Scale was Hijacked...It was a nice break

My 13 year old son is in the middle of wrestling season and he hijacked my bathroom scale to the basement so he could track his weight during workouts.  

Yes, that is very obsessive, I agree.

Anyway, the scale was missing from my bathroom for 2 weeks (over the holidays) and I enjoyed the break from the morning routine of getting on it.  

I got back on the scale this morning to find that my weight is in range, and yes, it's at the top of the range, but in range!

I am so thankful for the sleeve.  

I think I will consider weighing weekly for a while.  I am not fond of the dialogue that takes place in my head when I step on the scale and I'm up 2 or 3 lbs from the day before.  Often it's water retention, that comes off the next day.  The sleeve has freed me from so much self, food talk that can be negative.  I think the weekly weigh in's my offer more freedom and peace.

Hoping this doesn't back fire on me. 

I've gone back and forth on this.

For the first couple of years out, I would stop daily weighing as part of a way to not have accountability. I would tell myself it was for good reasons but I was lying to myself. And my weight almost always went immediately up. Eventually, I'd have a wake up call and go back to daily weighing.

But this last time, I just got to the point where I would forget to weigh. I was in a good place with my weight mentally and I was just busy and in a bad place with  my job that had me rush in the AM so weighing would not happen. And ... nothing bad came of it. I weigh every couple of days. Basically, when I remember to do it. I can tell usually before I even get on the scale if I'm going to be up or down by how my clothes fit and how my clothes fit is what counts anyway.

I never used to daily weigh pre-op and my weigh had been stable for a number of years. When your weight is stable, then you can go by things like what you see in the mirror and how your clothes fit. And, let's face it, no matter your scale says, YOU know what you've been eating. I think our dependence on the scale in our society leads to situations where people eat like crap but excuse it because, hey, they aren't gaining weight!

I know I've been eating like crap lately and I'm not happy about it. Sure, my weight hasn't changed. But it's not healthy. I know I need to change my job situation to cut down on my stress and I need to go to bed earlier. Daily weighing and dependence on the scale could mask that if I let it. I try not to let it. I don't want to be skiny fat.

I only weigh myself at the doctors office every 3 months. It's always within the same 2 to 3 pound range. I rarely weigh at home anymore. It makes me too crazy. And I go by my tightest jeans. In fact I pull out my smallest clothes every few weeks for a quick try on. I've never had anything not fit!  It works for me...

Laura 

I usually lay in bed for a few minutes before deciding if I'm going to weigh that day. Will the scale affect my mood? If the answer is yes, then I ask myself if it's because I know it won't say what I want it to. If yes, then I get on it anyway. LOL.

I have issues. ;)