[Froufy]

...someone stop me! I try so hard not to jump on the scale every day - I am one of those people who is greatly affected by numbers...even tho I would say to your face I"m not - and I understand weight can fluctuate from 3-5 lbs during the day......and it's just a number.....

but then I go and weigh myself and pretend it doesn't matter if a) the number is higher than expected....or b) not as low as I wished for!!! And somewhere in the back of my brain is a little very teeny tiny quiet voice saying "oh oh you're not doing that well are you? oh oh...maybe just a bit of this and that will help...oh oh..."...well you know the rest! (Of course if the numbers are "good" this does boost motivation and help me avoid temptation! )

Anyone else a bit scale-obsessed? How do you handle it?

Froufie

[Katpo]

I am obsessed and I handle it by weighing myself! I weigh every morning, and sometimes at night just before bed. If I see a certain number at night, then I expect it to be down a pound in the morning. Usually it's pretty consistent especially if I drank all my water during the day.

But I'm the opposite from you -- if my numbers are good, I somehow expect a little reward for doing so good and then go eat something bad for me. I wish I could do like you and make it keep me motivated but for some reason I can't!

[Rachel2]

I'm the same way. I try to not weigh myself except on my weigh in day but I almost always end up stepping on the scale at least once a day. I really should make my hubby hide the scale from me!

[Froufy]

So I broke down and weighed myself this am - but it was pretty meaningless altho is was low...I think? I can't remember my "buck neked" weight from last week - altho I do remember what I weighed all dressed before my sat weigh in - so this was no much help! Silly Froufie....

Anyhow it looks pretty low - need to wait til sat am w/jeans & shirt on so I can get a more accurate reading!

I might need to get dh to hide the scale maybe for a week - esp during TOM (fast approaching) - which is when I tend to go up and not down - and I would hate for that to sabotage all my good intentions.!

Froufie

[MGAngel]

Don't be too hard on yourself
I am also obsessed with the numbers on the scale. I promised my husband that I would weigh myself on Saturday's (my WW weigh in day) and on Wednesday's to make sure I'm on track. Of course I lied LOL I'll probably weigh myself every other day.

I don't think weighing yourself is such a bad thing. If I eat too much and gain a pound the next day I know that i need to cut it out and count my points, do what I'm supposed to do. One time my scale broke and it gave me the "right" to eat everything in sight because in my mind if I couldn't see the numbers change then I wasn't gaining LOL I ended up gaining 10 pounds! LOL Then it was back to the drawing board.

If it works for you then just do it. Its one of those guilty pleasures LOL