Anyone Else Addicted to the Scale?

I am addicted to weighing myself, and then I get frustrated, and eat it out.  Not really. At least, not all the time.

My point is, I'm going to try to go until May 1st without weighing myself.  I'm just focusing on healthy eating, exercise, etc, and not that damnable number. Does anyone else want to join me on this?

Hi, When I was a kid and underweight, I was addicted to the scale.  I weighed myself daily because I wanted to gain weight.  I haven't owned a scale since I left home (14 years).  If I'm around scales I weigh myself compulsively. 

Now that I'm trying to be more fit and lose weight, I plan my weigh ins.  I actually go to an electronic scale I have to pay for every 2 weeks.  I wouldn't wait until May.  I want to make sure I'm on track but I understand why you want to do that. 

i am the total opposite ... i have a scale phobia ... maybe you can hide it somewhere untill 1st may ... don't leave it infront of u , u wont resist weighting urself. 

i wake up every morning and rush to go weigh myself only if i feel light, though.

to be honest with u i don't find that a bad habit because most people who gain so much weight are the ones who are staying away from the scale and not aware of how their weight is goin.

I weigh myself every morning before my first cup of coffee. I'm also obsessed and the slightest bit will put me in a not so happy mood. I've been doing it for 3 weeks straight, i'm not overweight but want to lose 10-15 lbs (i started at 135, down to 130) I think it helps me stay on track because then when i feel hungry I just remember that the scaled said i shouldn't be hungry! Best of luck with going until May 1st, i'd join you, but my vacation starts april 21 :)

I got frustrated with it and stopped using it... When I plateaud Id go nuts and weight myself every day and go more nuts.. Im almost at my goal weight now, I think Im gonna weight in June 1st....

I weigh myself everyday usually! I hate that damn scale I wish I could throw it out my third story window, go down stairs and stomp on the thing! HAHAHAAHA.

I am trying something new now though, and I am going to weigh myself ONLY once a week!

Me too! I weigh myself every morning. For me, it helps keep me on track - and logging it into my weight log is an even better perk for me! Even if I am stuck at the same # for a week or to, the trend line keeps going down, and so do the trend numbers and that is enough proof for me that I am on track!

I hold my breath every time I get on the scale and...

- jump for joy and do a little dance if it goes down

- sigh and move on with life if it stays the same

- gasp and reassess my food/workout plans for the next week (less jelly beans, more cucumber slices and carrots?)

 

I have lost 14lbs since early December and trust me, there have been plenty of times where I have thought of asking my family to hide my scale, but then, I realize that number is a reminder to keep on track. If I had initially taken measurements then I would probably go by that, but unfortunately I didn't.

 

I've been losing so weighing myself has been a positive thing I do before I get in the shower in the morning.

If I was gaining, I would probably not want to weight myself.

BUT, know that I have or have not lost another pound reminds me of what I plan to eat for the day.

My boyfriend had to perform a scale intervention....I was obsessive about it and would weigh myself like 10 times in a row then take they average cuz my scale would give me different numbers each time....and I would go through this ritual several times a day. It was outta control!! When it actually started upsetting me and affecting my behaviour (I ate a brownie and cried one day when it gave me a number I wasn't happy with) it was time for an intervention....I put it on the top shelf of my closet under a big pile of blankets and agreed to only pull it out once a week.

I agree that ignoring the scale completely can be bad, though....I have always gone through cycles where I live in denial of my weight problem. Getting on the scale was always a huge reality check...I hadn't been on it it months, and on Jan. 14 I got on it and was apalled that I had regained almost all the weight I had worked so hard to lose the year before.

I think the scale is kind of like good fats....you need it but in small doses!

Addicted to the scale? no, I was 192.6 1.5 hour ago, and 193.6 after eating (45 minutes ago), 193.4 after shower (5 minutes ago).. What, hey wait, you can't move that, I need that! :)

Seriously though, I measure myself and log it once every  day. Sometimes for the fun of it I step on throughout the day just to see how my weight flucuates and remind myself that i've got a goal and that as good as that refined sugar sounds, i'm probably not gonna burn it off quickly enough to stop it from being stored as fat.

I think it has been seriously interfering though. Don't get me wrong, usually its a great tool, but I want to see if I can go an entire month without using it, but also logging EVERYTHING on here, sticking to my exercise plan, etc.  In other words, I'm moving away from the weight number, and more towards a focus on healthy eating + living.

Original Post by funkymunky0016:

Me too! I weigh myself every morning. For me, it helps keep me on track - and logging it into my weight log is an even better perk for me! Even if I am stuck at the same # for a week or to, the trend line keeps going down, and so do the trend numbers and that is enough proof for me that I am on track!

I hold my breath every time I get on the scale and...

- jump for joy and do a little dance if it goes down

- sigh and move on with life if it stays the same

- gasp and reassess my food/workout plans for the next week (less jelly beans, more cucumber slices and carrots?)

 

You just described me. Every last detail! I can't do without it! Personally, I think it has had a BIG role to play in the weight loss journey.

Original Post by tyrdrop:

I think it has been seriously interfering though. Don't get me wrong, usually its a great tool, but I want to see if I can go an entire month without using it, but also logging EVERYTHING on here, sticking to my exercise plan, etc.  In other words, I'm moving away from the weight number, and more towards a focus on healthy eating + living.

 That is part of my future maintenance plan.  Not, of course, before actually maintaining for a long enough period of time for my body to be "tricked."

I'd like eventually be able to just eat well, exercise enough and weigh myself every now and then (once a month or so) just to keep an eye on things.

I think I've decided not to keep an actual "date" weigh-in, but perhaps wait until I'm supposedly 5 pounds (5x3500 calories) down.  I'll be logging that in, and I've already decided that I will be thrilled if I see anything down below a 165 (I think I'm around 170 now, the dr's said 172 after lunch, with shoes and clothes and all)

Yes, I am a slave to my scale...before I put anything into my mouth in the morning, I am on it every day.  I am sensible about it though and don't freak out (too much) if I gain a bit, I know in my head that water retention, and other factors have to do with a lot.  But, it's how I keep myself "in-check" so to speak. 

 

I do get frustrated, mad, etc. because I am working so very hard to lose these last few pounds and the going is slow...I just want this phase of my life over with, so I can get on to other things!  My life-change plan has just hit 3 years and I'm only a short bit away from my weight loss goal, 23 lbs to go, over 200 already gone. 

 

There are some days the scale is my friend, other days I hate it, but we visit every single morning.

i have similar experience. i weig daily, and it helps me to stay on track.

msrobyn, congrats. Perhaps I should just buy a new scale and get it over with.... I have my doubts about this one...

Yes.  I am addicted to the scale.  I have to weigh myself each morning (first morning naked weight) and each night (to see where food, water intake and sodium have put me at the end of the day).  I put the scale on the exact same tile on my bathroom floor each time, too.

I then record my results in a spreadsheet that creates a weight chart.  It then takes my calorie intake and burn rate and analyzes that for me, too.  I have given a similar spreadsheet to my BFF with whom I play our own version of "Biggest Loser" and every Wednesday morning we see who is this week's Biggest Loser.  Luckily, we never vote each other off.  We have immunity!

But, yes, I am a scale addict and proud to be...

i started my dieting back in oct. and so far i have lost 22 pounds!!  when i started i told myself not to get on the scale for 1 month! and i didnt!! then for a couple of months i started weighing once a day. then i hit a wall! wasnt loseing any pounds or gaining any.... so i started weighing everyday.... and now i still do.... stepping to that scale seems to movtivate me more!! i hate seeing such high numbers!! so that makes more determined!

good luck!!