Weighing yourself

[cfred 2]

How often do you weigh yourself. I tell myself each and every week..

"Okay, this week I am going to only weigh on Saturday morning"

but it never turns out like that... I seem to weigh myself everyday.

I see that I'm losing but if I could just make myself stick to a one time a week weigh in, I think I'll be happier with my results.

[Longhorn 1]

I've had weighing issues when I lost weight on Medifast a few years ago. I was a daily weigher but I was also a slow loser and this was very discouraging. It can be fun to weigh daily if the weight is falling off but after the first week or two, that never happened to me.

I don't plan on weighing daily once I'm banded. It will be hard not to, though it's easier if you put the scale where it's a bit of a hassle to get it out. That's my plan, anyway! Good luck!

[wannabthin 0]

It is hard to stop weighing yourself. I found myself on the scale 2-3 times a day. I traded one addiction (food) for another. lol

It got even worse for me because I stopped losing weight. :angry I finally decided to take my measurements and I will measure and weigh myself once a month. Other wise I think I might go crazy.

[tanderson 3]

If anyone can figure out a way to not weigh in every day...please let me know...okay? LOL!! (I'm a poet and don't know it) I hate the fact that I can't stay off the scale and it certainly isn't a good thing especially when I have been cheating so much lately!

[cfred 2]

If anyone can figure out a way to not weigh in every day...please let me know...okay? LOL!! (I'm a poet and don't know it) I hate the fact that I can't stay off the scale and it certainly isn't a good thing especially when I have been cheating so much lately!

I agree... I wish I could make myself stay off of the scale. I'm one of those that go up and down but overall in the week I have a loss. Make sense? Well when I see that "up" that KILLS me and a lot of the time that sets my mood for the day. My husband HATES the scale :Banane10: I really surprised he hasn't thrown it out yet.

Maybe I should try and set that as a NSV this week... Can I stay off the scale until Saturday morning... HMM... could be a thought. :Banane10:

[lauren0728 0]

This may seem like a crazy idea, but make a deal with someone you live with, like your DH. That he will hide the scale throughout the week and bring it out on like say, saturday morning, to weigh yourself. After that he takes it back and if you dont see it in the bathroom... out of sight out of mind!.. remeber, keep a weight chart starting from your highest weight, and date. Then if during the week you feel the need to step on the non exisistant scale take a look at your progress log to make you feel good about yourself!! Also try to focus your positives on things other than a number. For instance, not cheating on your diet all day, or week... how your clothes fit, how healthy you feel, things like that. And i know it may sound stupid but it def helps me to journal my feelings everynight and when im feeling like a failure i read back a couple weeks when i was heavier... ya know? idk it helps me..

Good Luck!!

[cfred 2]

This may seem like a crazy idea, but make a deal with someone you live with, like your DH. That he will hide the scale throughout the week and bring it out on like say, saturday morning, to weigh yourself. After that he takes it back and if you dont see it in the bathroom... out of sight out of mind!.. remeber, keep a weight chart starting from your highest weight, and date. Then if during the week you feel the need to step on the non exisistant scale take a look at your progress log to make you feel good about yourself!! Also try to focus your positives on things other than a number. For instance, not cheating on your diet all day, or week... how your clothes fit, how healthy you feel, things like that. And i know it may sound stupid but it def helps me to journal my feelings everynight and when im feeling like a failure i read back a couple weeks when i was heavier... ya know? idk it helps me..

Good Luck!!

Great ideas lauren0728! I think the journal is wonderful... I think I'll go to Target today and get one just for my weight loss... even though I'm 5months post op, I can start today!

The hiding the scale idea is a good one but won't work for my family. My husband works nights, me days... I'll never see the scale! Heck, come to think of it, it just might work. He can bring it out on his days off!! Hey, maybe that will work!

[lawanda jessica 0]

Iweigh everyday as well.

I need to hide my scale before I go nuts!

I know tom is around the corner and I'm pissed about gaining one pound.

I know its silly.

Hpw much do you guys gain with tom?

[Sue Magoo 71]

If anyone can figure out a way to not weigh in every day...please let me know...okay? LOL!! (I'm a poet and don't know it) I hate the fact that I can't stay off the scale and it certainly isn't a good thing especially when I have been cheating so much lately!

Tanderson:

You're doing so well:), I wouldn't change a thing you're doing. I am jealous of your success, although I've done well too so far.

I actually weigh myself first thing in the morning, and again at night. I can remember when I would do this in the old days and the scale could be as much as 5 pounds heavier in the evening than the morning. Now it never fluctuates more than a pound between morning and night.

I can remember a friend of mine who does weight watchers has a funny thing she says about people who weigh themselves too often. Something about using it for step exercises.

Keep up the good work:clap2:, and screw the scale! Don't let the number change anything you've been doing, because it obviously works very well. Congratulations on your fabulous weight loss to date.

Sue Magoo

H-324/S-287/C-252/G-160

[cookielover 1]

I have a simple solution...I didn't buy a scale. I use the one at my doctors office. He is a 2 hour drive away, so it would be a pain in the butt to go and weigh myself daily. For the first year he requires that all patients see him once a month, so I just get a weigh in at that time. My first weigh in I lost 16 pounds. I went from 245 to 229. I skipped the 30's all together...that felt amazing! I NEVER have to see those 30's on a scale again. I spent the last 2 years dieting and never got out of the 30's, so I was pleased as punch just to "skip" them.

I also figure it this way: I don't have to deal with the tiny ups and downs of weight change. In a month I will lose weight, so I will feel good about my success. I don't have to deal with going up one day and feeling bad, or "just" losing a pound and feeling terrible. I did this so I would never have a bad day over my weight again.

I know my thinking is not popular, but it works for me.

[Longhorn 1]

I have a simple solution...I didn't buy a scale. I use the one at my doctors office. He is a 2 hour drive away, so it would be a pain in the butt to go and weigh myself daily. For the first year he requires that all patients see him once a month, so I just get a weigh in at that time. My first weigh in I lost 16 pounds. I went from 245 to 229. I skipped the 30's all together...that felt amazing! I NEVER have to see those 30's on a scale again. I spent the last 2 years dieting and never got out of the 30's, so I was pleased as punch just to "skip" them.

I also figure it this way: I don't have to deal with the tiny ups and downs of weight change. In a month I will lose weight, so I will feel good about my success. I don't have to deal with going up one day and feeling bad, or "just" losing a pound and feeling terrible. I did this so I would never have a bad day over my weight again.

I know my thinking is not popular, but it works for me.

I like this approach. I hope to be banded on the first of the month so why not weigh myself on the first of each month? Believe me, I haven't always felt this way but I don't want to be impatient about my weight loss. This is different from a presumably short-term diet -- I'm going to be this way the rest of my life. I might as well get used to it.