Scale fixation ended :)

[Heidi3]

until today I have not stepped on a scale in two months and I am proud to report I still am the same wt!

I just wanted to get over the fixation with the scales and I figured if I just ignored the scales and went by how I feel in my clothes and how my body felt in general I would be fine ..

this has been so hard

..today I am at work and just walked by one and thought what the helll and stepped on it ...

what a relief to know I am still where I was 2 months ago...

I have never ever had the feeling of wt stability in my life!

I am so happy I had to share it is wonderful feeling this way!!!

thanks for all your support ..you guys it is so true the more you give in live the more you get back in return and you have given me so much food for thought ..I hope this helps some of you see that we do not have to spend the rest of our lives thinking about how to get and stay thin if you just choose to eat well and move your body

[changing]

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Heidi, that's wonderful! What a high, to be able to live healthfully, happily, and without worrying every moment about losing what you've acheived. This is wonderful inspiration... I still have quite a while in OWL yet, but your words have given me something to look forward to down the road! Thanks.

[2big4mysize]

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woo hoo good for you controlling yor portions eating Atkins WOE to meet your energy needs is what it is all about

[sadie147]

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Isn't it a great feeling Heidi? I haven't weighed in 7 weeks now. I'd gone from twice a day, to once a week to once a month. Last month I actually forgot to weigh! I'm strictly going by how my clothes fit and how i feel.

[Heidi3]

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Isn't it a great feeling Heidi? I haven't weighed in 7 weeks now. I'd gone from twice a day, to once a week to once a month. Last month I actually forgot to weigh! I'm strictly going by how my clothes fit and how i feel.

OMG It is amazing feeling to give up an obsessive behavior ...when I started here I could not go a day with out stepping on the scales ..sometimes two to three times a day ..especially when I was dropping wt quickly ..that compulsion it gone ...

I still have my fears of wt gain and I am still compulsive about what I eat ....but this is one more thing I have let go of and I am so glad I am not the only one

you know exactly how I feel letting go of that

[Rubysugar]

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WooHoo!! Yay!!

I will eventually have to stop weighing daily. I have managed to stay off of it this week, though, it's TOM and I know what numbers the scale will spit at me are not accurate, okay, yes, it's accurate but not a good reflection of my normal weight.

Good job, Heidi! You are an inspiration for us roly poly shorties.

[Atkid]

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I thought that when I headed down to Florida for my Disney trip that the week would break my scale addiction. See I just knew that with 6 days of walking and staying on plan I would drop a couple pounds and that after that I would just go by how my clothes fit. NOT! I stayed on plan, ate well, kept up with my water and still came home 2 lbs. heavier than I left. Really know it was the heat that just made me retain water (which I did drop within a couple days of being home) but now the scale is just stuck. So long story short...or shorter....I still am jumping on the scale first thing every morning. Addictions are hard to break, but better to the scale than to icecream like I used to be.

[Heidi3]

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Atkid I gain water wt everytime I go to Florida ..it is crazy no matter how well I eat

I love you guys btw

some days Momma I am still that rolly polly shorty ....and other days I am just a shorty fortunatly the shorty days are more frequent than they used to be!

[msnicksmom]

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What a GREAT insight Heidi. I still have just a couple lbs, but once I truly do get to goal and maintain my CCCL/ACE as well, I'm going to try it your way.

[BellaCarol]

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Congrats! you are such an inspiration! i read your post, they are hillarious and BTW lady, YOU LOOK GREAT!
You are a great support! Thanks for sharing

[BeccaResRN]

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I can't let go of the scale right now...but I am really trying...I am sooo scared that I will start eating badly and fooling myself into thinking I'm OK. The only time I don't weigh is when I have been on a supreme cheating binge...then I would just pretend all was OK...and I didn't post online on my support journals just avoid the whole thing. I just am afraid...I reached goal and actually went onto a low of 127 but by then I was a real scale addict and i was doing carb addicts diet and only eating once a day........anyway I am staying on atkins and eating multiple times a day...I don't wnat my metabolism to drop off like before...making adding even a simple low carb lunch impossible without weight gain

[Heidi3]

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girl it took over a year of being at goal before I could say this all good things come in time...

[BeccaResRN]

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Well thats good I still have time!!! I maintained last time for 6 months...actually still losing some of that time and I am trying to imagine not having to liberate fat pounds again...and never again not being able to fit into any of my summer stuff.

I think right now I still need that safety net that double check that I am still on the right track

[Heidi3]

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one of the biggest joys of my life was not dreading taking my summer clothing out ..because I knew it would slide on my body..I bought nothing new really it all fit and I loved being able to wear it ..this was the very first time in my life I was not sure what would and would not fit ...same with this winter ..I know my jeans and sweaters will fit ...and I do not need the scales to validate me ...it is a habit now for me to just expect to eat well and move my butt and when I do have a day of testing the perameters I just let it go ...knowing it is not how I want to be ....you have as much time as it takes to get there you know OOOXXX

[Tru2mee]

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Heidi that is so awesome that the metal monster isn't scaring you anymore!!! I hope that someday I'll be able to "not care" what the scale says and just go by how I feel and how my clothes fit...but that day is a LONNGG way off!!! (It'll be long after goal for me, I'm sure! ).... kudos to your accomplishments, you are truly such an amazing woman!! I love reading the things you have to say all around the board, they always make me smile and laugh and best of all - you always tell it like it is girl!!!
So just wanted to say congrats and THANK YOU!