Hey All! Thanks for all the welcomes...it is fun to have a common and fun bond with others. My job is very stressful, so the scale is my way of feeling in control. I do believe I am a control freak...ask my husband, or even my x-husband!

Anyway, I went out last night and we didn't get our food served to us until 9pm. I hated going to bed with all that food weighing in me. This morning I was up a pound...agh! Life goes on and what comes on must come off, right???:dizzy:

Hello,
Well, still no scale in my house. Aarrgg.

I think one of the things that makes the scale so alluring is becuase when you weigh yourself you feel like you are DOING something. Something rather pointless, but something none the less.

Hi, I'm Topaz and I'm a scale addict! :D

I so identify with all the things everyone has described. I actually threw out my scale when I moved this summer, but moved in with family who have one, oh well. Also, I've discovered a scale in a bathroom here at work and have taken to weighing myself every day there! Aack! :lol: At least with using the one at work I am starting to get over my weird weighing behaviour. I'm hardly going to take off all my clothes and jewelry at work! :eek:

(BTW, I'm new here and this is my very first post.:) )

Welcome Aboard Topaz! You'll find alot of info here...tell us all about yourself and why you are at 3FC.

Welcome Topaz! Always glad to have another Scale Lady among us...I think we need a token Scale Guy...but I don't think guys are as worried about their scales as we are. They are almost like children to us!!lol

See you tomorrow ladies!

Welcome to 3FC, Topaz! So glad you decided to post in SAA for your first visit here! :)

Hot, you'd probably be suprised at how many men actually step on the scales like we do! I hope they find their way here if they do! LOL

I'm still on :cloud9: from this morning.. LOL I'm actually afraid to weigh myself now.. for fear that the evil :devil: scale will change it's mind!

Wakey Wakey!!! Shake a Leggy!!! I know it's early ladies...but I'm on my way to the horses and thought I'd say hello!! Gotta do horses earlier than usual today cuz I have to go to the Dr.s for my weekly check up on bloodsugar situation and my eating habits. He put me on his own version of the Atkins diet and we've been tweaking it to suit my needs. So I will post here again once I get back from the Docs!

A-C-K-!
 

Good luck at the Doc's, hotsplashes.. We'll be awaiting your return :D

ceara :bravo: on the pants being looser! I love that feeling.. That means you're loosing inches, despite what the evil pig demon scale says! ;)

ceara- try dusting off the scale-if it's been in the bathroom for awhile it may have collected some dust and hair. This could make a difference!:lol:

Today's weight was down 1.5# (the dusting off helped me) (or maybe it was the bending to do the dusting) any way...have a great weekend everyone!:cool:

That's wonderful Ideal!! Good thing ya dusted it off ;) lol

Hope you have a great weekend too!

HMMM
 

Maybe when it went out to the field to weigh the turkeys it picked up a little somethin'? Nah, smells the same! But maybe I'll dust it/disinfect it anyway! :lol: A little waist exercise can't hurt!

Ceara

Hello My wonderful Losers!!!! I have survived the day. ANd what a day it was.

Ceara!! It's how the clothign fits that REALLY counts sometimes! I've been 140 - 145 and still in a size 6!! you are just gaining Muscle!!! LOSING FAT!! Keep it up, Ceara!!! Way to go!!! :cb: :D

WOOHOO For Idealperson!! 1.5 lbs down!! YAYYYYYYYY!!!!! Heheheh the Dusting comment made me giggle! Yes...I am sure dustbunnies DO contribute to added weight...I'm Positive of it...and yes Bending to Dust DOES constitute as Exercise!!LMAO Keep up the GOOD LOSING!! :cp: :cp:

And now for Shelley, our Pep Squad Captain!! What an inspiration you are!! Thanks for keeping the posting going! And LOOK AT YOU!!! only 15lbs to go for your goal!!! Youl'll be there before Christmas!!!WooHOO think of the nice New Year's Eve outfit yer gonna buy!! YAYYYYY!!! :dance: :dance: :dancer: :dancer:

And now for the Dr. Visit!!! Now I'm sure I'm going to get these numbers screwed up... My Insulin Level for fasting rate was 27......and my fasting blood glucose level was 4.26....or vicey versy. I told Doc that I had been on that diet he gave me for 5 days prior to the tests and he said that it could have affected the tests by possibly raising the numbers but I still showed a bit low in both. Low in the insulin is good...average is 30 to 40...average for the other number is 5-7? So I'm still low no matter how you look at it...and that is good as far as the insulin is...blood sugar is so close to normal that Doc is happy. Said I should stay on this diet pretty well forever...said my condition is hereditary...No cure...but controllable...and all thru proper eating!! Yay Me!!lol

Have a great weekend everyone...I'll stop by tomorrow!

