Going Crazy

OK.... I KNOW that weight can fluctuate over the period of a day but I find myself going crazy cause my weight can fluctuate up to 5 pounds in a day!!!! I know I should only weigh myself once a week or just throw the scale out altogether but I can't bring myself to stop....its almost as if I have replaced my food addiction with a scale addiction!! I am also trying to stay on track with my exercise program but life seems to get in the way ALOT.... I work 45+ hours per week plus have 2 small children and a husband that seem to take up so much of my time... I know excuses, excuses.. I NEED to make time for me....to keep myself on track. Sometimes I just feel like I am failing even though I KNOW I have lost over 75 pounds and am more than halfway to my goal... I am just scared that I will never reach it.... Thank you all for letting me ramble...it helps! Anna 265/255/188/140

Anna I was the same way...addicted to the scale. If it didn't move downward I was depressed .. if it moved up I was impossible to live with. My youngest daughter couldn't handle me anymore so she hid the scale...I didn't have it for 2 weeks! I thought I would drive myself crazy but after the 3rd day I had relaxed some and figured it was better this way. I called her at college at the end of the 2 weeks and she told me where it was...so now I don't leave it on the bathroom floor anymore. I keep it in my linen closet...I only take it out on Friday mornings (my surgery day) and what a difference. even if it doesn't move I'm still okay because I'm not seeing that fluctuation on a daily basis. It works for me. maybe try putting the scale away and only taking it out once a week! I think you'll feel better. Just a suggestion...hope it helps! Linda ...

Funny I am going through the same things. I do weigh myself everyday. It is my way of keeping it real. I am up 2 pounds from my last reported weight in. The reason maybe water, maybe the fact that I skipped a day of working out or that my choices aren't so great. All I know is when I step on and don't like the results I kick a** in my next work out. I use the weekly updates to remind myself that I am averaging 4+ lbs a week. That means I can go up one and not worry so much. It is if I find that I am up and staying there that I know I need to address this ASAP. Not in a week. I also try to spend a lot of time in "voices" in my head. No longer am I the fat and ugly one. Over and over I remind myself that I am loosing 4# a week and by XXX date I will be awesome. I have already lost 74#'s and have worked my butt off to get there. Think positive and keep up the good work. donna