Slave to the scale

[heatherm422]

I am a horrible slave to my scale. I weigh myself every morning and every night before I go to bed. And a few times in between. The numbers really bother me from time of the day to my next weigh in. How do I break myself of this? It's ridiculous! I have really been feeling like crap today because I weigh .5lb more than I did at this time yesterday. It's not gonna let me get discouraged though.

Girly question: How has atkins affecting your menstrual cycle? or vice versa, how has your menstrual cycle, such as cramps, fatigue, bloating, etc. affecting your Atkins?

Thanks! I need a boost

[attek]

Re: Slave to the scale

I weigh all the time too, but I like to know exactly how my body reacts to everything. I don't get discouraged by how much it goes up during the day or before TOM, etc. If it's causing you problems, put it away! No need to torture yourself!

As far as TOM, there's always water retention issues, so stay away from the scales till that's over with.

[heatherm422]

Re: Slave to the scale

Well, I did go to fitday.com and entered all my food in for the day and I actually had 23 net carbs today. I'll have to do this everyday so I can keep track. I have NO idea that broccoli with cheese was 10 carbs! Holy cow! I thought I was eatin' good stuff LOL


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[ladyhairg]

Re: Slave to the scale

I finally had to take the battery out of my scale and give it to my husband. I have to ask him for it every time I want to weigh myself. And asking him for it that often really makes me think . . . do I really need to do this right now?

[Gentlerain73]

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my first time around I was a compulsive weigher...I mean like 8 times a day...
but I am down to 1 time a day...I weigh in the morning after I get up...I had to force myself to stop...it got to where I was obsessing about it all the time...

[Thumper1616]

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You can join FrenchFri and I....we promised not to weigh in until April 2 (or was it the 3rd)?

[Aussieinaz]

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I was the same EXACT way and it ran my life. I ended up throwing out my scales and didnt weigh myself for 2 full years. I went from a size 24 to 10 so I knew I had lost ALLOT of weight. I also told myself numbers mean NOTHING its how I feel and how my clothes looked. SO that is all I focused on in the end and it helped.

Then I had my daugther and here we are again, but so far Im controling myself to once a week or if I fall twice a week. But I wont do it every day again.

[heatherm422]

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It's like a co-dependancy LOL I just can't break away! I did only weight myself once today, so that's a start. I have OCD when it comes to it