Good morning! The scale won again....somehow I am down to 146.5!! Not sure why it's down from a couple of days ago, but, I'll take it!!

Hotsplashes,

Sounds like you had a good dr.'s visit. Way to go on the insulin levels. My mom has type 2 diabetes.

Shelley,

LOL, I didn't dare step on the scales a second time this morning when it read 146.5! I couldn't believe it myself!!

Hello to everyone...have a great Saturday!

Holly

Ceara.. LOL!! :lol:

Hot--DANG! Wish I could be a size 6! LOL Oh boy how that would be nice.. I'll take my size 10/12 I have though.. I could be a 16 that I was a couple of months ago! :) Glad you had good results at the doc! YAY YOU! Keep it up! :cp:

chikita.. I've been stepping on the scale every morning.. just to make sure that I'm still 145.. and I am! LOL We are truly addicted aren't we? :D

I take that back about my size! Read my journal.. the entry that says "AWESOME"

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :hyper:

Good evening everyone...just a quick entry on all the good news!

Chikitababe...stick with it...yer doing great! Is your mom on insulin? A friend of mine takes 4 to 5 shots a day...Even her dr. says if she ate properly she'd be down to 2 or 3 stabs a day.

Look at Shelley our posting Machine!! WOOHOOO And You'll be a size 6 in no time...I will be very happy to be back into size 8...of course I'll be happy with a 12 any time soon!lol

See everyone Monday...I have a HUGE all day trail rider tomorrow...Have fun ladies...I'm off to read Shelleys journal!lol

I still hate my scales!!! they really don't like me at the moments, but there again i don't like me either.
coz...
I've been away from here for a good few days now as my youngest daughter has been poorly!! So i stayed at home to look after her and ate and ate and ate and didn't do any exercise as i was too busy playing nurse maid!!! My scales and my clothes are telling me i have gained more than a pound or two!!
Here's hoping i can stay on track this week !

Tulip, I hope your daughter is feeling better after a pampering from her wonderful mom. And that weight gain you are feeling, alot of it is probably water. So just get back on Track and you'll do fine!

I ate well today. Cheated a bit with some soymilk - vanilla flavor- because it satisifies my sweettooth. But it's all gone now and there won't be anymore in the house until I reach goal weight. I never new how many carbs were in Soymilk until this diet my doc put me on made me check labels like crazy. One glass of Soymilk has my daily allowance of carbs. Sooooooo...no more soymilk..

I'll see everyone tomorrow!

Hope you all had a good weekend!

:: dreams of size 6 :: :lol:

I'm definitely staying away from the scales for at least 7 days.. TOM decided to visit today.. LOL Though I have a docs appt tomorrow and I know they're going to weigh me.. I just won't look!! (yeah right)

Tulip -- sorry you're having such a rough time! Sometimes we have to put our life on hold to take care of our yungins. We all go through something like that and I definitelty know how you feel! I hope your daughter starts doing better soon and I'm sure you will get on track when you can! :)

Good morning ladies!!!

Hi, my name's Michele...and yes I stepped on the scales bright and early this morning....and I've lost 2.5lbs!!! I am down to 180.5!!! What a way to start a new week. I kinda don't want to do weigh in on Thursday....

Shelley, yes...stay away from the scales while TOM is visiting...I ALWAYS put on 3-5lbs when ToM visits... Good luck at not looking at the scales in the dr.s office!!!

Monday
 

AWESOME, Michele!!!!!! What a WONDERFUL way to start the new week! GO GIRL!! :)

Yeah I FEEL like I've put on about 10 pounds right now.. lol ugh.. so bloated and yucky :rolleyes:

Thanks so much Ceara! :D

Hi Guys thanks for your concerns,
My daughter started her new school today, fit and healthy [yeah!!] I'm back on track, my water intake was great my diet was impeccably! No exercise though... hey ho you can't have everything!!!

Also think the weight gain could be due to PMT!! oh great..that time of the month again...I'm off to look for this months victim...bye!!

Ceara, those evil scales can certainly play tricks! I know mine does...up a pound in the bathroom, move the scale and down a pound in the Kitchen!lol They are masters of Illusions!

