my scale.

so. ever since surgery i obessevly weighed myself every single day. on tuesday after realizing i didnt lose as much as i thought i did (stupid flip floppy w/e)
i made a decison.

i put my scale in the closet, and decided its not healthy to keep on going on like this. i told my boyfriend where i hid it, and asked him to hide it somewhere else until next tuesday morning for weigh in time.

twice today after i got home from work, i debated finding it or bugging him (which wouldnt work. hes been the best support during this whole process. if he knows its not healthy for me, he plays tough love. hes so great..love love love). but anyways i CAN DO THIS!

i never thought id have to find my inner will power to not jump on a scale(i guess to the common person this all would be silly!). but it is what it is. i will not mentally screw with myself anymore!!
as long as i know im eating healthy and doing my exercise thang, i dont need a stupid scale 7 days a week! sometimes 3 times a day!

is anybody else this ocd about weighing themselves?!

.. thank you for listening. i feel like i just got this off my chest:)

ya'll rock!
love,
am

Oh yes! You are definitely not alone! If the scale is out I will weigh several times a day, BUT, I only take the first weighing of the day seriously. My hubby has hidden the scales from me before. He actually told me last night he was going to do it again! lol

The nurse practitioner at my docs office told me not to weigh everyday. Just to pick a day once a week and do it. I went through a hard time the first 7 weeks after surgery about not losing anything and I am FINALLY down 4 pounds. So, this started a whole new wave of wanting to weigh EVERY DAY!! lol

yup i picked every tuesday.. its so funny how our minds change after surgery.

great job on the 4 pounds!! 

Oh gosh, I was right there with you, EVERY time I walked into my bathroom I had to weigh. Like a minimum of 47 times a day! But then I realized that I was becoming unhealthy about it and I hid the scale out of my sight so that I had to actually go looking for it to use it. Now I weigh once every weekday morning. I never weigh on the weekends. It was hard for maybe the first week, but now I have to remind myself to weigh. I'm still a little OCD about it though because I have to do it in a specific order withing my morning routien, I get up, I go pee...and I strip and then weigh. If I wash my hair or brush my theeth first it makes me weigh more. (no seriously it does) so, there ya have. I think we all obcess over this at some point...it's normal.

omg to the hair and teeth thing!! im right there with you!! 

im ocd with other stuff to begin with so i figured nipping this one right in the bud is the best befofre it gets to out of control! 

It is very unhealthy and a very hard habit to break.  Good for you!

thank you!! =) 

Once a week is plenty!  Otherwise, you will make yourself crazy!!!!

yeah im so glad i decided to hide it! i was beating myself up to much !

HECK YEAH, I AM A SCALE JUNKIE!!!  I WEIGH 5-6 TIMES A DAY....MAIN FOCUS IS ON THE VERY FIRST A.M. WEIGHT.  I even strip down in the afternoon if I don't like the number just to be sure when I am in the buff that i am staying within boundaries..lol (I know very unhealthy)
I tried to hide the scales, but than I found myself at Wal-Mart weighing on the scales that were on the shelf..Now, isn't the sad????????
Good luck and let me know how you do staying off the scales..

Candee