Well, I finally stopped being a big ol' scaredy cat and stepped onto the scale today for the first time in about a month or so. Not as bad as I had feared it would be. 289. Which is a gain back of 6 of the pounds I had lost. But it's better than I thought it would be. I was terrified I would be back to my original starting point....or worse. I was soooo thankful that my decade was still the same. Went back and forth over whether to change my ticker. Thought about changing my start point to 289, decided against it. When it's all said and done I want to see my progress from my original start point. Thought about changing it to reflect my current point as 289 instead of the 283 it currently shows. Actually did change it, but that just really depressed me for some reason. And I know how i am and how I work, so to speak. If I start out feeling bummed about it, I am not going to do well. So, I'm leaving it at 283, and working towards my first goal of making it accurate. I did alter my sig a little bit to reflect that it's not quite where I am right now. It's amazing to me how seeing it go backwards when I tried putting my actual current weight in made me feel so bad. But being bothered by it actually has a good point as well. It makes me all the more determined to never have to set it back again. So, onward and upward from here on out.
If it were me, I would have changed my current weight to be what you weighed in at today. I find its easier to get motivated and back on the bandwagon if you really "own up" to the gain. But you did sorta do that with the comment in the ticker, so its not like you are denying it or anything!
Do what makes you happier. If it is discouraging to change it downward, then don't change it yet. I keep mine accurate because I feel guilty if it is off, but that's just me!
We're just glad you're back! You'll get it back down to the ticker and before long, you'll have to lower your current weight below the 283!!
It's all about what works for you hun.. if moving the ticker to show the actual weight will depress you and maybe hurt your progress then by all means leave it.. we all deal with things in our own way.. is what works for each one of us on our journey that is important... and this way you have a mini goal.. making the ticker right
If I changed my ticker with every up and down, I'd be changing it every day. I'm just a few pounds heavier than my current sticker, and I've left it because it's actually more motivating to me than changing it, because I feel bad that it's not accurate.
You need to do what works for you. I post a weigh in once a week, but weigh myself almost every day, the scale goes up and down at times, but I only post a change on my official day.
cheryl
Ah, well maybe I'm just anal-retentive. The ticker has to be correct for my weight as of 6am every morning....because when it goes down I'm excited, and when it goes up, it's extra motivation for the day. Telling myself I'm planning for the week makes it seem like work. Weighing every morning gives me something to look forward to when I wake up!
I'm with the "Do what's best for you" crowd. But here's my two cents about what works for me anyway. The first time my weight went up by a pound or two on my "official" weigh-in day, I refused to move it up, knowing that I would get it back. I did get it back, but then I felt horrible about not being able to move it down enough to get full "credit" for my accomplishment the next week. So, now I always move it up when I have a setback. And I've had several of them lately, depressingly enough. But - I like looking at my ticker and knowing that my morning weigh-in was lower than the ticker weight, and I look forward to pushing through the weekend so that I can have good news to report on Monday's weigh-in.
Regardless, I am really happy to see you back! Your vivaciousness has been missed. And a huge congrats on maintaining most of your loss over your month off!
I have to adjust my own ticker this morning. I had an emotional set back last week and it really effected me but I am going to put the ticker back up because I have to as Jessica said I have to "own" my weight.
I'm going to do the same thing you did. I have had a few months of issues as I posted a couple weeks ago. I ended up going to 274 now or maybe 270. I'm not sure. I weighed in yesterday it was 270 this morning 274 so I don't know.
I agree with setting the ticker at the weight you are, too. Less denial, at least for me. The thing I have to be careful about though is thinking about it too much, paying too much attention to the numbers, you know. I'm trying to weigh myself less, and just keep eating on plan.
Ticker: To update or not
The thing I have to be careful about though is thinking about it too much, paying too much attention to the numbers, you know. I'm trying to weigh myself less, and just keep eating on plan.