Tulip Fairy, glad to hear your daughter is all better! And GOOD FOR YOU! For being back on track. Eating correctly is the big thing. And don't forget your water intake.

Shelley, You are amazing...you'll be down to a size 6 in no time. I was a size 6 at 135/140. It's because I was very low in body fat and very high in muscle. It is all those curves and where they are placed. I bet if you put your mind to it not only will you be down to your target soon, you'll be in a size 6. It's amazing how you can weigh a certain weight yet still be a small size. When I was 140, pretty well everyone thought I was 125. And it's all because of the muscle mass. So make sure your exercise works for you!

As for my eating today...I was VERY good! LOTS of water too! AAAAANnnnnddd...I did lots of exercise...not in a gym tho. I cleaned 4 12x12 stalls, drove 3 horses a total of 12 miles...and trust me, it's NOT easy when they are "feeling their oats" after a day off from training, then I swept the barn, washed buckets and filled them (carried 3 20qt buckets 2 times each 60ft either way!lol) and boy am I sore. I need to do a lower body work out at the gym tomorrow because all the work I did today was upper body mostly. It's the shoulders that hurt and the back...but it's a good hurt!lol LEGS TOMORROW!!Lol (and my big fat butt!)

Let's keep Scale Addicts Anonymous on the front page ladies!! WOOHOOO...I'm going to be starting a new thread for us on Wednesday so look for SAA2 on wednesday!!

Have a great nite ladies!!

Training Tuesday
 

Today I have the first of 2 training sessions for a new computer programme at work...YUCK! We all hate change eh? :?:

Am going through Dr. Phil's book slowly.

The :devil: scale isn't budging, but at least it isn't up!... I was in your position last week Shelley...but I didn't despair and cheat so I'm expecting it to surrender and move down any day now! Or is it hours???????;)

Ceara:smug:

yeah.. TOM can be extremely vicious! Dude.. I'm not having any more babies.. why do I need it?? lol I wish there was something I could take to stop it.. lol

Anyway, Thank you for the wonderful encouragement Michele.. You are so sweet! I know I'll get there one day. For now, I need to be happy with where I am now. :)

Well, I'm going out of town for 3 days tomorrow. So If I don't post anymore today then I will see you gals on Saturday!! I'll miss yall!

Hello Fellow Scale Watchers! I have been on program most of this week, at last night's official weigh in I was down...drum roll please.......63#!!!:cb: Today, I had a good breakfast-a raisin cinnamon English muffin with some light Peanut Butter_I love that flavor combination-and some OJ. For lunch a small salad and a weight watchers double fudge cake with cool whip free.

I have court all afternoon for a client up for parole after 15 years of max prison...should be interesting...have a great Tuesday!

Thanks for the welcomes! I meant to come back earlier but had kind of a hectic week. I'm a single mom, I work full-time and go to school part-time, so sometimes it's hard to find time for myself, but I want to be healthier for my DS's sake, to be a better role model for him as he enters his teenage years. I'm walking quite a lot, drinking lots of water, and "eating right," and not-quite-often-enough working out with free weights. I am a major chocoholic and am quite unwilling to give that up for anything (chocolate does TOO taste better than being thin feels, lol) but have been trying to limit myself to just a bit of dark chocolate occasionally, as a treat or reward.

Weighed myself today and have lost NOthing this week. Sometimes I hate the scale SO much...but I can't stay away from it! I'm addicted, all right! Oh well. I've lost 17 pounds since the end of May, so I guess I'm doing OK, overall. But now I'll probably want to jump on the scale again every day this week, in case I should be below last week's weight, so I can record a loss for this week. ;)

Helloooo ladies...

I HUUUUURRRRRTTT....started my new job as an assistant trainer of a big racehorse facility....I tell ya...lots more muscles used with the harness horses than with riding horses. My back and shoulders are killing me. But I keep telling myself, "Think of all the calories you are burning! Think of all the muscle you are building! Think how much weight you are losing!"

That keeps me from whining too much.


Ceara, I do believe we are neighbors!lol I live in the Banana belt too!lol The SCale isn't up??YAYYY that's a good thing...I find that when I don't gain, and I just sit level for a bit...I stay away from the dreaded scales and my next weigh in I'm down more than expected. Shake up your eating plan or your workout/aerobics plan...that'll help. Keep up the good work!

