Addicted to the damn scale!

Okay...I'm trying a new tact this week...yet again! Went back on WW last week and lost a lousy pound....I know, it's a loss but not what I want to see.  I wasn't 100% so deserve no better, but had an interesting conversation with a couple people at my meeting this morning about the scale.   I faithfully get on it naked last thing before bed and first thing in the morning....addicted to the dang thing twice/day!  I think it's contributing to my sabotage.  When I'm eating on program and don't see a loss, I get discouraged and say....what the hell, might as well eat and enjoy myself if I'm not gonna lose.  When I'm doing well and see a loss, I feel I have some leeway that week and maybe can have some cheats and I'll still be down by my Saturday weigh in.  When I haven't stuck to program and see a gain I think...well I'm a failure anyway so might as well splurge today and I'll start again tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. So....gonna have my SO put the darn thing in the basement (my knees don't allow me to do stairs) this week and see what happens.  Maybe not knowing what the scale is saying will put enough fear in me to stick to program.  It certainly can't hurt.  I give that thing way too much power and it affects my moods and my whole attitude for the day. So the heck with the scale....will wait til my weigh in next Saturday to see what it says.

I wish I had some words of wisdom here..... but I get on the darned thing like 10 times a day.  I must say, when I was away for all of that time, it was kind of FREEING not having the scale to which I had become I slave for the past year. Getting that scale out of sight just might be the ticket!!! 

Hey Sherrie, I've been thinking about this for some time now.  I've been thinking about the times when I would lose forty..fifty pounds plus (yanno yo-yo me) and I'm honestly thinking I have lost the most when I DON'T look at the scale.  I remember Iosing massive amounts of weight when I didn't even realize it!  I would just go on whatever plan I want, or do whatever I want and don't even look at the scale for a few months. BUT, I also would be on these plans VERY strictly.  When I would get back on the scale I would always be amazed at my results.  By that time I would be in total awe over it and keep going losing more weight because at that point I would be psyched. I also am addicted to weighing myself and like you, get discouraged if I don't see results.  It might not be a bad idea, although it is SO hard to do!  I think for me it's because I've been having such a hard time for the past five years or so losing weight that I'm scared ****less I'll gain even more weight, and I just can't let that happen.  But you do have a good point, and when it comes down to it, what do we have to lose!  Especially if we stay ON PLAN!!

I actually had to have someone in my family HIDE it from me, but it worked!

LOL, at this moment in time I think I would have to hit em!  Guess I"m not ready for my love/hate relationship with the scale to end. :) But when and if I ever decide to go without again, I think that is a very good idea.  LOL, just the thought of it makes me start fuming that someone wouldn't give me back my scale.

This is too funny!! I told my husband that this week! watching the scale was driving me insane!!!!! somedays i would be more, some less. having to do with water or eating or sleeping. so annoying. so now i am trying to be stong and only do it once a week!

Oh trust me, there have been times I was like "Please, just let me have a little look!" or "Just this once -then you can hide it back!". I've even ransacked the house trying to find it ...lol...I thought I was a little weird - It's nice to know others are addicted too!

Glad I'm not the only one! Well, got on it first thing this morning and it is now on it's way to the basement.  Like I said, my knees make it difficult doing stairs so I'm vowing not to get weighed again til Saturday morning at WW.  I might just sneak a peak that morning before I go cause I'll be DYING to know how I did.  Hopefully just the thought of gaining will be enough to keep me on plan this week and I'll do better than usual. It's a test....will report the results next Saturday!!

The dreaded scale dance! I deeply hate that damn piece of technology.  All I can say is you have GOT to change how you feel about it. I imagine you are at the same place with it. Bottom Line:  We need this data, right?  I know for me when I don't look, there is hell tp pay - you too? My weight will go all over the place. I now realize over the years it went both directions - lost weight, gained it, but I never had a good beat on exactly what was happening.  I choose now to know what the scale says. Therefore, it is up to me to gain that information and release emotions.  it is a number, a frozen place in time.  When that number is increasing over time - couple readings are up -  it is time for a sit down with my habits around that time. If I can look into my own eyes and know for sure I am making choices that support the times when I see the scale reading decreasing numbers, I can completely release it. If I know deep down that I am not doing what I need to do, I need to get the F%ck over myself and get back on track! Negative emotions do NOT help me get to where I need to be. In fact, when I give into them, the exact opposite of my goal getting occurs! You too?????   Now hear this:  It is a cop out to get back into that samo-samo cycle of crying, falling into old fool habits, recovering for about two weeks, then here we go again.....  We are bigger than this. RIGHT??????

"Now hear this:  It is a cop out to get back into that samo-samo cycle of crying, falling into old fool habits, recovering for about two weeks, then here we go again.....  We are bigger than this. RIGHT??????" You see how long it's taken me to respond to this...... Honestly, when I read it the first time it kind of took me back a step.  I felt like answering, "Well, evidently not, or I wouldn't still be here fighting this battle".  I've given it a lot of thought since, Neecee. I think it was just the "kick in the pants" I needed!!  That's exactly what I do....stick with a program (any program) a couple of weeks, get that taste of success and start seeing results and fall right back off the wagon and start whining about why I can't do this, why it doesn't work for me. Just had to give you kudos for hitting the nail on the head and telling it like it is.  Was hard to hear, but it got me thinking.  I've recently been feeling so down that at age 61 I'm still fighting this "losing" battle and have been basically struggling with the same 10lb here FOREVER!  Time to get off my ass...my big fat ass...and do something about it once and for all, or it ain't never gonna happen.  Time is running out. Thanks for the wake up call!!