Do you know that weighing yourself everyday is something that nutritionists recommend for people who want to hold their weight? AKA, not gain weight, not lose weight. Sometimes, while I am weighing myself twice a day, I contemplate this.... and wonder if it has the reverse effect? If I weigh myself everyday, will I create a scenario where I don't lose any weight? I know.... I know. I am a little crazy - but we all have these things, don't we? Little crazy hang ups.... This contemplation hasn't really driven me to give up the weighing addiction, although when the scale stops moving, I do stop stepping on it, even if only for a few days, just to see if it is true what they say..... ;)
I have a horrible time NOT stepping on my scale and I think it is horrible for me to do it as much as I do! I want to stop. But I just can't. Maybe if I set this goal for myself...if I get to 215...which is my next goal I will really talk my husband into hiding it for a week for me. I think 215 is a good plan because it means that my band is starting to work. I've been staring at 215 wish that it would happen and today I am 5 lbs away from it.
ReplyDeleteI have the same issue. I stop weighing when I see no movement and go back after a week or so to see if anything happened.
ReplyDeleteand it's not crazy I think we are all just so into making it work that its hard not to keep track of things :)
I hear where you're coming from, and sure! I've never been one for weighing EVERYDAY. I did for a short while post-band - but everyday, depending on what I had drank/ate, the variances, as you know, drove me crazy. So now, I weigh on Sundays and my official weigh-in day on Wendesday. So, I give myself that mid-point to kind of see how the week is shaping up.
ReplyDeleteI have a love/hate relationship with my scale - and most of the time my head game is the "I TOLD you so" scenario!! I love when I can be smug with the old "Health-o-meter"!
ReplyDeleteAt present, I weigh every day and have been working to undo this head game trap. My goal is to reframe and replace the daily weigh in with a daily check in, so to speak. Hopefully, if I ask myself, "Are you doing what you are supposed to do?" If yes, then I can let it be and face each day with integrity.
ReplyDeleteMaybe what I need to lose most is the distrust I have in the process and MYSELF. I didn't gain to 278 in one year so it's realistic to think that I won't lose to 150 in one year. That's not to say I don't want it NOW! Perhaps my need to get it over and done with is feeding the dance with the numbers on the scale. But, it's never done with, is it?
I am beginning to realize that stepping on and off the scale daily is less important than giving myself credit daily for the work I'm doing and the changes I am making, regardless of the scale numbers. Success should be measured across all areas, right?
Maybe it's a smaller clothing size, someone's positive comment, an awareness of increased energy levels, or some other NSVs. Otherwise, what will happen when I face plateaus? Will I feel out of control and then abandon the work or feel like a failure? I want to be done with that old attitude. It's never served me well.
So, working the plan and weighing in on a weekly basis seems more reasonable and more productive in meeting my longterm goal of losing weight and living healthy. My new spin is to strive for excellence, not perfection.