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  • #1

    Is it just me or...

    Hey, I am new, day 3 of induction (3rd time around but it's been over 3 yrs since I counted a carb)and I want to bring up a real point, the point about the scales. The scales have a huge controlling power when I am focused to loose weight and I learned some time ago, if I went to them, they could make me feel successful or like a looser, if the numbers where not where my "hidden expectations" thought they would be. Scales expose my "hidden expectations".

    2 yrs ago I moved to this house and I did not bring scales with me.
    I refuse to play the numbers game. For me it's all about, slowly getting the food back in the proper place in my life and then going on with the living of life. Let the weight drop, let the clothes fit and move on, that is the mindset...

    The scales took control of my mood and attitudes. If they said good things, then I had a good day, if they said "no change" after all the work of the previous days, I would feel so discouraged and that is a trigger to eating in my world then I had a real battle on my hands, and attitude to boot.
    I am at peace, seeking to put food in the proper place of my life. Scales don't belong there.
    Jess
    74 8/1/06
    SW225/CW142/GW135 83lbs GONE!
    2 YEARS and 9MONTHS!!! I've been here
    Jess Female/51/5'3

    www.jdudley.blog.com blog site
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  • #2
    Re: Is it just me or...

    I do weight every couple of days... but I agree with you, besides I am not really interestedon that, it's just for curiosity... that's why I set my goals intead of pounda, in dress sizes.

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    • #3
      Re: Is it just me or...

      You know, there is nothing like finally fitting into something you had no idea you could...and how about the time you try on the smaller size in a store....oh those are amazing times, and they are what it's all about, if you ask me.
      That scale messes with my mind, and emotions severely....
      it does reveal "hidden expectations"....and expectations are somethign we are always having to adjust.;...
      74 8/1/06
      SW225/CW142/GW135 83lbs GONE!
      2 YEARS and 9MONTHS!!! I've been here
      Jess Female/51/5'3

      www.jdudley.blog.com blog site

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      • #4
        Re: Is it just me or...

        I'm in the mindset that I weigh myself twice a day. In the morning and before bed. So I give myself a 5 pound differential between the two (as in night would weigh more). It helps me stay on track if I'm not seeing a huge difference in the clothes I'm wearing, to look at it and be like, yeah, I weigh this, but I used to weigh that! Or, of course, when it goes down to congratulate myself, and then if it stays the same or goes up to serve as a mental reminder that I need to be good and stay on track or else it'll go back up.
        27/f/5'10"
        HW - 312, LW - 172 (Jul 2007), CW - 205, GW - 160

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        • #5
          Re: Is it just me or...

          I'm like you Lyssie - I weigh myself every morning.

          This time around I've convinced myself that if the scales don't move down as quickly as I'd like I'm not going to be dissapointed and feel like a failure (which I have done before), I'm just going to excercise more.
          Restart: January 8, 2008
          HT: 5'8" 32 year old female
          HW: 250 CW: 148


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          • #6
            Re: Is it just me or...

            I have such a problem with the scale! I had to "instant message" my buddy today to convince me not to rip the scale off of the shelf and weigh in. I don't know why it is so powerful for me... (oh, and i resisted, thanks to her!) I have committed to weighing in only once a week. It is just a stupid number, but that way i can SEE that things are happening, and that i am on track, since the day-to-day of weight loss is so freaking slow at times. Ugh.

            Female, 35 ~ 5'6"
            Start Date: 6.21.2005
            New Start Date: 4.5.2010
            Overcoming sugar addiction one day at a time.

            "The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul." Socrates

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            • #7
              Re: Is it just me or...

              ya'll are brave souls with your scales....I am proud of you! It just has too much drawing power for my mind....I want to see hard work reflected on that scale each and every single day, and being a woman with cycles and hormones and things of that nature it never ever works that way does it...(seeing hard work pay off on the scale each and every day).
              This time around I am going to eat the food, step back and focus on other things in my life, not weight loss. That's my mental goal. "Eat and move on" I have so many awesome things to do with the energy that I am about to break into! I can't wait, for that great sense of goodness to fill me up... Trust me the day can be breaking wide open with a smile and I step on a scale and mentally crash if it does not reflect weight loss, so, I am not going there...
              Ya'll are strong people!!!!
              74 8/1/06
              SW225/CW142/GW135 83lbs GONE!
              2 YEARS and 9MONTHS!!! I've been here
              Jess Female/51/5'3

              www.jdudley.blog.com blog site

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              • #8
                Re: Is it just me or...

                Originally posted by Outback Jess
                You know, there is nothing like finally fitting into something you had no idea you could...
                YES! today I tried one some jeans that where a size smaller just to see how I was doing, I never thought I would fit in them... and I did...I feel so pretty... lol

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                • #9
                  Re: Is it just me or...

                  Excellet points, Jess, and so true.

