Roll Call 2-8

[hopejoy]

Re: Roll Call 2-8

Hi, I don't think I checked in yesterday, my dad's in the hospital... and I've been there the last 2 nights with him... long story...

Anyways, yesterday I reached a new low of 168.3 but today the scale says 169.2... darnit! eating broccoli for breakfast with peppermint tea and cream... making chicken soup for when my dad comes home ( hopefully today?)

Have a doctor's appointment at 11 and PT at 1:00... I'm hoping my dad will come home so I can come home and finish making the soup instead of going back down to SD in Friday afternoon traffic... I am exhausted. I also have to work this weekend. :-( I had to take a sick day yesterday due to my dad's situation...

staying on track exept for the exercise piece... really need a nice long walk/run. Maybe my dad will get released this am.... ( pray for that okay?) and my stepmom will bring him home. My own family needs me too... ack! (feeling torn)
liz

[hrgillespie]

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I guess I'm the odd man out (woman)I LOVE MY SCALE .......... not because it always gives me what I want to see in fact a lot of times it does just the opposite but it keeps me accountable and keeps me on track. I weigh myself probably 2-3 times a day ....... always morning and night and sometimes midday as well. I don't see a number thats up and think well since I'm up I might as well cheat ........... if I wake up and my number is up I think LORDY what do I need to do to get that back down ............ I tried the No weigh challenge last time it came around and by day three I was NUTSO and weighed in ........... I also did an experiment on myself a month or so later and didn't weigh for a few days ......... not knowing my daily number made it easier for me to pick up a few extra bites of something here and there because I didn't see the instant effect it had on me. By day 4 I was up 3 lbs ........ and ot from full blown charting just from eating more then I should. Even legal foods just too much of them. My scale keeps me on the straight and narrow and perhaps it's not a good addiction but for me it works ..........
The clothing size thing works too though. Even if we don't have another clothes challenge after the Love handles one I know I will make my own ........ taking apicture in a clothing size too small and then comparing to that 6-8 weeks later is incredible motivation to me. I will stick with that one too.

My daughter Courtney is getting married June 21st and I would love to be as close to goal as possible if not there for sure by then. I have 18 weeks and 30 lbs!

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!!!

[jrnyback2life]

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Greetings,

Nope you aren't the odd one out, i love my scale also, and while i do get frustrated at times lol i recognize that it will fluctuate and so that helps me not get stressed over it all the time.

I think it all depends on where you are at in your journey. At the beginning the scale is going to matter, it HAS to matter in the meaning of when you first start this journey you don't really know yet what feeling good is, you don't know what being full is, you don't really have that comparison contrast going on completely to where you can feel the difference enough to be your motivation continuation. So many times the scale in the beginning or fluctuating is showing you something IS happening. And then you usually notice the inches, and the changing of how your clothes fit (although many times you blink because you aren't sure if you are imagining it or what). As time goes on you get a better bases of what feeling good feels like because you are losing weight and you are feeling better and you are getting healthier. But that doesn't happen overnight and to me if a person who has a mass load to lose attempts to see those "later in weightloss goals" at the beginning, they could be setting themselves up for failure in that they can see a piece of clothing they want to get into but they don't see what is going to have to come before it. A size 22 next to a size 10 no matter if you are down from a size 24 is still a harsh comparison and a hard one to visualize when you still have a long way to go.

I don't have a whole issue with the scale that many seem to have, i have recognized and acknowledged that it will fluctuate and while sometimes it can be frustrating, to me lol seeing a skirt i wore when i was 100 lbs lighter is a lot more frustrating to imagine will i ever get there because one pound on the scale is a whole lot easier to see than one lb off a body that is 100 lbs over weight.

Once you start getting more ability to compare and contrast, for example, you can exercise 30 minutes and have energy versus exercise 10 minutes and be out of breath and hurting, you actually can recognize when you are full versus your mind playing tricks on you etc. These are all things that will come in my opinion but to me on many levels especially at the beginnning they are like that perfect size and are hard to imagine when you have lived and felt a certain way for so long.

I have written down based on what many successers have claimed they are feeling and experiencing, i have made notes to look for these things etc, but right now for me, the scale and my measurements (every30 days which to me is NOT lol the instant gratification motivator lol) are what is keeping me on track. I notice my clothes changing but many times i still believe its my eyes playing tricks on me.

Maybe one day when i am successful at losing this weight and losing an amount that will allow me to deem myself successful having this as a way of life versus a lose weight issue i will be able to say yes i have all the wonderful changes i am experiencing and understand what it is to feel and know these things, but for now, just like its a pound at a time, its a new experience 1 day and step at a time.

[DuchessOfDork]

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Oy, my scale hasn't budged since induction. For the first time, I'm okay with that, because today in the ladies room a lady at work commented on how I was getting "slim and trim". I was in shock. I didn't think anyone could notice! So screw the scale!

[cruisergal]

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My scale has not been good to me either. I have been losing and gaining the same 1 lb during the whole week. I work out everyday, and am faithfully entering my food in fitday.com, so I know I'm not over the carb limits for rung 2. I do notice that my clothes are fitting alot looser, and I can now get back into some of my old slim clothing. So I'm not gonna let that scale control me! I'm at home sick today, coughed the whole day, and feel like a zombie today, so I'm staying in. It's snowing heavily outside, and it's really cold, so I don't mind just staying in for the day and getting caught up on some paper work & organizing things. Have a great Friday everyone!

[DebOnAtkins]

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I am here and checking in on my first day of extended induction. I am not going to weigh myself for the next 14 days. Actually I don't hop on the scale every day. What I like is the old Pants-o-meter that tells me I am getting smaller


Have a great day!!!
Debby

[APanthesilia]

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I am here and checking in on my first day of extended induction. I am not going to weigh myself for the next 14 days. Actually I don't hop on the scale every day. What I like is the old Pants-o-meter that tells me I am getting smaller

I love the pants-o-meter! It feels better to have loose pants than anything the scale might tell me!

I'm here and doing well! Feeling so energised and happy today, which is great because I've been feeling kind of down lately! Hope everyone is doing well!