Re: I have a confession. :P

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You can do it bonnie. keep it up

NH... Mom to Abby Liz 10/94 Anne 7/99

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> I have been trying really hard to only get on the scale once or twice

> a week. It's silly to weigh in more than that and I *know* that.

So do I, but it doesn't stop me from getting on at least every other day.

With the scale stored under the bed so I have to take it out of the room

into the kitchen to weigh myself because of the carpet, I *don't* weigh in

on weekends when Ed sleeps late, but there's nothing stopping me most other

mornings.

> And I can't remember which day it was (yesterday or the day before),

> but I stepped on the scale out of habit and it showed a two pound

> gain.

I *try* not to weigh on Thursdays, either, because Wednesday night we have

spaghetti before leaving to pick Henry up at college after his night class,

and since nobody carries the salt-free brand any more, I *know* the scale is

going to show a gain of at least 2-3 pounds, sometimes 5 if I eat Italian

bread and use the vegan margarine on it.

> Well, last night I was up at least 3 times

One thing I *never* do is weigh after about noon. By then I've had at least

breakfast, a cup or 2 (or more) of coffee or tea, a snack, and sometimes

lunch. I *know* if I weigh at night it's going to be anywhere from 5 to 10

pounds more than that same morning, depending on how much I ate & drank and

whether it was a water-pill day or not.

>I'm getting closer to the 270's! Woo hoo!

Congrats! When I weighed this mroning I *did* break 280 and was back to 278

again, but I've hit that number a few times the past 6 months and it always

goes back up. When it stays below 280 for more than 2 weeks, then I'll know

it's staying off this time. I'm determined to see 250 again before this year

is out.

> But in the grand

> scheme of things, I am averaging between 9-10 pounds/month.

Much better than yo-yoing the same 10 pounds each month like I seem to be

doing.

> I know that exercising 5+ days a week is helping

> a LOT with my loss.

I *really* gotta get back on the exercise band-wagon. I just get so busy,

and the times I *can* exercise are so limited in this apartment, that just I

run out of time. At least spring *is* coming some time soon, so I can get

out of the house and do my daily walking instead of making sure my neighbor

is awake first.

>(and my new goal is to stay off the d* & % scale!)

Good luck!

Sue in NJ

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I'd hide that scale... out of sight, out of mind. Let your clothes and how you feel tell you how you are doing for awhile. I go in spurts. Weigh once a month, twice a month, once a week, etc and when I start getting on it more often than weekly, it goes in the closet for a while again...

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LOL I have been peeking on my scale too. I am SOOO not happy with the numbers. They need to go DOWN not UP!! I just gotta get my butt in gear.

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I step on the scale most mornings - drives my cuz crazy because I email him most days with the results LOL (we're in competing at the moment). I didn't let the numbers sway me either way too much - just a quick gauge of how I need to plan my day - since I've slacked off - I don't behave as much.brgk44 <brgk44@...> wrote: I have been trying really hard to only get on the scale once or twice a week. It's silly to weigh in more than that and I *know* that. And I can't remember which day it was (yesterday or the day before),but I stepped on the scale out of habit and it showed a two poundgain. It bothered me a little because I had stepped on it Sunday (which I should not have done!), I think it was, and it had showed me down...and I was so excited about that! Anyway, I was disappointed,so I had that little

chat with myself about how I've been following my plan, so it'll come off eventually and blah blah blah. Went on with life. Well, last night I was up at least 3 times due to drinking toomuch water apparently, so I decided to weigh this morning and...I'm getting closer to the 270's! Woo hoo! I must have been releasing tons of water last night. I'm at 281. 57 pounds gone! Just 3 morepounds until I see my next mini-goal. Some days this seems to be going so quickly and others it feels tediously slow. But in the grand scheme of things, I am averaging between 9-10 pounds/month. I thinkthat's a good rate. I know that exercising 5+ days a week is helping a LOT with my loss. Well, time to get the boys ready for the day. Happy Wednesday, everyone! (and my new goal is to stay off the d* & % scale!) Bonnie338/281/278 (mini goal)Live, Love, Laugh

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Now that's an excellent idea--thanks!!!

-Bonnie

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> I'd hide that scale... out of sight, out of mind. Let your clothes

and how

> you feel tell you how you are doing for awhile. I go in spurts.

Weigh once

> a month, twice a month, once a week, etc and when I start getting

on it more

> often than weekly, it goes in the closet for a while again...

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