Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Scale? (me, that's who)
So, I haven't weighed myself for three weeks. I gained a little bit of weight back and have been afraid to get back on there since... I've been doing a little bit better food-wise and MUCH better with exercise, but I'm so scared there won't be anything to show for it. Does anyone else ever feel like this?
OH YES!!! Fortunately/Unfortunately I must weigh myself everyday regardless. I swear though sometimes I can feel my heart rate go up before I step on. I gained 40 pounds while NOT weighing myself, and I totally blame it on that, so for my own sanity I must weight, but I feel your pain! Good luck for when you do decided to weight in!!!
It's funny, when I feel I'm doing really well and I weigh myself mid-week, I get all excited to see loss and then totally undo it by the time my "official" WI day rolls around. It's so weird. I've learned to be wary of weighing myself too often because of this trend. I think I tell myself I can cheat a little because I've already shown a loss, I can bounce back in the second half of the week. But I don't. So I make sure to weigh myself only once a week -- more than that, and I fail. Less than that, and I grow lazy and unaware of what I'm doing to myself. There's definitely a fine balance to be struck, and it seems very individualized.... Some love their scales, some hate them!
Just remember that even if you don't see a weight loss, you might have shown an inch loss or unconsciously changed some habit you had been carrying around...... Lots of potential NSVs to think about!!
I second what britomart mentioned, that there are more things to this than what the scale says. There are days where I let the scale get to me, I'll kick it around the bathroom until it says what I want, or at least closer. Do I look any different from when I stepped on it to when I finished abusing it? No...
Personally, I am just starting to understand that the scale isn't the holy grail, and that even if you weigh in only once a week, you still have fluctuations. Let the scale be an indicator, but not the gospel.
This is one of the absolute hardest things for me to understand. I am such a slave to the scale
That happened to me once before...for a full 3 weeks I could not get on the scale because I knew I gained..one day I just finally gave in and got on the scale. And yes I gained...but it was only like 2 or 3 pounds. I was frustrated, but at the same time I knew I had a goal to reach so I just started again and kept going!
Before that happened to me I weighed myself every morning. Now I tend to weigh myself 2 or 3 times a week...I don't like how the scale influences the way I think about my weight loss. If it's not where it should be it's frustrating and it really bugs me...
Heck, yes! I usually wait about another couple of days of good eating and get on! I weigh weekly and sometimes if I have constantly gained and lost the same pound I will start weighing daily. Just to give myself a check up.
LOL im sooo afraid of my scale! I while back i couldnt walk by the bathroom without weighing myself. It got obsessive. It was making me cry on a regular basis so i hid my scale.. then When i stepped on it a couple weeks ago i found i gained 20 lbs! lol So i think i need to find a happy medium. lol
I weigh every morning as soon as I get up, and I record it in my log. But, I don't put much faith in the number I see. I look for trends, which is why I don't weigh weekly. If it goes up, I know that it could be pretty much anything.... too much sodium, not enough water, or maybe it was that cookie the other day. Anyway, I know that if I do what I need to do, the numbers will follow.
Woke up this morning with a swollen face and neck and a sore throat. Either I'm getting sick or I'm retaining a horrific amount of water... # was not good...
I think I'll re-weigh on Saturday, and spend the next three days gulping water!
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Scale? (me, that's who)
