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10-01-2010, 02:25 AM
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Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 101
S/C/G: 155/ 129 /120
Height: 5'7"
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Getting used to less frequent weigh-ins
I've gone from weighing myself twice(or more) a day for the past four years to now, where I'm trying to weight myself only every 10 days(how often I'd like to lose a pound).
I know that how often I weighed myself before was obsessive, but I'm still in ED recovery & working on my body image & perception of all things body/food. That's why I'm changing. I don't want to be that obsessed.
But with not weighing myself, I'm thinking about it more...which I know is natural.(like when you deny yourself cake then dream of it or even binge later on).
so how do you get over this rough patch of adjusting to a healthier, less-dependent relationship with your scale?...if it were a person, then I'd be in the "you know, just because we're divorced doesn't mean we can't still be friends" phase. LOL
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10-01-2010, 08:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ohio, US
Posts: 842
S/C/G: CW: 155 GW: 130
Height: 5'2"
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I used to obsessively weigh myself too, then it got to the point I was scared of the scale, then back to obsessively weighing myself... For me, I just put it up and out of sight, then made a rule that I couldn't weigh myself after I'd eaten or had anything to drink during the day. That meant I could weigh myself after I'd gone to the bathroom and before I ate breakfast. Second rule was I couldn't weigh myself 2 days in a row, then I extended it to 4 days, then once a week.
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10-01-2010, 04:34 PM
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improving life!
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 428
Height: 5'7"
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I obsessively weigh myself several times a day lately. So this morning I weighed myself then put the scale away in the closet. I promising myself to not weigh in till November 1 because I cannot handle seeing those numbers all the time, its only making losing weight and being healthy harder.
not sure how to get over not weighing so much since it hasn't been long yet. i guess its the same as not binging. this is going to be hard!
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10-05-2010, 12:12 AM
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Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 101
S/C/G: 155/ 129 /120
Height: 5'7"
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These past few days I've snapped back to weighing in twice a day.
How can I stop? & please don't suggest getting rid of my scale...that's just not an option.
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10-05-2010, 08:11 AM
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improving life!
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 428
Height: 5'7"
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i put mine in th closet. it helps bc i don't see it every time I go to the bathroom and its not as easy to weigh (i would have to get it out etc). maybe make it a goal not to weigh yourself and tell people about it in your life, especially if you live with someone you can tell them. we can always make it a challenge, like the no scale challenge. tell me if you would like that because ill make the topic and join in for sure!
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10-08-2010, 09:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,045
S/C/G: 180/179.2/130one day
Height: 5.1.5
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My name is Jessica and I am scale addict to.
I do really love the idea of make a no scale challenge .... lets made one.
We can call it No scale for 7 day in arrow challenge so we chose or own day to WI and then promise to ourself that we are no going to WI any more until next Wednesday in my case.
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10-12-2010, 08:58 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 26
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Instead of thinking about not weighing for long stretches, just try to go one full day. If you make it, go another day. So on and so forth.
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10-24-2010, 08:08 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 22
S/C/G: 273/259.6/120
Height: 5'2
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as a teenager I was terrified of not weighing in. If I didnt have my scale I would try not to eat or exercise harder.
I used to weigh myself 8 times a day at the same time each day. (thankgod for the hours when i was at school, because the weekends, that number went up more)
I went a little cold turkey on the scales. I tried to cut it down every few weeks - I'd cut one weighing in session out. Took a while, but I got out of it
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10-24-2010, 09:36 AM
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Less Juicey
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Carolina coast
Posts: 1,343
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Height: 5'5"
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Would it help to lock your scales in the trunk of your car? or a friend's car? Or put it in the attic or basement? Make using it lots of effort? (I threw mine in the trash several years ago and now weigh once a week at my doctor's office.) Hopping on and off the scales was depressing and unproductive.
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