                  You're all more than welcome to join us in the No Weigh Challenge.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Is it just me or...

                    The scales can cause a lot of anxiety when you expect something other than what you see. That's why it is better to weigh infrequently while losing weight, so you better the odds of positive feedback. On the other hand, once I'm in maintenance I'll want to weigh frequently so I'll know sooner if I'm edging up in weight than if I waited till my pants split!
                    ~Susan
                    49/f 5'7" Start 2-27-06 SW222/11-18-09 @ 160-ish/G135-150ish??

                    Doin Miles, Flights, & Kid Ketchin'...
                    2 Ab Chal's; 6WEC#27 slug-Free; & more; 50# LOST in'06-
                    but regained ~20# in '07 in less than 3 weeks! And again early '08 ...Was in HEAVEN -got to 150, for awhile, then got too busy, and gave in too much... and... OK holding pattern "keep it together..."

                    .................OMG how did I fail AGAIN
                    (((on temporary break)))
                    Sigh ... I'll be back... life isn't always fair 10-07-09

                    "Goal: First you have to dream of it. Then you have to do it." Author unknown

                    sheesh

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                    • #11
                      Re: Is it just me or...

                      So very well said. As a matter of fact, that is so well said that I am going to venture over to the no scale challenge and check it out.
                      149.8/no weigh/ 119



                      1st goal: 139 (earlier weight)
                      what the rungs mean to me:
                      rung 1 - more veggies
                      rung 2 - dairy (some milk in coffee)
                      rung 3 - seeds, nuts (mostly sprinkled on salads)
                      rung 4 - berries, melon
                      rung 5 - wine -
                      rung 6 - beans, hummus
                      rung 7 - other fruits
                      rung 8 - carrots/ potatoes (nah, prolly not)
                      rung 9 - whole grains (fresh Dutch breads...)
                      Major Goal - 128 lbs/ healthy range
                      (on to pre-maintenance)

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                      • #12
                        Re: Is it just me or...

                        I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH BEING SCALEBOUND MY OWN SELF. I KEEP TELLING MYSELF ONCE A WEEK. BUT I ALWAYS END UP HALFWAY THROUGH THE WEEK LOOKING TO SEE IF MAYBE JUST MAYBE I'VE DROPPED ANOTHER 2 OR THREE POUNDS. I ALSO CAN RELATE TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT COMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCALE AND IT SAYS YOUR BACK AT A WEIGHT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU LEFT BEHIND FOUR DAYS AGO. BUT I FOUND OUT THAT WATER CONSUMPTION AND TIME OF DAY PLAYS A VERY BIG PART IN WHAT THE SCALE IS GOING TO SAY TO YOU. SO MY SUGGESTION IS IF YOUR GOING TO WEIGH YOURSELF, TRY TO DO IT WHEN YOUR NOT WATER LOGGED AND PICK A SPECIAL TIME LIKE FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING AFTER YOU'VE USED THE BATHROOM, BEFORE YOU EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING.
                        FEMALE 39YRS START DATE 7/24/O6
                        THINNER10
                        SW/302 CW/275 GW/145


                        I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.









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                        • #13
                          Re: Is it just me or...

                          I was once so upset I broke my scale by kicking it. I thought GOOD. Then I became anxious not weighing myself ad nauseum like I do. It was weird the way I felt about that stupid scale. I went out and bought another one because I couldn't handle not weighing myself. It's still there but I am trying not to focus on it like I used too. I can now go two or three days w/out weighing myself (which is good because I used to weigh myself all the time). It is like that commercial where that woman is chained to her scale all day & she's dragging it around by her ankle.
                          Female 5'5 33 yrs. old

                          Highest-206
                          Current-157
                          Goal- 140-129;)

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                          • #14
                            Re: Is it just me or...

                            I know my first time around, the scale became my goal and not the weight loss. I took on a "beat the scale" mentality. While that works short term, long term you can't succeed that way. This time I'm trying to avoid my compulsive "weigh myself every morning in the exact saem clothes with the scale in the exact same position" attitude and just do it a couple times a week.
                            Paul
                            Male - 35 - 5'8

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                            • #15
                              Re: Is it just me or...

                              I'm a twice day weigher. I confess. I also still have a lot of weight to lose so the scale seems to move at a good pace. I like that! I also enjoy seeing new numbers! I use them as a goal. I just a few numbers shy of new numbers. I also know that I go up a pound or two just before I drop, so I don't freak when I see it going up. I know I've done well with eating, got the water in so the scale is just a back up. Last time I did Atkins I avoided the scale saying these chips won't hurt, this cake won't hurt.. I can afford the carbs.. NOT! As time passes the weighing will become once a week again to make sure I'm still losing as I move up the rungs


                              Rachel
                              SW Louisiana
                              I can do it!







                              October 30,2006

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