Scales..who needs 'em!!

Okay, remember how excited I was the other day when I finally lost more weight after my looooong plateau? Well, I am finally off my period as of yesterday...wake up...weigh....eeeeeeeeeek!!! I put back on the 3 pounds I lost during my period???? I hate the way that sneaky little scale runs my life! Anyway, after I dropped Jacob off at Preschool this morning, my behind went to the Community Park and hit the walking trail!! That is the very first time I ever showed a weight increase, and you know what..it ain't funny!! Oh well, just venting. P.S. - did eat 1/2 a croissanwich (sp?) yesterday from B. King and tossed it up like there was no tomorrow...ewww.

I sound like a broken record but..... LOOSE THE DAMN SCALE!!!! If you are into torture.... fine... but weighing in ONCE a month is the only way to stay sane. As our lose starts to slow, it's going to become more frustrating if you are a scale jockey.... If it has a drive thru Even the "so called" healty menu at a fast food place is aweful for you... We all fall off the wagon.... the good thing is you went walking and that's (wait for it)... A Step in the Right Direction.... oooohhhhh (groaner) Kate Z

Hi! Maybe you are someone can answer this question for me. Why is it that you loose during that time of the month? I use to gain about 4-5 pounds during that time but I noticed the last couple of months I loose about 3 pounds and gain it right back after my cycle. B Jay

Sounds like the salt fiend got ya. Croissanwich is evil pure evil! Drink lots o' water today and check the scale in a day or two. My weight fluctuates up and down. Always has. I know to shrug it off. Also, it is more prone to ups on a weekend when we have eaten out. Now I don't eat more on weekends...just food we haven't prepared so it is that salt fiend! Good for you for hitting the walking trail! Just got back from my walk. Did a little over 2.5 miles. Whew. Kept my mind off my aching side for a while. Kathy

Hang in there Lisa. I too weigh every day (old habits are hard to break!) but my scale at home is a cheapy. I weigh myself at my health club scale 1 or 2 times per week and that's the scale that I rely on (it's always been right on with my surgeons scale). I've been at a plateau for several weeks. I guess it's just plateau time for us Maysters! A walk is always a good release...keep the faith! Sue McD

going off topic here... Sue, you look wonderful! I didn't even realize it was you until I saw the pictures. Congratulations... you're doing great!

I have to agree with Kate here. Lose the damn scale. I weigh about once a month. When the big numbers come in I am so happy that I don't stress over the 1 to 2 pounds here and there. If I weighed every day I would have lost my mind already. Now that I know that I can weigh at the grocery store, I avoid going because it is too tempting to see where I am at. I have to admit I have done the BK croissanwich, but I just ate the sausage off mine. It was the only thing I had time for. I think I may have gotten 1/4 of the patty down.

I love my scale. I weigh in every morning just about and yes ... sometimes there are 'stalls' but it really keeps me 'in check' and if it is a little up or hasnt changed I'm extra careful that day and try to get more water, more protein and more exercise in. And when I do see a change... I am thrilled. I even found this on why scales and weighing in is a good thing.... (kinda long, but it made sense to me.... but to each his own!) Why Weigh Yourself Everyday? "Don't weigh yourself more than once a week," is the often-heard advice preached by the diet industry. Pointing out that body weight may fluctuate up and down from day to day, many diet authorities thus claim daily weigh-ins are futile. "Not true!" responds Ron Brown, weight management expert and author of The Body Fat Guide. "Daily measuring of your weight and body composition, as well as daily monitoring of your diet and activity are critical to establishing lifelong weight management habits. Once those habits are firmly in place, only then can you skip your daily weigh-in, but not until then." Brown points out that following a diet only appears to free you from the need to weigh yourself everyday. "It's one of the features the diet industry advertises to attract people to their programs. As long as you follow the diet's rules you will lose weight without bothering with weighing and measuring." But, according to Brown, diets don't teach you to properly balance your diet and activity to maintain your weight and keep the weight off when the diet is over. He says, "In order to establish the proper balance of lifetime diet and activity habits, monitoring and modifying your calories becomes critical. However, the public remains in calorie denial because the quick-fix diet industry discourages the very habits that can help us manage our weight, including weighing ourselves every day." But, what about those day-to-day fluctuations in body weight the diet industry mentions? Won't those fluctuations skew your weigh-in measurements? Brown answers, "You simply learn to take the fluctuations into account. It doesn't mean you ignore weighing in. These fluctuations are usually caused by water retention and changes in gastrointestinal contents. My book, The Body Fat Guide, shows you how to separate these types of fluctuations from changes in your muscle and body fat levels." "Remember," summarizes Brown, "it only takes 1 day to gain body fat or lose muscle! Why wait a whole week to measure it? Weight management is a day-by-day process. The sooner you are able to see your weight going off track, the sooner you can take action to get back on track."

Well, mines finally moved. Down 4 lbs. Current 206. 7 more pounds to Onederland!

Woohoo Beejay!!!