Is it just me or...

[cmooregreen]

Re: Is it just me or...

I too am avoiding the scales although it is difficult because it does very much control my mood and attitude throughout the day and why put myself through that?

[Lynsey]

Re: Is it just me or...

"weigh myself every morning in the exact saem clothes with the scale in the exact same position"

(Gasp) You wear clothes on the scale?

[pstansel]

Re: Is it just me or...

Boxers

[Maerow]

Re: Is it just me or...

I weigh myself every day too. I stopped stressing about it a long time ago when I discovered everyone here has the same thing happen to them. The scale moves up and down all day long due to the water being drank, voiding, and food being eaten.

I learned why the scale tells me different things all day and I can figure out whats going on by what the scale tells me...5 lb increase from the day before is water weight and means TOM or that 7 dollar wrap from Carls Jr has WAY too much salt in it. If my weight starts creeping up over the course of a week or two, then I needed to cut back and go back into induction (while I was on maintaince).

I learned that there is NO WAY for your body to throw on 4-5 lbs of true fat in one night, but it sure can hold on to the water. It takes longer then one day to gain true fat, though eating bad day after day will really add up fast.

So for me the scale is a useful tool, once I got over the obsession about the numbers and I check myself everyday. I don't let it effect my moods anymore. :P

Though the overall recent trend of a stall has me in stitches... But it's TOM and I am 5+ pounds right now, so staying off it until this most unholy of weeks passes.