Scale Addict Anonymous
 

Hello, My name is Hotsplashes and I'm a scale addict. I like to get on my scale every day. I used to get on my scale several times a day before I joined SAA.

When I get on the scale now...it's first thing in the morning. I take off all my clothes including my skivvies. Make sure I go potty first. Remove all jewellery and hair scrunchies. Then when I take that final step onto the scale, I exhale till it hurts!lolol

Thanks to SAA I now only get on my scale every Thursday. Except when fall off the wagon and maybe sneak in a weigh-in on a monday to see if I gained on the weekend. But those slip ups are rare.

My doctor has diagnosed me with isulin intolerance/resistance and has put me on a low carb diet that seems very much like Atkins and South Beach. I haven't been on it a full week and have already lost over 2 lbs.

I'd like to see all you other Scale Addicts come out and join me here !!!

Hi! Ok, I have to admit, I am a victim of the scale! I feel the need to weigh myself every morning, even though I know it's not a good idea. I have the urge to weigh more than once a day, but, don't do it. The downfall to weighing every day is that your weight will vary, as much as 4 pounds depending on water intake, salt intake, size of meal eaten, etc. I always get discouraged when I weigh in on Mondays, after the weekend at home because the scale is at leat 1 pound higher than Friday. Probably due to weekend indulgence, but, in reality, it takes 3500 calories to gain a pound, the same to lose.

Holly

at last!
 

Oh, Oh , OH!

Is this like a 12 step programme for scale addicts!?!

'Cause I'll tell ya Hotsplashes you are describing me to a T. I do leave on my night gown and jewelry, creep up on the scale, press down on the window sill with my right hand and s-l-o-w-l-y release the pressure allowing the scale to ever so gently get to it's spot. Hopefully at the same or a lower spot than the day before :lol:...I figure it is relative, but other than that I do the same thing every morning.....AND many nights before I go to bed!

However I feel that allthough it is an obsessive behavior, it is a relatively harmless one. No one is affected by this except me, and I think it helps motivate me at this point. I'm less likely to lose control if I'd weighed myself that day....

I'm so comforted to know that there are at least two other persons like me out there!

Ceara

Re: at last!
 

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creep up on the scale, press down on the window sill with my right hand and s-l-o-w-l-y release the pressure allowing the scale to ever so gently get to it's spot. Hopefully at the same or a lower spot than the day before

Ahahaha! I do that! We are so funny.

Thanks for staring this hotsplashes!

My name is Shelley and I am a scale addict. I used to step on the scale every single morning.. but always making sure I go potty first and am nakie.. I make sure the scale is set right on the floor.. maybe give it a little bump to make sure it's working properly. Then I step on it really soft, meanwhile leaning one of my hands against the wall... (maybe that will help?) to try and take off a tiny pressure off the scale with one foot. LOL :lol:

OH too funny!!! That is exactly me! And never ever ever get on the scale after taking a shower, because then the water in your hair will cause you to weigh more!!

Sometimes I will weigh myself after getting up, and again 30 minutes later. Suprisingly, I am usually .5 pound lighter 30 minutes after getting up!

Holly

Hi Hotsplashes!! I'm here, I'm alive!! I didn't realize I had to get access to the forums too, I thought I had access by signing up for the journals. I'm learning. Anyway, I posted a journal that's about a mile long :blah: but it explains why I haven't been around for the last couple of days. :tired:

Hi to all the Scale Addicts! My name is Michele, I'm a scale addict, and today I'm proud to say that I only got on the scale once. :sumo: Nah, seriously, it wasn't a gain, it might have been a real loss, but it is what it is. You know, I'm not sure getting on the scale everyday is a bad thing necessarily. If you say that "it is what it is" and let it be, instead of letting it dictate your mood and self esteem, then I think it's an ok thing to do. I'm not sure I'm there yet. So, I'm going to try to not weigh myself tomorrow or Sunday and just go with my official weigh in on Monday morning. :bomb: But, you better believe I'll be naked and have gone to the bathroom before I step on that evil scale on Monday!

Hotsplashes -- thanks so much for starting the thread and for looking out for me!! Hope you all have a great labor day weekend!

:smug: :smug: Hello ladies and welcome to Scale Addict Anonymous:smug: :smug:

I'm glad everyone showed up!

Chikitababe! Welcome...it seems you are on your way to beating the addiction...you only get on once a day! This is a good thing! I hope you stay with us! And you are soooo right about water weight. I've seen myself bloat up 4 and 5 pounds overnite. then be 6 lbs lighter in a day.