Topaz! Glad to see my fellow ONtarian back...I know we have a few more here at SAA, just haven't seen them lately! You are ONE BUSY LADY! I wish my sister and brother in law had your outlook, losing weight not only for yourself, but thinking of your children's future. Both my Sis and bro in law are SEVERLY obese. sis is only 4'7 and weighs nearly 200lbs...bro in law is 5'7 and weighs in at nearly 300. Find time for yourself even if it after the kids are in bed. Skip a day of school if neccessary just to get your batteries recharged. Tell your teacher you have to go away for work and ask for the assignments ahead so you can do them at home.

IdealPerson!! WOOHOO on the Loss! Way to go!!! And a law maven in our midst. Hmm I wonder if you could sentence all Demon Scales to life imprisonment in a closet or something? As for bagel/spread combos....I love blueberry bagels with Strawberry creamcheese! Keep up the good Losing Strategy and good luck in Court!!!

**SniffSniff** Buhbye Shelley! We'll miss you!! Send us a post card!!lol And get us tacky tshirts!! Enjoy yourself! And we'll see you Saturday!



OK LADIES!! Since Shelley is leaving us for a few days....It's up to US to keep SAA on the front page of the Message Boards!! Let's see all the rest of our scale addicts out there posting! See you all tomorrow!!!

Hey, I'm back, the court case was denied with a 20 min. discussion. Sometimes life is so fun! For those with the chocolate gene running high-try the weight watcher's double fudge chocolate cake (sold at Wal-Mart by the frozen pies). It is only 3 points, warm it up and with cool whip free on top it is so good. :cool:

Hey SAA ladies! Sorry I've been MIA for a while. I've been pretty :dizzy: crazed with stress lately. I've still be getting on the scale just about every day though. And it's not making me very happy. :fr: I need to get focused on me. Make me a priority - that is, eating right, drinking water and exercising. I'm going to really try to stay committed to taking one day at a time this week and not looking at the scale again until Monday. Anybody with me? :idea: It's just 5 days. We can do it, can't we?

Ideal, you bad girl! Tempting me off my Doctor's prescribed Diet!!lol I'll have to ask him if I can have that. Probably too many carbs...and too much sugar. I am resorting to awful protien bars. Fake chocolate....but for now they are filling the void of real lchocolate. When I hit 175, I'm going to treat myself with a piece of cheesecake from my local bistro. And it'll have chocolate on it!!lol

I'm with ya, Aussie! I weighed myself yesterday so I won't weigh myself again until Monday! I want a big surprise when I step on the scales after all this hard work I'm doing at the farm!

demon scales in life imprisionment!!!
 

Please don't sentence ALL scales to life imprisonment....I really can't live without them at the moment!!! :cry:

How about just sentencing the ones that show a weight gain???? :^: :^: :^:

Pretty please?!!

Hi Aussie Bikini, I'd love to support you.....but as for joining you in not looking at my scales until Monday!!! NAH....couldn't do it..please see previous post..

I NEED MY SCALES DAILY otherwise i just forget to diet and scoff chocolate allday!!!

No willpower me...not an ounze...without jumping on my scales first thing in the morning!! It sets me up for the day, if i'm up (lbs) i'm really careful all day, and if i'm down (lbs), i get motivated to keep on track!!!

Nothing stopping me supporting you tho- so an email dedicated solely to you, daily until monday will be coming your way!!

;)

Hi Hotsplashes!!

Hope the job is going well, sound like it's giving you a daily workout!! :D I could do with a job like that rather than sitting on my bum for most of the day!!:(

For Aussie Bikini
 

Here's the first of your support emails........

Day one....Hope you kept off those scales today:cp: if you did your a better man than me as i didn't!!!!

:p

Hump day
 

Hey Tulip Fairy -- What's that saying about good intentions??? No, that evil scale called my name again loud and clearly this morning. And it showed a gain of a pound, which just isn't possible with all the water I drank yesterday. Oh, the rationalizing we do for ourselves! :D I will try to resist tomorrow morning, but it's SO hard!!! :crossed: I don't know why I do this to myself -- you know work is so stressful and everything else so I should just ease up on my fitness goals so I don't feel totally defeated, but no -- instead I eat everything in sight and expect the :devil: scale to reward me! No wonder I don't see any progress :rolleyes:

Thursday!
 

Afternoon all!

Just reporting that I chased the scale around the bathroom a little this a.m. and it is behaving :s: Still.

Ceara