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Scale-A-Holic

♕ajtexas♕

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My name is AJ and I’m a scale-a-holic.

 

I have lied to my LBT friends, it wasn’t intentional… I don’t know how it got so out of control.

 

You see in the beginning I only weigh myself once a week, but back then I was seeing my doctor every week or two. Now I go every 4-6 weeks and that will get stretched out more. When I weigh in at my doctor’s office, that is my ‘official’ weight, I update my profile based on that. So when I weigh at home it doesn’t officially count….

 

Like I said I started weighting once a week, I even had a set day (Sunday morning). Then I started ‘just checking’ on Wednesdays, then Fridays too and before I knew it I was weighting every day. Then it was twice a day, once in the morning & once in the evening (just to see if there was a difference). It wasn’t my ‘official weight’ so what harm is there…..

 

Well my scale died last night. Yep after ten plus years it went kaput. My beloved scale was no more. Panic set in, how am I going to weigh myself in the morning? Where can I get a new scale and fast….

 

Boy was I in a panic! I searched on line all evening, need to find a good scale and fast. Thankfully, I go to the doctors tomorrow and will get an ‘official’ weight.

 

But in the mean time I realize that I have an addiction that I need to manage. The first step in the detoxing is cold turkey. I found the scale I want on Amazon, ordered it & selected Super Saving Shipping (It wound get here till next week). Next, if I have to I’ll have my husband lock it up….hopefully that won’t be necessary. lol



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I'm a frequent scale hopper too.

IT's so hard to break the habit of weigh in mentality especially if you have done weight Watchers's for a long time. You can live and die by the number on that scale.

I actually try to only weigh in on my scale now only twice a week on Sundays and and wednesday's to see how i'm doing. But I only record Monday's weight and only my doctors' scale counts as the offical log of how i'm doing. but i do use the weekly weigh in when i'm not going to the MD to guage how i'm doing as far as working out and the nutrtion part of things. I think i will be a slave to the scale forever.

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Hi, my name is Fran, and I'm also a scale-o-holic!

Oh my gosh, I read this & thought I should just do a copy & paste this and put it on my own blog. :~0

I can't help myself either. I weigh myself in the morning then again before bed time. The last weigh in will usually tell me if the scale will go down in the morning, or that's what I tell myself.

I almost cried when I read that your scale died. I don't know what I would do. No, wait. I do know what I would do. Thankfully, Walmart is open 24 hours... LOL

Hang in there AJ. We know better, and one day, we might stop looking so much!

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My Name is Nayelli and I'm a Scale-o-Holic =( Yes I confess that I have becomed a prisione rof the Scale. I'm only 2 months post-op I did not get a scale until my first month post-op. I was anxious just becaus ei'ma control freak when it comes to time an dtime was passin gby eith no scale and no numbers except for my dr. 2 weeks post-op. Well when I finally got it it said 7lb down in 3 weeks I fraked out starting exersicig more and changing my diet. Well its working I have lost alot of weight itn the last month went from 409-387 today but I hate the fact that i'm so obsesssive about it I weigh tin aboy 5 times each morning, once during the day, and once at night "so I can predict" tomorrows weight. Seriusly I have issues. I tbothers me that I left my previous addiction Coke ( Coca-Cola) I had my rush from it, to substitue it withthe scale. I did not change a habit I only replace it with another bummer =(

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OMG! this is so me! I have a really deep addiction to my scale, I have been like this since 2005 when I first started Jenny Craig and bought one of their scales. I'm still using that same scale today.... I did go and buy a new one several months ago, got it home, set it up then hubby and I both weighed on it and it was showing both of us about 3 lbs heavier than the JC scale........ He made me take it back :) My hubby use to get aggrivated with me and my scale obsession, he even took it to work with him several times so I couldn't use it, but since I had my LB done this year he started to eat better and exercise with me and he is getting obsessed more than me, I actually think he might be worse because he will weigh in the morning and at night.....me I ONLY weigh in the morning in my birthday suit right before I jump in the shower. If I don't weigh I feel like I've missed "something" all day long and it will be on my mind until the next morning. I don't dare weigh at night OR in the morning if I have already had my breakfast because I know that I will weigh more (but that would probably be a truer weight) When I go for my weigh ins and adjustments I won't eat anything until after my appointment (I always schedule them first thing in the morning)

Yes I am in deep..... I have a serious addiction to weighing.........

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