Ceara, you made me laff today when I logged on here to see if anyone had stood up to the podium to say hello! Yes I don't see why this can't be a 12 step program! We just need to come up with 12 steps!lol I think the first one would be... I accept the fact that I am a scale addict and can still love myself!lol Hope you stay with us here on SAA! The window thing was just soooo funny.

Shelley you made it!!! YAYYYY...And I too admit to the scale bumping...with my foot...or my hand...just to make sure it's at a proper place on the dial!lol And I see you have your own version of the windowsill thing!lol You use the wall. You ladies are giving me too many cheating ideas!!lol Hope you come back and post again Shelley! I think we have a great group so far!

Welcome Mother Goose! I am so Impressed with your weightloss adventure! I hope you come to visit us often, you are an inspiration to all!

Amarantha!! Of course you can join!! A forum I belong to isn't the same without you! Your humor and positive attitude are very welcome here! Hope to see you here often! Come and vent anytime!

Aussie Bikini!!! Glad you made it! And you have the exact same name as me!!! Michele with ONE L!!! I am not alone in this world!!lol And congratulations on only getting on the scale once today! Enjoy your weekend, treat yourself to something yummie...just not too much! And don't you worry...you'll be in that bikini in time for Aussieland ! You have already come a long way in the weightloss...the rest is going to be easy...you have US!!lol Hope to see you soon! And now I bid the club adieu. It's time to go for a nice walk before the rain sets in again. I'll be checking here on and off over the weekend. I have a 2 day horse show and a JRT show all going on at the same time...So I'm going to be a busy girl! Might run off some extra calories while I'm at it!! Happy Labor Day Fellow Scale Addicts!

YAHOO
 

Only once, I repeat ONLY ONCE, yesterday. But I've already been on this morning :s: and that :devil: scale didn't see me comin'!

I have a couple of tough eating-type opportunity days comin' up and I think the scale thingy helps me. OK I'm an addict! :lol:

Ceara

Good Morning SAA ladies! It's a nice and cool sunny day here! I hope everyone is enjoying this long weekend so far. I'm off to see my horse and take the pups for a HUGE walk...I'll be burning off thos evil calories!

Amarantha! Congratulations on only getting on once! And YES...DON"T GET ON TODAY!!! Wait tilltomorrow! I will not be on my evil scale again until next Thursday or Friday...hopefully I can last until then!lol It's nice to know there are other folks who have "scale rituals" too!

Have a wondeful weekend ladies!!!

Thanks for the welcome hot! I can see that I'll be in here lots! You all are just halarious.. :lol:

Well, I broke down and stepped on the scale again today.. Like I'd loose a pound or two overnight.. right.. lol I plopped down on the couch and told hubby I couldn't believe I'm still the same after 2 weeks... He told me something that lifted my spirits a little.. he said that I may not be loosing pounds but I'm definitely loosing inches. I feel all better :) Darn that :devil: grrrr!

Amarantha--that was funny.. "I hope it's reading this" I LMBO when I read that.. :lol:

Hey! I LOVE my mother's scale. I weighed myself nakie after getting out of bed and going potty, and my scale said 149.5. I went to my mom's house, and just for kicks decided to weigh myself on her digital scale. Her's said 147, with clothes! I don't know which scale to believe, but, I like my mom's better. I weighed in between 153.5 on August 1, so that would be 6.5 pounds lost in one month! My mom did say that she could tell that I have lost weight by looking at me. I haven't seen her in a month.

Holly

Well, after years of addiction, I am finally in recovery. I have removed the battery from my digital scale and it has been banished to the storage area in the basement. I decided this was a ridiculous way to live when I put on an outfit that I could not get into 3 weeks ago and was thrilled, stepped on the scale and was immediately down in the dumps because it didn't show a loss. How stupid is that? I am obviously losing inches so why should that one number have such an impact on my day? No more!

Yo!
 

Well, good lucketh on the scaleth Miss Empress :)

Yeah, loosing inches gives us back that girly figure we once had.. he he ;)

My DH can't keep his hands off of me! LOL I'm like, where were you about 20 pounds and lots of inches ago??
He's a good man.. he's been very supportive of my diet and motivates me to get off my butt and exercise... and always gives me the best compliments :)

I have a digital scale too.. I thought about taking the batteries out of that bad boy for some time but I just can't do it.. *sigh* Kudos to you, truly, for taking that big step!

Holly, I need to find a scale like that! Mine is forever stuck on 148 and won't budge!

