After a really good week, I'm always afraid to weight myself. I'm afraid that if the scale doesn't move, I'll be dissapointed that I worked so hard and saw no results. On the other hand, I'm afraid that if I so show a loss, that I'll be all pround and "reward" myself w/an unhealthy treat.
I mean, either way, weighting myself usually sets me off to a trail of bad eating. The only time this doesn't happen is when I'm maintaining. Then I weight myself every day, just to make sure I'm were I should be and adjust my eating.
So, just don't weight in, right? However, another part of me WANTS to "see" the number on the scale.
I'm the same way! I get disappointed if I don't get a bit of a loss or if I do I tend to reward myself with food. I still need to get in the mindset of food is fuel for my body period not a treat. No advice on what to do about it sorry!
I'm going to go by inches as well as with the scale... because I got a little bit obsessed with the scale number this week. I have to find a tape measure.
I know what you mean. The daily ups and downs, sometimes a couple of pounds, is tough. But not weighing myself for months is partly how I got here. So I weigh diaiy & try not to look at day to day, just the trend. Tough tho, today I'm up 2 lbs....
I can definitely relate. I get kind of excited and kind of scared every time I'm about to step on the scale in the morning. I hate being disappointed when the number doesn't move or (gasp!) goes up, but it helps me identify the mistakes I might be making and work on improving them.
The number on the scale can change 3 pounds just because of water retention, so if you're trying to lose 1-2 pounds a week, which is a healthy rate of loss, there may be some weeks where you don't see any loss or may even see a little gain. That said, there are other weeks when you'll see a bigger drop than you expect.
One thing to do is to make a chart on which you enter your weight every day, or every week, so you can see the trend. If you go a couple of weeks and there is no change or you go up, it may mean that you've been just enough off your program that you need to tighten up.
Fitday has a weight tracking function that lets you enter your weight as often as you want, and it graphs the weights for you, so it's easy to see the trend.
I have a real scale phobia. In the last 20 (!) years I have voluntarily weighed myself twice. A few years before that, while in the thros of a raging eating disorder I would weigh myself constantly and resort to drastic measures to get the scale moving downward. I don't weigh myself now because I have a deep fear that doing so would bring back all the old crazy obsessions and behaviors.
Last time I was weighed was at the doctor's office. I was 140, but that was a few months ago and I know I've lost some weight since then because the jeans that fit snugly then are baggy now, but I don't want to know the exact amount.
In fact I'm sort of freaking out right now because I have an appointment in a couple of weeks and I just know the doctor is going to want to put me on the scale.
I get angry if I don't see the number move when I've been doing pretty well, but I let it go. I won't let it ruin my day. It's on my mind all day, but I keep telling myself that it's just water retention/a heavier day in general and just wait for tomorrow. Always use logic. If you're not seeing it move, tell yourself over and over that you eating more isn't going to help it move the direction you want...and if you DO lose weight, think of extra food as UNhelpful in your plan.
To be quite honest, I am always scared of the scale. Water fluctuations and weight may cause a bad day for me... so I try never to step on unless I have to... I weigh myself like once every 2 months....
Sometimes I'm apprehensive but I figure it's taken me years to get to this size so if it takes me a bit longer than I'd 'ideally' like to take it off so be it.
I've had a stall past two/three weeks - disappointing not to see any real 'progress' yes but three weeks in the grand scheme of things is nothing
I don't weigh very often but I measure myself with a tape and a caliper each weekend. MUCH less stressful for me and the few times I DO manage to get on a scale the number is the same (whew!). One thing a 'scared of the scale' person can try is do measurements FIRST. If measurements are down, stepping on the scale is not too big of a deal - after all if you are getting smaller, the weight is almost an afterthought!
I'm afraid all the time, unless I've had 2-3 days of "amazingly good eating and exercise", then I can't wait..yeh right, like I'd actually have lost fat anyway..I never learn.
Anyone afraid to weight themselves?
