Why Am I Afraid of the Scales?

jetsy62 · November 19, 2008

I think I am nuts! I am afraid to get on the scales. I was banded 9/23 and my last visit to the doctor was 11/5. I had lost 25 pounds. Walking up to the scales was a nightmare because I was so sure I had gained. I lost. Now I have taken the scales out of the house because I am doing the same thing ... I am so sure I am gaining weight. Don't have reason to believe that I am. I am eating pretty good (yeah, I eat more than a cup now and then but it is the good stuff, not junk). I love brussel sprouts and I eat more of them than I should but I don't think that is too bad. I just have this fear that for some reason, even though I am doing all the right things, (okay, almost all the right things) I am somehow going to fail at this. Do you think it is because of failing at so many other diets before getting the band put in? I am dreading going to the doctors on 12/3 already. Once again, my pants are about ready to fall off my backside but I am sure I am not losing weight. Do you think it would be better to weigh myself once a week? I just had a problem with weight and the scales years back and I don't want to go there again. It was an obsession and I got myself into some unhealthy trouble on that weight loss program and we will leave it at that. Or maybe I am stressing over not being perfect on the diet? I don't know. Any advice or words of wisdom fellow bandsters?

luluc · November 19, 2008

i think you'll find you'll have a love/hate relationship w/the scale. it's your best friend when you see the numbers go down, and just pure evil when it's done the reverse.

i think weighing once a wk is a good idea (enough to check your progress - but not too much to be obsessive), also take your measurements. many times when you stall in your weight loss - you'll find your losing inches.