HEY We need to come up with "The 12 steps" of Scale addicts anonymous! Here's one! :)

1. We admitted we were powerless over the evil scale and that our temptations had become unmanageable.

I'm Here...I made it...at last!
 

Hope i'm not too late to join in??
It took me a while to get here...

I too have a confession... Tulip is a scales addict!!! I not only weigh myself every morning, nakie after going to the potty with no jewlery, I move the scales around the bathroom until i get the best results, for some reason i'm heavier nearer to the window than by the door [something to do with the floor boards me thinks!!!] but that's the way i like it to do it :o

I'm up for a 12 step programme, what do i have to do, weigh myself ONLY 12 times a week??!! he he he:D :D :D

Glad to meet like minded SA!!!

A-H-H- H-A!
 

I have suffered from this cruel affliction! I had it so bad at one point that my boyfriend at the time took the scale from me and I threw an abosolute embarassing fit....I would weight several times a day (I am not controlling or obessive :) ). I now happily weight myself only once a day, and only in the morning and if I miss that time then I don't until the following day.

I used to do the bodily excavation, removal of all clothing, and the extreme exhale before weighing myself. Now I just take off the clothes (oh, and I do wait until after the bathroom) so I guess I just done do the massive exhale <giggle>.

It is nice to be able to laugh about something that I always found strange. My old bf thought it was funny and he too make me laugh about it, but I did threaten to cause him bodily harm in a most precious area!!!

Have a great day all!!

After posting to this thread last night, i went to bed and resisted weighing myself just so i didn't have to own up to it on here!!! ;-)

See a problem shared is a problem halved [or what ever the saying is!!!]

Down a pound this morning so i'm really pleased...weighing myself daily encourages me to eat healthier during the day ....that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!! :-D

Happy Labor Day my lovely ladies! Hope this post is finding everyone enjoying themselves!! I have not got on the dreaded scales today because I truly wanted to enjoy my day. This weekend was a tuff one as my eating was not on target. I had a two bad sugar crashes and had to eat what was at hand, a power bar and peanuts. And of course I did cheat and had a burger with a bun at the horseshow. A county fair ain't a county fair without a fairburger! But today has been good!

Welcome Rowan Baily! glad you could join us! And what an encouraging story of you being able to only weigh once a day! You are to applauded!lol The boyfriend story was a good chuckle here! Hope you will continue to visit us here at SAA!

Tulip fairy!!!! Wonderful news of the pound loss!!! Keep up the good work, and stop getting on the scale at night! You are more likely to disappoint yourself at nite. Naughty girl! BUT we are glad you came to the meeting to confess!!LMAO...GOod Going on the pound loss!!!

Ceara!! Congratulations to you too on the pound loss! What a bunch of wonderful LOSERS! we have here in SAA! I'm proud of my fellow scale addicts! Make sure you pop in again to keep us upto date on the continuing losses!!

Amarantha...glad you are becoming a regular here! I hope the Empress is Losing along with the rest of us!!!

And to all the rest of our members of Scales Addict Anonymous, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and hope to see you all posting in here this week!

OY!! I have to stop getting on the scale.. It's driving me crazy.. I am UP a pound today.. possibly due to PMS.. but still.. why do I do this to myself?! I refuse to reduce myself to a freakin' number on a scale. Although it still depresses me a little... I just want to take the darn scale and throw it in the trash! grrrrr!

I'm finally here! I just figured out how to register yesterday and now I am making a "post" - I promise to be more informative next time...

Hi Saidamom! Welcome to SAA! :)

Oh boy.. I have a lot of making up to do this week. I did SO bad this weekend. LOL So don't feel bad hot! I ate terribly and drank for 2 nights straight. OY! Hey, what can I say.. It was labor day weekend.. lol

I'm not stepping on the scale again until weigh in.. That's Friday.. I may wait until Saturday though.. so I can give myself a little time to loose this pound I gained back!

Good Morning fellow SAAers!! Sorry to have been gone so long but farmwork kept me so busy yesterday that I was too tired to get on the puter. Sometimes I think we all need a break from the puter like we need a break from the dreaded Scales! I tweaked my diet a bit and found out that having cereal for supper doesn't work for me. Doc said to try it...I did...it didn't work. Had a hard time getting to sleep, tossed and turned even tho I was tired. Got up this morning all bloated and groggy and had weird dreams too. So no more cereal for supper. Just don't work for me!

