Afraid of the Scales
 

I have been doing low carb for about 2 weeks and I am totally afraid to get on the scales. If I get on them and havent lost enough im afraid I will be discouraged and just throw in the towel. How do you guys handle this?

Thanks in advance. Kim

I try to take disappointing weeks in stride, knowing that the weight will come off later (like they say on the biggest loser- the scale owes me!). Then again, I'm a calorie counter, and I can think that way since it's definitely a numbers game.

I threw my home scale away. I was driving myself crazy weighing myself all of the time. I work in a hospital and I weigh myself once a week. For about a week the scale didn't budge from 260 but I kept taking it one day at a time. I didn't know for a while if I was gaining weight back or still losing. So I waited a week from the last time I weighed myself and got back on the scale and I had lost weight. Even now when I get on the scale to weigh myself and I am kinda scared. The most I have ever gained back so far was 2 pounds and that went away in a few days. If you are doing a low carb diet plan, be sure that you are eating enough veggies because that will help you tremendously. I was doing the low carb plan a few years ago (for the 2nd time), eating a lot of meat and I began getting pains in my side and was constipated alot. Once I cut down on eating meat, the pains stop. I started doing a modified low carb/high protein plan again this summer but I eat alot more veggies, some fruit and very little meat. I found that I began losing much weight more quickly and am not constipated this time.

I say - GET ON THE SCALE!.
Scales aren't a bad thing, they let you know your progress, or, if you need to be doing something different. :)

What's "enough?" What happens if it's not "enough?"

The point is, regardless of what the scale says, you have been making choices in favor of your health for 2 weeks! That makes you a different person than you were 2 weeks ago. Regardless of what the scale says, you'll evaluate and keep going :carrot: