So I need anyone's advice about something I finally hit my 45 lb mark and was so excited!! But anyways I have fallen off the band wagon for a week now and just jumped back on. So I don't know if I should weigh in tomorrow like I normally do or wait a week till next Thursday and give myself time to lose what I might have gained. Ah I am scared to jump on that scale tomorrow and don't know what would be the smartest thing to do. Any advice? Thanks
JIll

Do what you think will cause you the least stress. If you will spend the next week agonizing if you don't weigh yourself, then weigh yourself. If you'll spend the next week kicking yourself if you do weigh in & have gained, then skip it.

I think that knowledge is power. If you have some idea just how 'bad' you've been and you see the results ... you'll be able to judge the damage in perspective ... or ... you may find out just what you can get away with.

Face your fears is the best thing. I was scared to get back on the scale back in Dec. I knew I fail off the band wagon real bad starting back in Aug and I hated it. The only thing I needed to do is face the facts and see what damage I have done to myself so I would know where to start back on losing again.

Of course I had already knew my failure was a huge failure. You said you were off the band wagon for a week. I can't imagine your damage being to huge to do damage control with.

Which ever you decide! Good Luck

Face your fear and they show it the door. Even if you have gained you have the knowledge and the power to change it. If your really freaked out I say split the difference and do it half way. Good luck and stick with it girl!

I'd weigh. Just to see if I'd gained any actual weight or not. Maybe you did, maybe you didn't. But if it's gonna bother you to not know, then go ahead and weigh yourself

I'd wait till first thing in the morning, though.

I totally agree. If you see that you have gained back, will you think that cheat time was worth it? Weigh, get your motivation back and keep going!

I would wait a week, only say that because I often skip a week's weighing if I have been "bad" the previous week. Of course, if I was bad the whole week I don't kid myself that I will have lost either. I try to keep realistic.

Weighing in every week, whether good bad or indifferent is what keeps me focused and on track. Skipping a weigh in once because you've been off plan is harmless, but for myself I've found that it can be a slippery slope. YMMV

The day I got back from Spring Break, I hopped on a scale. I needed to know just how badly I had messed up and how much harder I would have to work. Seeing the number on it was agony, but at least then you'll have a more concrete goal: "I will lose what I had gained, and more, by ____."

I think you should weigh in the morning. It was only a week so its not going to be that bad even if you did gain. Another reason I think is because getting over the *fear* of weighing yourself is good, because I think alot of us, gained alot of weight by saying "damn, ive been eatting crappy, dont want to see the weight gain, skip it.. start again Monday" Then Monday never comes, but if you do weigh and there is a slight increase it has a tendancy to give you a good kick in the rump. JMO

Well thanks for all the advice and I decided to weigh myself... I gained weight unfortunately! I am unsure how I feel about it part of me says get your *** in gear and the other part says who cares it's just a few more pounds. I just feel depressed that I let myself gain this weight it sucks!!!

Boy do I know how you feel. But I quit feeling sorry for myself, and Im back in the saddle again! A few more lbs here, and few more lbs there, thats how it all starts. Took me like 3 months to gain 10lbs, I know I can get it off faster than 3 months, so may as well attack those lbs when you first notice them