On weighing everyday!

Here is an article from the Greenville news on weighing frequently. Some research has suggested that women who check their weight frequently are more likely to be depressed. But a new study from the University of Minnesota did not make that connection and also found that women over age 40 who step on the scale daily tend to have a lower body-mass index. Lead researcher Jennifer Linde said daily monitoring could be a healthy way to keep tabs on things. The findings came from a study of more than 4,600 women between the ages of 40 and 65 who are enrolled in the Group Health Cooperative. However, it was not a true experiment based on randomized groups or a using a control group for comparison. So, since I am way over 40, I shouldn't feel quilty about weighing every morning, lol. Mary

now u have a method to ur madness! jen

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF THOSE WOMEN WHO WERE DEPRESSED WERE SUCCEEDING OR FAILING AT WEIGHT LOSS/CONTROL. MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THE DEPRESSION COMES IN ... THEY'RE NOT SUCCEEDING LIKE WE ARE ... HECK, BEFORE SURGERY, I HATED THE SCALES BECAUSE THEY ONLY MOVED UP. NOW, THE STALLS CAN BE FRUSTRATING, BUT MY SCALES HAVE GONE DOWN 112 #s ... WHO CAN BE DEPRESSED AFTER THAT? NOT ME! I STILL WEIGH EVERY SINGLE DAY & I WRITE MY WEIGHT ON A CALENDAR THAT IS RIGHT ABOVE MY SCALES SO I ALWAYS KNOW MY WEIGHT PATTERN. GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICk

I write mine amost daily on my dayplanner so I can see over the month how I am doing and use in conjunction with food journal so I can see that "hey that little extra carb helped me or hurt me" So I feel now guilt about weighing daily. I knew we were a lot a like! Joan

WRITING IT DOWN IS THE WISEST & SAFEST WAY TO FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS ... WE WERE JUST GIVEN GRAPHS AT THE MUSC SUPPORT GROUP MEETING TO FILL IN OUR WEIGHT LOSS #s SO YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE OUR OVERALL WEIGHT LOSS PATTERN. IT WAS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT ... THE DOC FLASHED A GRAPH QUICKLY & ASKED IF THE WEIGHT WAS GOING UP OR DOWN. AT FIRST GLANCE, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING UP BECAUSE THERE WAS A BIG BUMP IN THE GRAPH WHERE THERE HAD BEEN SOME REGAINING OF WEIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU STUDIED THE GRAPH, OVER THE LONG HAUL, THERE WAS A CONSISTENT WEIGHT LOSS (except for that 1 bump). THE WAY OUR MINDS WOULD WORK IS TO REMIND US THAT WE WERE NOT LOSING WEIGHT JUST BECAUSE OF THAT ONE PROBLEM AREA, & THAT ERROR IN OUR THINKING WOULD SABATOGE OUR FUTURE WEIGHT LOSS. BUT, IF WE SEE IT WITH OUR EYES, WE CAN OVERRIDE THE NEGATIVE REMINDER OF THAT 1 TIME WHEN WE REGAINED A FEW POUNDS & THEN WE CONTINUE LOSING. IT'S INTERESTING HOW WHAT WE "THINK" IS REAL, MAY NOT BE. GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICk

My therapist told me to stop weighing everyday. I told her that when I did stop weighing everyday, I had actually gained weight. And that sent me into a HUGE depression. So I still weigh at least every other day. Its too easy for me to lose track and it is sooo hard to get the weight off now. I don't write it down though. I don't like written records of anything... Kathy