so, i have been battling with weighing myself, jumping on the scale after every workout and then being frutrated when i don't lose anything, and start to get off track...
SO, i asked my husband to hide my scale for me today! i will continue working out, doing the C25K plan, and yoga, and will not weigh myself for ONE MONTH...quite a change for me from daily weigh ins...
I threw mine out yesterday. I am only going to weight myself twice a week at the gym. Having a scale in my home and getting on it in the morning and seeing 'not wanted' results ruined my whole day and often lead to binging. I would suggest weighing yourself at least once a week.
My other trick is I try on a pair of tight jeans or other item of clothing once a week (and not around my peroid lol). Sometimes the scale doesn't move so much but you are losing inches. I am prone to gaining a lot of muscle and love heavy lifting so I try not to use the scale too much but get my inches measured every month too
that's sweet! i have decided that you're right, i am going to do weekly weigh ins instead...a month may be too late to realize that i am gaining or something. thanks for the advice, Brown Eyed Staccie!
I am doing it.Weighed in at 218 on April14,2009 and today I weigh in at 208 April 28,2009.I am doing the Alli,And drinking slim fast and eating better foods for me.Following the eat the three meast plus snacks in between.Walking with my meter.And just doing changes in my life.
This thread has inspired me to rely on the scale less. I compulsively weigh in every single day, from now on I'm only going to weigh in every week (for Biggest Loser).
I've never thought of hiding the scale. Honestly, it's my motivation... but that's just me. If I see a loss, it's awesome and I work harder. If I see a gain, I might get a little down but I try to keep going. It's different for everybody, though.
I have wiifit and that encourages you to do a 'body test' every day to check your weight and balance. However, I'm starting to lean towards doing my official weigh in at the gym once a week, and relying on my measuring tape to check for progress during the week. Even though the scale has only moved down 15lbs since Feb, my 'spare tire' has decreased from about 55" to 50". So that is the biggest victory to me!
Today is a good day for me.I`m eating better and I am loosing weight.I know this will work because I am going to make this work foe ME and only Me.I want to see my daughter get married and have kids and enjoy all the evants be a grandma one day.So I have to get my health back in track.One day at a time for me.
I have been weighing myself like 6779866756756528735648754 times a day. I really need to stop. I am going to wait till Monday's for BL to weigh. I can do this.
It really flucuates and doesn't help when I weigh so much.
When I woke up it was 195 later on it was 198 then just now it was 197.2 or something so I need to wait lol.
I've never done it because I've never been obsessed with weighing myself. In fact, I'm usually scale-phobic. Which is strange, because my sister put the scale in our kitchen last summer and it's been there ever since. I've just learned to ignore it, but now that I'm serious about losing weight again I find myself stepping on it a little too often...
i am now only weighing on mondays too for the BL challenge...but i'm still putting it high in the closet in between to avoid temptation... i guess i'm just weak-willed!
Hide the Scale!
