Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Friday 10/12

Good morning. It doesn't feel like Friday to me. I don't travel on business often and my whole week has just felt a little weird. Feels only like the middle of the week, but I'll take it.

I realized (and yeah I should have probably noticed this before) that I've lost almost 200 lbs from my highest recorded weight of 335. I'm willing to bet I was much higher than that at one point, but I had scale phobia to the point that I refused to step on scales at the doctor's office. In fact that was an issue when we were putting things together for insurance - my primary care physician only had 5 weights for me in the entire 10+ years I was seeing her and none for the two years prior to my beginning this process. I'd say at one point I was probably over 350 but who knows for sure.

Anyway, today's weight: 138.0

Still hoping to inch back up over 140, in fact if I could wave my magic wand and pick any weight I wanted I'd go with 150. I loved how I looked at that weight. I'm resisiting "deliberately gaining" because I'm concerned about rebound but at some point I'd like to get back there.

193.8 today.

I know what you mean about the scale phobia. My highest recorded weight was 380. But I found some pictures related to that weight and then some that showed me being heavier. I'm sure at one point I was over 400.

I've been going to the same doctor now for about 15 years. He also didn't have weights when doing the insurance thing. His scale didn't go that high so he couldn't take my weight.

Think I may do a off program weekend since I'm below my mid point.

Good morning and ditto:

I too avoided the scale like the plague.  One day, with a new Dr, they insisted that I be weighed and was horrified.  Had no idea that I was above 300.

Had wanted to have surgery for years and years and that was the final straw.

141 pounds later here we are.

Thank heavens for surgeons who specialize in this.

Still three pounds below goal.

Have a good day everyone.

108.7lbs

I also had scale phobia and the few times that I did go in to see the doctor, I refused to get on the scale. I guess, I wanted to keep the denial going on. When I weighed in at 210 lbs, I felt very defeated and overwhelmed, asking myself, how did I allow myself to reach that point. Luckily, my PCP recommended bariatric surgery. I am so glad that he did, since it wasn't even on my radar.


gail

My husband sold life insurance briefly back in 2004. He tried to get me signed up but I was considered obese and my premium would be higher. I was really embarrassed and I never let him know when I got over 200. I started avoiding the scale as much as I could. If it were not for the "lady" issues I was having I never would've had those weight for 5 yrs.
I did go to a diet clinic and luckily they had my weight for 1 of the years. My highest was after my mom died and I knew I had to stop the gains.

121.0. Ran yesterday so I'm up a pound today.

168.6 - new low weight and feeling better about all my effort in the past couple weeks.  I would dearly love to be firmly in the 160's but we will see whether 170 shows up again.

135.0 this morning. 

I, too, refused to get on the scale because I didn't want to see the number.  My tipping point was listening to an Arizona State football game and when they gave one of the linebacker's stats, realizing that I weighed more than he did.  Made my appointment for surgery a month later.

I'd get on it, reluctantly.. but I still recall the day a nurse did that whistle through the teeth as she moved the weight across the bar (I had gained about 40lbs since the last time I'd been in..)

I wish my dr would have mentioned surgery to me, or talked to me about it.. I would bring up my weight, we'd try a few things, sometimes meds.. sometimes an agreement that I'd come in every 2-3 mo (never did..) but he was open to it when I told him I was doing it, and that I wanted him to handle my labs.. he thought it was smart- and was even ok with the MX option.. didn't fling horror stories  at me like many would.. 

Still trending down, even after last nights salty meat fest.. 137.6. 

170.5 today. I "feel" great between 169 & 171, so this rocks!

My highest KNOWN weight was 278. I may have been higher at one point, but I do think that was my highest - about 120 lbs over normal BMI.

The only times I ever gained were those periods during which I stayed off the scale. As long as I didn't track my weight gain I kept on eating with reckless abandon!

I've realized lately that sometimes I DO miss being able to pig out like some of my "food friends" are able to do. It's a very short, fleeting feeling, akin to missing being able to have a cigarette - meaning I don't really want the pig out or the cigarette, but the "monkey" (as Happy calls it) sure would like it!  It sure is an odd feeling.......

Anyhow, the daily weigh in really helps me regulate and monitor my food intake. For me it's a great tool. I weighed every day during WL, too. I never really freaked out when I wasn't losing on a daily basis and it sure helped me think about my intake and habits when my weight loss slowed.

Holding steady at 165.6.

I don't have a scale phobia, but when I think about the past, I realize that the heavier I got, the less I would step on the scale.  You would think I would do the opposite wouldn't you?  It would certainly be wiser to watch closer and make sure my weight didn't climb more.  My all time high was 243 lbs.

Have a good day everyone.