I'm not going to weigh

[jeepgirl06]

I've decided for certain that I'm not going to weigh for 3 months. I've been batting it around in my head as to whether I should or not, but I don't think I can handle it if I plateau, I panic, then think "What's the point in doing this if it's just going to get stuck" and then I bomb, plus it's only 12 weeks and I'm already almost through the first week with no cheat. So I'm not weighing till Aug 11th.

[Austlyn]

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Wow you have some strength cause the scale is my morning coffe!

[jeepgirl06]

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i have a hate/hate relationship with my scale. I hate it, it hates me.

[CHUBBRUBBKARA]

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Hey JP-

I've been on the plan for about a month now and I just bought a scale this weekend. I have no idea how much I weighed when I started. I can only guess. And I don't know how much I lost each consecutive week. I thought I wouldn't be able to stand seeing how much I weighed so I delayed getting the scale. I regret it because what if I was eating something that prevented me from losing. I now have to wait to see if what I'm eating is working, etc. etc..

I would weigh yourself. That way if you do reach a stall/plateau you can rearrange the way you are eating to jump start it immediately. And maybe you don't have to weigh every week but every other week sounds like a good plan to me. I do know why you don't want to weigh. I just think you will regret that decision.

[jeepgirl06]

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There's actually a very solid reason for me not to weigh. I've had to restart Atkins about 5 times over the past three years, with long wastes of time imbetween, every time I bombed, it was because I stepped on the scale and wasn't losing as fast as I was when I starved myself 6 years ago... the whole obsession with losing fast begins the second I start scale watching, so I've decided to eliminate it. Plus, a lot of times, when people hit plateau's, they're body is still losing, it's just not showing on the scale. If I'm following the plan, and my pants are getting looser, that's all I need to know.

I'm so tired of falling off the plan, telling myself that I'll get back on it tomorrow, or after a holiday, or after this weekend, only to not get back on for a year. Every time I fall off the plan, my weight goes up higher. I hit over 300 for the first time in my life this last time when I fell off the plan, so I can't go through it anymore. I'll be happy knowing an average.

[CHUBBRUBBKARA]

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JPGL-

Well good luck and I hope the willpower faerie visits you daily (Will power from weighing I mean). And here's to a Jaw Dropping weight loss when you do step back on the scale! I'll be rooting for you!!!!!!!

[jeepgirl06]

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thanks Kara!

[changing]

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I think that's a great idea, jeepgirl... I myself only weigh once a month or so. Basically I have stupid water weight due to hormonal fluctuations that make 3 weeks of the month meaningless anyway... I am like you, the first time I did this, I fell off the wagon 30 lbs from my goal because I was weighing all the time and kept seeing my water retention as "gain" or "stalls" when it just seems to come off for me and take other pounds with it at the end of the month. A better measure of your progress is the measuring tape anyway. Good luck to you... it'll be exciting when you do your August weigh-in.

[BenandHallesMom_1]

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I too have a scale addiciton and for some reason am VERY slow losing right now on the scale, however I am noticing changes in my clothing. I would love to join you in this no weigh challenge but I have so very little will power with the scale. If my husband weren't also addicted to the scale it would be easier...I'd put that thing up in the attic....out of sight out of mind. I really need to do something because I'm getting frustrated. That's never good...that leads to thoughts of quitting and that leads to "just one bite" thinking. Thanks for the thread. I really need to consider giving up the weighing...even if it's just once a week weigh-in type thing.

[jeepgirl06]

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Thanks guys! Anyone who wants to join me on the quest and just use clothes or measurig tapes as the measure, I'm doing this till Aug. 11th.