Saidamom! So glad you finally were able to find your way through the evil mazes that the evil demon scales have set up around our little club to waylay wary travellers! It's never too late to join!! And we're just happy to have you here! Can't wait till your next post!

Empress Amarantha!! How did the Royal Weigh-in go? We are excited to hear! Hopefully none of the evil demons:devil: crept up on you!! Please log in and let us know!

Shelley, I owe you a great thanks for keeping the posting going while I was away. I make you honorary Vice President of this chapter of SAA! When the posting started dieing in the last two days, you kept it going!! YAYYYYYYY Shelley! What would I do without you? Hope you decide to stay with us!:smug:

:D :D OK LADIES!!! The Thread is dieing here!! Where's all my Scale Addicts Anonymous Members??? Let's get busy and keep this Thread on the first page!! I nearly had a heart attack when I didn't see it on the first page. Don't let me down ladies!!!!!!!!!! Let's show the world that we are a bunch of LOSERS!!!YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :D :D

Cool! I'm an HVP! :) :cb: I think this is a great topic and it definitely keeps me motivated and keeps me from stepping on the dreaded evil demon ugly scale! (Until weigh in that is)

I went to the gym yesterday and I think I over exerted myself! :faint: My body cramped and ached all night last night and I had the worst headache. :headache: I think I was just trying to make up for not going to the gym for 3 days.

I'm going to a Pilates class this afternoon. Never done Pilates in my life. I think it will be a nice break from my hard work out every day. Has anyone else here done Pilates before?

Come on guys.. Jump on in.. the water is FINE! Start posting and keep this thread busy! :comp: I'm sure there are lots of other SA's out there who would love to see this and join in :)

Hope everyone's having a great day!

Stupid Scales!!!!!!!!
 

Well this morning i did the whole strip off chase the stupid things around the bathroom and they still told me that i'd put on a pound!!:mad: :mad:

I HATE THEM - I HATE THEM - I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cry: :cry: :cry:

Mind you, it is my own fault i went out on saturday night :cheers: for our end of summer staff party and ate :hun: and drank way too much :rolleyes:

I was soooo dizzy :dizzy: the next morning i couldn't do my exercises or ride my bike!! I even had to have an emergency take out burger / fries and large soft drink to easy my pain :stars:

But to put the balance back i got up this morning and did two lots of excercise to make up for it, and my diet has been okay today too :^:

Breeeeeeeeeaaaaathhhheeeeee... lol Okay so you had your fun.. Just like I did.. and I put on a pound too! All ya can do it start over the next day and put things back into perspective.. I think we're allowed our fun once in a while! Just don't give up! :)

Hot.. what kind of cereal did the doc tell you to eat? and why eat it for supper? Just curious :)

I was SO tempted to step on the scale this morning... but I kept myself busy so I just forgot about it. I was wanting to see if what I did yesterday helped anything. I would have been so disappointed and it probably would have ruined my day if I didn't see a difference.. So I'm glad I didn't!

Hey Ladies!! Well, I decided to put my scale in the bathroom cupboard to resist weighing myself. I did not weigh in yesterday, or today, and am trying not to until Saturday. I ate way too much fatty food on Monday, so, didn't dare step on.

Holly

Good for you, chikita! :) Then you and I are waiting until the same day.. Let's keep each other from dragging that dreaded thing out until Saturday! 3 more days. We can do it! :high:

Hello! I am truly a scale addict. I just bought a scale 3 weeks ago (I'm practically a scale virgin) now I weigh myself every morning (after I pee) and again before bed every day. I also go to Curve 5x a week and weigh in there as well as once a week at Weight Watchers! Is there help for me... it really does control my mood for the day:^:

Hello. My name is Zadie and I am a scale adict. And now for the past two weeks my boyfriend has taken away my scale (to his workshop to weigh stuff to estimate shipping costs for ebay) and I am going through withdrawl.

I laughed very hard at the slowly taking hands off of the window sill becuase that is exactly what I do. Also, I used to have a scale that I weighed different ammounts depending on how I stood on it or where it was placed in the room. So of course I would have to migrate with my sclae arroudn the bathroom. And then I would pick the highest weight. My new scale is very consistent, but unforgiving.

Usually I weigh just in the morning, but sometimes i will step on before bed.

I want my scale back. Is that so wrong?

HELLO!
 

