Damned Scale... or my reaction to it.

So yesterday, I ate so well.. nutritious, yummy meals.... night time comes... feel like a snack.. choose popcorn and a few pieces of an orange my husband peeled.  

Feeling satisfied, on my way to bed, decide to step on the scale... almost always am 2# higher at night than I will be the next morning.. Up something like 4#!!  Spent an hour doing zumba, sweating.... so pi**ed.  Now, logic tells me.. I had chili for dinner... popcorn.. all sodium laced.  Sometimes after a hard workout, my weight is up too.  Instead of listening to my head, let my heart (stomach?) say, "WTF?  may as well go ahead and eat!"  And eat I did.  Protein bar... melted mini choco chips with pb2...yasso frozen protein bar.... sigh........

I should know better than to weigh so often when trying to lose...

Linda

I weigh often as well but I always weigh at the same time of day wearing the same amount of clothes..More often as not right after my shower so no clothes.  Were you stressed yesterday or upset.  Since you know better were you unconsciously setting yourself up for a reason to eat.  Some say keeping a journal that includes tracking feelings can help us understand what we are feeling when we do what we do.  I can't seem to do that but others can.  The main thing is get back on track and don't let one slip up undo everything.  

Some of us can weigh once a week but I can't.  If I do I could be up more than I can tolerate without that pity party eating.  Then its that downward (or should I say upward) spiral again.  I use an old fashioned doctor scale but I do have a digital one I take with me every time I leave home.  I was probably the only person packing a scale for my cruise last October but I need the accountability. I accept my weirdness and do what I have to do.

You can do this

I think you are right about setting myself up with an excuse to eat.  I think I do that a lot.  Not sure if anything was bothering me... little bit of stress at work... bad weather.. but, nothing that unusual? 

I have tried journaling on and off.. more off than on, I guess.  I need to find an 'anti-trigger' to make myself stop and think... either a word or something.....?

I used to weigh everyday each morning.  I have stopped doing that and weigh about once a week now.  I had to put the scale in a hard to get to place.  I would use the scale to punish myself and then feel bad and ended up eating more because I felt like a failure. This was not an easy thing for me to do.  It is working.  I am doing much better with how I feel about myself not based on the number that happens to pop up that day.  I know when I will see a gain.  As long as I am mindful about what I am eating and being really honest I feel better about myself and am trying to break the scale addiction.  I also have given pause before I put something in my mouth and ask myself how my body is gong to feel after I eat it.  This helps sometimes. 

I am considering putting it away... Just not too far away.

Just don't put it too far away. I did just that and let some of the weight creep  back. I'm Back on Track and losing again! Weighing every morning for now.