MY NEW ADDICTION!!!!

I'm addicted to THE SCALES!!! I swore to myself that I wouldn't become like this, but I am constantly weighing myself. Yesterday I weighed 165, this morning I weighed 166 and I am freaking about it. I know I didn't gain a pound of fat, I understand that with my calorie intake that is impossible, but I am so crazy because of those scales. I know that there of those of you that only weigh at certain times, like once a week or even once a month. How do you do it?? How do you stay off of it? I seriously need help with this, because I'm driving myself crazy. I'm weighing anytime I'm near my scales. At night, I think, ok, i'm only a pound heavier than i was this morning, so in the morning i should be 2 pounds less, crazy!!!!! And if my weight goes up, I worry about it all day. I take the battery out and check it constantly. Well, you get the gist, the scale has me!!! Have any of you successfully beat a scale addiction?? if so, HOW!!!! Thanks in advance for your help! Deb 229/166/135/129 start/present/drs goal/my goal (I can't wait to get to 164 because then I'll be just overweight, no longer obese!!)

Deb - I have to physically pick mine up and put it in the closet after I weigh-in on Wednesday mornings. But I am definetely addicted too....we all are!! I sneak it out of the closet sometimes throughout the week! I don't think I've every actually gone a whole week withouth checking! Good luck!

I weigh everyday. I use the one in the nurse's office here at the school during my plan time. I don't own a scale but I live next door to my mom and dad, so I check it there on Sat and Sun. So yes I'm addicted too. I know its better for me not to weigh everday b/c it really takes a toll on my emotions (sad, huh?). I've recorded my weight weekly and I can really start to see patterns in my weightloss, but still I have to weigh at least once a day. It's been really bad lately because I want to get in my 230's so bad (I haven't seen them since I was 16!!!). Mandy 332/242/155

Oh totally addicted to the scales. I didnt' used to to have any in an effort to avoid being addicted to them, and only weighed on the ones at work in the office. But the trouble with that is that I'm off work for a week now so can't weigh. I gave in and bought myself some. Good news is that according to these ones I've lost loads of weight since last Friday. Hmmm, I'll have to double check how they weigh against the work ones on Monday. Mindyou, it really cheered me up, so I'm going by these ones now hee hee. Before I got mine, I would weigh once a day, sometimes twice a day, if everyone went out of the office for some reason, although I only record my weekly weight. Now I've got my own, it's several times a day - each time I go into the bathroom I jump on them. I know I shouldn't as they are and I totally to them. They rule my emotions and I get cross at myself for allowing them to. My mantra - I am in control NOT the scales, I am in control NOT the scales. One day I'll believe it and actually be in control. For now I'll get excited when the numbers go down and ignore them and not speak to them when they are not being my friend and the numbers go u*****t change Or I'll throw them out the window for misbehaving

I am addicted to my scale as well. I will weigh myself several times during the day sometimes and don't understand how I can go from 204 to 207 to 203 in just a few days? But My husband has gotten on my case and has made me promise to weigh only in the mornings and try not to weigh every day...... I want to be under 200 soooooo badly I cant help it...

I know what you mean about the scales. I weigh everyday but I have to because of my lung condition of cor pulmonale. I have to take diuretics everyday and have to weigh to determine how much to take. The always want me to be at my dry weight....meaning no fluid retention. Some days the Lasix seems to absorb better than others and work better. More than likely its fluid retention of some sort with all of us. As long as it keeps moving down that is all that really matters to me. I dont get to hyped up about it because its alot of different factors. Kel

I weigh every day in the morning. I jot down what I weigh even if there is a gain, but I don't weigh more than once in a day. I think weighing every day has been less of an addiction for me than when I did weigh****chers and had a weigh in day. Then I would weigh every time I went to the bathroom!! Rachael

Better watch out.....OPRAH will be doing a show on yet another post WLS addiction!!!!!

This is a bit late - but I notice during pms I am particularly addicted and will get on my scale about 3 x a day. Not good! I just wanted to commiserate!