So, between my dental surgery, TOM, and all the heavy lifting I'm doing during our move, I decided to not bother with the scale after seeing a 5lb increase in a single day when I weighed myself last night. I packed that sucker away and am taking the week off of tracking my weight (but staying OP).
The problem is...not knowing my weight today is killing me! I want to knooooooow, even if it's bad! But the scale is at the bottom of a sealed box so I have to suck it up.
Is anyone else as much of a slave to the scale? Or am I just loopy?
I'm a bit of a slave to the scale, but I've gotten better at not getting as emotional from what it says from day to day. I think you're doing an excellent thing, and knowing you have a weigh in coming should eventually help you to not worry as much.
If you know that it's from lifting weights, TOM, etc, and it's "killing" you... why torture yourself? Just weigh and accept it, or forget it. Knowing or not knowing isn't going to change the numbers, but perhaps seeing those fluctuations will make it less scary...
If you know that it's from lifting weights, TOM, etc, and it's "killing" you... why torture yourself? Just weigh and accept it, or forget it. Knowing or not knowing isn't going to change the numbers, but perhaps seeing those fluctuations will make it less scary...
Just a thought.
The scale had to be packed eventually, while it's killing me not to know, recording the weight gains I would definitely see would still be disheartening. Double edged sword, you see.
I weigh myself several times during the day. I visited my sister a little while ago and couldn't locate her scale for the first few days and I felt a little for awhile. But I'm starting to not be as affected by the ups and downs, especially because I don't usually wear my glasses and I have an analog scale and I can't really make out the exact numbers so I can only generally tell which way its going lol.
Hopefully once you've moved and unpacked the scale you'll see a nice loss after all your hard work!
I weigh myself every morning (I even hauled the scale along with me on vacation.) That said, I use the Hacker's Diet charting algorithm, so a single day's weight jump/drop matters less than the overall average.
I like daily weigh-ins, as they helps keep me honest. There's no late night cheating, knowing that whatever I eat will be reflected on the scale in the morning. That said, it's not a method that works for everyone. If the weigh-ins are more stressful than helpful, find a better method for tracking your progress.
I would always suggest weighing yourself in the morning after you go to the toilet and before you eat anything. Oh, and do it butt naked too ;p. I bet that 5 lb gain isn't accurate if you did it in the morning.
I do like knowing how much I weigh, but I can live without the scale. I like to weigh daily out of routine, if I see a gain I don't FREAK out I just think "right, let's have a great day today" and usually I see a drop once I sort myself out.
Don't be a slave to the scale though! Do what feels right and the fact that you've done good in a day should mean more than how much you weigh.
i am the same way!!! i weigh myself everymorning after bathroom before eating. i am on atkins induction (dropping weight like crazy and loving it!!) three days ago sunday was a family reunion(day 11 of induction), i was good for the first 2 hrs and then caved and ate everything in sight! So now i am back to induction and i just dont want to see the weight gain so i am refusing to weigh myself before this comming sunday hoping to still see weight loss and not too much of a set back.
I get so bummed if the scale doesn't say -10pounds, whether it's been 2 days or 2 weeks or 2 months since I last checked. That being said, I too have decided to not weigh as frequently. Yesterday I asked my hubby to hide the scale and not let me weigh until the end of the month (which is right before our vacation). Hoping to avoid the disappointment of only seeing -2lb a week (which sometimes affects my eating pattern), and hopefully rejoice in an overall weightloss of -6lb this month (which is less than -2lb a week), because -6 is better than -2!!
I am an obsessive weigher! I guess thats what you would call it, everymorning at 6:45 I weigh naked but I have OCD when it comes to it because I have to weigh 3 and 4 times to make sure its right! (AHHHH) Then when I get home from work around 6:00 I weigh again 3 and 4 times... I have done this since 2010! Its obsessive but luckily I DO NOT freak out if I have a gain. I guess its just me wanting to make sure my weight loss is reality! (ODD i know)
Packed away my scale...not knowing is killing me
for awhile. But I'm starting to not be as affected by the ups and downs, especially because I don't usually wear my glasses and I have an analog scale and I can't really make out the exact numbers so I can only generally tell which way its going lol.