No Zadie K, that's OK....my scale was kittywonkers this a.m. because the male members of my family had taken it OUT TO THE FIELD AND WEIGHED THE TURKEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was like 5 lbs heavier....talk about my heart goin' "WHOOSH!!!!" Especially since I have been excellent on my eating behavior. Was relieved when I noticed the calibration was OFF. The good news is that it behaved itself when I re-set it and that the turkeys are 22-24 lbs (hens) and 34-38 lbs (toms). So they are off shortly.
And my scale should stay in the bathroom for another year..sigh...

Ceara

Welcome Ideal and Zadie to SAA!! :) Glad to have you join us!

Ideal-- You control the scale.. Don't let the scale control you! :) This is the reason why I only try to weigh myself weekly.. I refuse to let a piece of metal and plastic decide what kind of day I'm going to have!

Zadie--It's not wrong to want your scale back..but maybe it's a good thing that your b/f has it! You might find that being without it for a while will do you good.. especially if you weigh yourself after it's been gone a while and you've found that you've lost a few pounds!

Ceara-- LOL!! I would have been chewing someone out!

Good morning! ARGH, the scale monster won today. I stepped on and it said 148. So, now I have to try to stay off the darn thing at least until September 9, next Tuesday. I never like to weigh in on Monday, so, I guess if I can make it 5 days, it is better than weighing once a day!

LOL chikita.. Well, mine won too! I couldn't resist stepping on it this morning (shame on me) but I'm down to 145! I think I lost about 3 or 4 pounds in a week.. Is that healthy? LOL

Hello Fellow Members of SAA!!! Sorry I missed posting yesterday! Had a rather Odd day if you will notice in my journal. Got shot at while riding my horse! All is well now. So let's get on with today subject!! Our Scales!!lol :lol: :lol:

Thanks for keeping the thread busy during my absence Shelley!! :D Yes I too sometimes over do things in hopes to make up for the lacking the day or two before. I don't know why we torture ourselves like that when we should just be realistic and say, "Ok, I messed up a bit. Time to get back on track." Easy as that. Instead we go, "OMIDOG!!! I need to overcompensate!!! MUST OVER COMPENSATE!!" We are such silly people. And finally...... CONGRATS on that BIG weightloss!! What a wonderful loser you are!!! It's prolly alot of water...so don't fret too much! :D

Ahhhhh Dear Tulip Fairy, It's ok to fall off the wagon. The weight gain is truly only water weight and will be gone soon. We all deserve a treat now and then. Even my Doc told me that even though I am on a pretty strict eating program, I can treat myself to something I truly adore...like cheesecake...as long as it's not a daily thing. He said once a week as a reward kind of thing. And only in small doses. The headache was prolly a sugar hangover...BUT!! You RAllied Back like the LOSER That you are and hopped back on the Wagon and Back On Program!! YAYYYY TULIP!~!!! :bravo:

WHHOO HOO for Chikitababe in resisting the evil urge to step on the demon scales!! You CAN do it Chikitababe! And we're all right here rooting you on!!! :balloons:

Welcome Ideal!! I see you get in your Scale Fix in the sneaky way...at the gym and at the WW meetings! Such a smart girl you are! Wily like the Coyote!! Glad you found us! I hope you will post again to tell us how your addiction is going and what you are doing to stop the vicious cycle!lol

Welcome ZadieK!! I see you are another Scale Migrator! I too chase my scale around. We now weigh in out in the kitchen. MUCH better readings out there. And it's not wrong in wanting your scales back. The Scale can be our Friend as long as we keep our addiction in check!!lol Hope you stay with us and keep us informed of the ebay weighing and getting your scale back saga!!! Silly BF!!lol

Ceara!! You are making me hungry!! And I didn't know we had any turkey farms here in Niagara. Now I'm going to have saddle up ole Splash and start riding around looking for Turkeys in hopes of a turkey dinner!!lol Those are some nice sized critters you got there...Silly men and their bright ideas, huh? Hope you got your scale back in human order!

And now for my grand weigh-in for the week.....drumrolls please!!! 182!!! Only a pound...but considering my poor eating habits this week and the sneak preview last nite at 183....I am happy to report a loss!! YAY ME!!! See all you wonderful Losers later today or Definitely tomorrow!! Scale Addicts of the World...UNITE!!! hehehehehe :D :D :D

See.. I held on to 148-149 for 3 weeks!! So I am just on cloud 9 today! :cloud9: It seems to be that way for me though.. I'll stay at a certain weight for a few weeks, then boom.. I have a big loss. Wander why that is? I remember being stuck at 158 for almost 4 weeks.. then all of a sudden I was at 153.

Heck, maybe it's my :devil: scale trying to trick me.. :lol: