The Scale

[judyoz 240]

I have not weighed myself in almost two weeks. I will get weighed at the doctors this week Thursday, hope it is good. After ready many posts about it, I think the scale can be your worst enemy. I plan to weigh myself once a week in the furture. IMO

[AvaFern 3,516]

My scale is my best friend, lol, and at times a bit of an enemy. I choose to weigh everyday because I know exactly when I get off track and start to gain. As an example, lately I've been really trying to get in a lot of Protein because I have a wound from plastic surgery that isn't healing very well. I figured, hey, I'm eating Protein, so the calories will just work themselves out. Well in 10 days I went from 127 to 131, which I saw happening because I weighed myself everyday and I immediately started paying attention to my calories again and now I'm back to 129. Had I waited a week or two to weigh myself and saw that I had gained 4 pounds I would have been much more upset about it and I likely would have gained more than that before I recognized I needed to take a look at my diet. During the losing stage it might be better to only weigh once a week, but for me I know exactly what I weighed every single day after surgery so I can look back and see where I stalled, where I did well, and how quickly I made a correction to fix any stalls or small gains. My scale is a daily reminder that I am accountable for my weight.

[judyoz 240]

I understand everyone is different. I am not a number person, just need to feel good and fit into my clothes. Good luck to everyone. I just see so many people do all the right things and the scale does not reflect it, they seem depressed...... Maybe they just need to back off a bit.

[Kindle 8,667]

You're right, we all need to find our own ways to be successful and happy. I was never a number person, either. Never weighed, measured or tracked calories, carbs, etc. I can count on one hand how many times I stepped on the scale in the first 3 months. I don't even own a scale...I just use the one at work when I think of it. I've been maintaining below goal for 9 months, I weigh 2-3 times a month and that seems fine for me to stay within my bounce range.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with weighing daily as long as you use the scale as a tool and don't let the numbers ruin this wonderful experience.

[judyoz 240]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with weighing daily as long as you use the scale as a tool and don't let the numbers ruin this wonderful experience.

Amen