as much, feeling a little free-er to eat what I want. But it's not good and I'm going to lose it! I've been keeping up for the most part, losing SIX pounds since last Saturday (though I say it must be a fluke or something :p) but I'm trying to come back and make this all work like I want it to!
 
jennifuffa - lol so many people have done that!!:p believe me, id be flying hehe no worries hey...but unfortunatly that would be what we call dreamland:rolleyes::D

I stuck the scale in the closet and will not step on it for 20 days!!!! WISH ME LUCK!! I wish all of you luck!!
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Good luck JordysMom!!!

Ocire, you must have some self control to be able to keep losing without pressure, 6 pounds is amazing though:) congrats

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!:D Have fun
 
funny scale story

Good luck with your scale avoidance Jordy's Mom!

I had a really hard time with that this weekend. The friends with whom we stayed had an old fashioned scale with a HUGE face and numbers almost half an inch tall!!!! It even had brightly colored markers you could slide around the dial to note your current weight! AAAGGGHHHH!!!!

I walked into their bathroom and saw this monster scale and just thought, "Oh COME ON!!" Oh well, they didn't know about my scale issues. :D
 
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