Ugh. I am one of those who cannot stay off the scale. I am so excited to see if it has gone down that every morning I want to step on and see. But of course, most of the time it isn't down, thats just how weight fluctuates. Yet, even knowing this, I always get bummed out. So anyway, two weeks ago when I came back to school I forgot my scale at home. Then when my bf came to visit this weekend he brought it for me. So for one entire week I didn't weigh myself, it was great. Getting on the scale after that week and seeing the big drop down I was so excited. I was planning on not getting on the scale again til my weigh in day but thats already ruined. I stepped on yesterday and was upset that I'd stayed the same (after only two days). Now I'm arguing with myself over stepping on it or not again today. Maybe I should leave my scale at home and just weigh every other week? Although I don't know if I'd be able to stay motivated weighing that little. I need the weekly weighin to know its working.
I think you should just leave it at home and weigh every other week. Or can you have someone else keep it and have them give it to you only once a week so you cant obsess over it? It took me a while bit i decided that i like to see the drop at the end of the week rather then getting irritated everyday for fluxuations.
I know that I weigh myself too often- I know this because I weigh at the gym and I live in a small town and I know the owner of the gym and the scale is right by her desk so she sees me do it and I am embarassed that she knows how much I weigh myself- which is a sign I should do so less often. It is so tempting though.
I weighed myself monday and I was down to 129 and was excited but today I am only at 128.8 and it has been 3 days which is not alot but it still discourages me.
i weigh myself every day as well... however, i was home for 3 weeks and didn't get on the scale once, then came back to school and saw a huge drop! that was very gratifying...
BUT, i think my problem is that weighing everyday reminds me if i am doing a good job... so i get very afraid that i am not noticing a weeks worth of weight gain if i only weigh once a week... kinda flawed logic because i end up obsessing day to day...
i too am going to try weighing just once a week! good luck to everyone in trying this as well!
i used to way myself every day until bang- the battery died!!!!
now im way to lazy to go buy another battery...so i just havnt weighed myself..i dont know if thats good or bad...but it certainly helped me stop obsessing.
I think you should just leave it at home like you said, and weight yourself once a week. BUT i will admit, I am also one of those people who weighs myself almost everyday It's hard not to!!
Hey there. I am the same way. I don't think my home scale is dependable, so i try not to use it. I did one day, and I was 180. After working out at the gym i weighed my self and i was 184!!! Last time I lost weight every time I weighed myself it went down and down. I am not using diet pills this time so it is hard!
I weigh every day as well but only count what it says on Mondays. I hate seeing fluctuations bc it can make or ruin my day. The only good thing I think it does is help me stay in the mindset to stay OP.
I used to weigh myself everyday and I think that's the biggest reason why I've never been able to stay on a diet or fitness plan for more then 3 days. Every time I weighed myself no matter what the scale said (gain, lose, or the same) I would always get depressed and fall off the wagon.
This time around I promised myself I would only weigh myself once a week and guess what? I'm ending week 2 and I haven't cheated or anything yet and I'm still totally motivated to keep going for the first time ever! I've switched my obsession with the scale over to an obsession with how I feel and I feel great! The first few days were hardest but once I got past that I was good to go!
Scale Temptation
It's hard not to!!
