So, you might be chugging along and staying On Program all week and excercising 6 days out of 7 and your clothes feel looser and then weighing in day hits, and the number hasn't changed...
So maybe you eat a few cookies... cuz what's the point right? And while you have had been marveling at how thin your ankles look and catching your reflection in windows on purpose, today you feel ugly and bloated. All it took was the impartial scale.
So what does that number mean? can you do away with it?
I am half way through a six week challenge and I've lost 11 pounds and gone from a 20 to a loose 18 already. But this scale thing is just a psyche-grenade.
I know eventually if I keep doing this new way of eating, I will get on a scale someday and see 150, it's sort of inevitable, but do I need to anally mark each and every pound as it disappears?
Have any of you stopped weighing, do you find it has led to being less strict with yourself?
I am really depressed tonight, feeling bad about myself for the first time in weeks. If I had just gotten into my new jeans like I did yesterday and felt they were looser than last week, maybe I'd still be feeling accomplished and beautiful instead of deffective.
The bright red 2 inch tall numbers that appear on that digital screen can make or break my day. My days used to be guided by the scale, when I was younger, I did not vary so much and the scale appeared true. Now a days I fluctuate too much and have learned to accept it, but the numbers still can have incredible power over me.
And the saying that muscle weighs more that fat is true, but you do know that the pounds have to come off sometime, I could never wear a size 12 at this weight, no matter how much muscle I have!
I will never be able to rid myself of the metal monster, as some here so fondly refer to the scale.
didnt we have a big discussion about this awhile ago??? i'll have to find it and bump it up.
but sundrop, you do have a point. unfortunately, some of us are so large that we don't have a grip on what our bodies are doing and we can't sense when we're losing!!
scales have a place, but certainly not every day!!!
I would weigh three or more times a day, and each time it would vary. Could have been my cheap scale, could have been fluid fluctuations. So when it was down I was up. Also, when it was up I was dooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnn. So, you know what I did? I threw out the scale! I walk past them in stores and positively ITCH to buy one! However, I don't do it, because I don't want to be on that roller coaster again. I am gauging my loss by the size of my clothes. Yes, it is weird, because not all size 18 are the same size, but I have a pair of jeans in every size! So, when I can fit into the ones I own, that is my size. Now I'm an 18 and soon will be a 16, hopefully. Yes, I have been a little lax, but I was when I was weighing every minute! Do what you feel comfortable with, and good luck to you!
I stopped going to WW meetings, because it became my down fall... One week I was 4 oz away from goal, the next, I shot up 10 pounds... I was crusehd/ shocked. I was starting to see the meets at WW as paying to weigh in. I would jump on the scale at work here and there, but told myself once a month... Well, now the department where the old fashion scale is, has moved... I looked at this as a good thing... I would not be tempted to jump on the scale and ruin my life/ day... I can tell when I've gained weight or dropped... My clothes tell me and sometimes that truthful mirror... Oh, and that's another thing... Even though I've lost 95 lbs through the blessing of God, I still hate the mirror.. That has not changed... The mirror to me is similar to getting on the scale...
So, yeah, I hear ya... The scale can throw this gal into depression at times...
I hear you--the scale can be my friend or enemy depending on the time of the day. I think for the first little while, avoid the scale completely until you notice your clothes have dramatically been a lot looser. I did that and lo and behold I had lost 10 pounds! It is a nicer feeling when you ar absolutely positive that there is weight missing from you. I also have a tip--measure only once a week, in the morning before you have eaten a thing. For me, that's the best time, it might work for you!
I think the use of those scales is a very individual thing ... if it bothers you to see those numbers fluctuate, it's probably best to just stay OFF it most of the time and just pay attention to how your body feels. How we feel is ultimately most important anyway.
I must admit, though, that I enjoyed using a method the Drs. Heller advise the Carbohydrate Addicts program: weighing yourself at the same time each morning and charting the numbers, using an average to show the loss for the week. For me, at the time I was doing it, it was fun because those weekly averages showed a steady loss, as opposed to dailies which jumped around a bit ... BUT it does require a certain mindset which can, for many of us I'm sure, be difficult to achieve. You have to be able to separate the number on the scale from your self-image, and that can be impossible sometimes.
The ultimate no-no, IMO, is to weigh yourself several times a day, unless you're doing it as an experiment to see how greatly your weight fluctuates in a 24 hour period! Not very valuable as a constant practice.
Getting Rid of the Scales
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Oh, and that's another thing... Even though I've lost 95 lbs through the blessing of God, I still hate the mirror.. That has not changed... The mirror to me is similar to getting on the scale... 
