Re: Weighing vs not weighing

[Guest guest]

Carole,

Thanks for your comments. I appreciate your highlighting the " randomness " of

that number on the scale and the importance of it losing " power " !

Part of my final break from dieting involved the recognition of that random

number. I could do " well " on a diet, in desperate hopes of that number

decreasing, only to find it never was what I hoped, and then I would binge my

distress and hopelessness (thereby setting up more " number " fluctuations). In

my mind, how would I ever change the number if doing " well " did not work?

It eventually is part of what led me here and really understanding the totality

of what it means when we all recognize that " diets don't work " .

Thank you again. I really needed to hear that today.

I appreciate this group immensely. I do not post often, but value all that is

shared and read the exchanges as a morning meditation to keep me centered on IE.

Best,

>

> In order to motivate myself to move more, I've done the Wii Fit every morning

> for the past month. There is a body test you can do which gives you your BMI

and

> two short exercises which are used to calculate your Wii Fit age. You can see

> your weight if you click on the weight button. At first I just looked at the

BMI

> since it is just a number to me and I don't have an emotional attachment to

it.

> Of course, if the BMI is up I know I've gained some weight.

>

>

> Lately I've been looking at the weight. I find that the weight seems to

randomly

> go up and down. It really doesn't correspond to my diet and exercise. Of

course,

> the board is not left in place so that is a factor in the fluctuation.

>

> This morning, I was up 1.6 kg which is 3.5 pounds. In order to gain 3.5 pounds

I

> would have to eat an excess of 12,250 calories in one day. Of course that is

> ridiculous. Yesterday I did a lot of walking and ate moderately. It was very

hot

> and I drank a lot of water.

>

>

> I find that the number on the scale is losing it's power.

> Carole

>

[Guest guest]

Carole,

Thanks for your comments. I appreciate your highlighting the " randomness " of

that number on the scale and the importance of it losing " power " !

Part of my final break from dieting involved the recognition of that random

number. I could do " well " on a diet, in desperate hopes of that number

decreasing, only to find it never was what I hoped, and then I would binge my

distress and hopelessness (thereby setting up more " number " fluctuations). In

my mind, how would I ever change the number if doing " well " did not work?

It eventually is part of what led me here and really understanding the totality

of what it means when we all recognize that " diets don't work " .

Thank you again. I really needed to hear that today.

I appreciate this group immensely. I do not post often, but value all that is

shared and read the exchanges as a morning meditation to keep me centered on IE.

Best,

>

> In order to motivate myself to move more, I've done the Wii Fit every morning

> for the past month. There is a body test you can do which gives you your BMI

and

> two short exercises which are used to calculate your Wii Fit age. You can see

> your weight if you click on the weight button. At first I just looked at the

BMI

> since it is just a number to me and I don't have an emotional attachment to

it.

> Of course, if the BMI is up I know I've gained some weight.

>

>

> Lately I've been looking at the weight. I find that the weight seems to

randomly

> go up and down. It really doesn't correspond to my diet and exercise. Of

course,

> the board is not left in place so that is a factor in the fluctuation.

>

> This morning, I was up 1.6 kg which is 3.5 pounds. In order to gain 3.5 pounds

I

> would have to eat an excess of 12,250 calories in one day. Of course that is

> ridiculous. Yesterday I did a lot of walking and ate moderately. It was very

hot

> and I drank a lot of water.

>

>

> I find that the number on the scale is losing it's power.

> Carole

>

[Guest guest]

,

I''m glad that this helped you. Incidentally, this morning my " gain " had

completely disappeared. "

Carole

Re: Weighing vs not weighing

>

> Carole,

> Thanks for your comments. I appreciate your highlighting the " randomness " of

>that number on the scale and the importance of it losing " power " !

>

>

> Part of my final break from dieting involved the recognition of that random

>number. I could do " well " on a diet, in desperate hopes of that number

>decreasing, only to find it never was what I hoped, and then I would binge my

>distress and hopelessness (thereby setting up more " number " fluctuations). In

>my mind, how would I ever change the number if doing " well " did not work?

>

>

> It eventually is part of what led me here and really understanding the

>totality of what it means when we all recognize that " diets don't work " .

>

> Thank you again. I really needed to hear that today.

>

> I appreciate this group immensely. I do not post often, but value all that

is

>shared and read the exchanges as a morning meditation to keep me centered on

>IE.

>

> Best,

>

>

>

> >

> > In order to motivate myself to move more, I've done the Wii Fit every

>morning

>

> > for the past month. There is a body test you can do which gives you your

BMI

>and

>

> > two short exercises which are used to calculate your Wii Fit age. You can

>see

>

> > your weight if you click on the weight button. At first I just looked at

the

>BMI

>

> > since it is just a number to me and I don't have an emotional attachment to

>it.

>

> > Of course, if the BMI is up I know I've gained some weight.

> >

> >

> > Lately I've been looking at the weight. I find that the weight seems to

>randomly

>

> > go up and down. It really doesn't correspond to my diet and exercise. Of

>course,

>

> > the board is not left in place so that is a factor in the fluctuation.

> >

> > This morning, I was up 1.6 kg which is 3.5 pounds. In order to gain 3.5

>pounds I

>

> > would have to eat an excess of 12,250 calories in one day. Of course that

is

>

> > ridiculous. Yesterday I did a lot of walking and ate moderately. It was

very

>hot

>

> > and I drank a lot of water.

> >

> >

> > I find that the number on the scale is losing it's power.

> > Carole

> >

>

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Carole....it was another perfect confirmation...that the scale should be

banished! LOL!

Thanks again and take care,

> > >

> > > In order to motivate myself to move more, I've done the Wii Fit every

> >morning

> >

> > > for the past month. There is a body test you can do which gives you your

BMI

> >and

> >

> > > two short exercises which are used to calculate your Wii Fit age. You can

> >see

> >

> > > your weight if you click on the weight button. At first I just looked at

the

> >BMI

> >

> > > since it is just a number to me and I don't have an emotional attachment

to

> >it.

> >

> > > Of course, if the BMI is up I know I've gained some weight.

> > >

> > >

> > > Lately I've been looking at the weight. I find that the weight seems to

> >randomly

> >

> > > go up and down. It really doesn't correspond to my diet and exercise. Of

> >course,

> >

> > > the board is not left in place so that is a factor in the fluctuation.

> > >

> > > This morning, I was up 1.6 kg which is 3.5 pounds. In order to gain 3.5

> >pounds I

> >

> > > would have to eat an excess of 12,250 calories in one day. Of course that

is

> >

> > > ridiculous. Yesterday I did a lot of walking and ate moderately. It was

very

> >hot

> >

> > > and I drank a lot of water.

> > >

> > >

> > > I find that the number on the scale is losing it's power.

> > > Carole

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > Yahoo! Groups Links

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Carole....it was another perfect confirmation...that the scale should be

banished! LOL!

Thanks again and take care,

> > >

> > > In order to motivate myself to move more, I've done the Wii Fit every

> >morning

> >

> > > for the past month. There is a body test you can do which gives you your

BMI

> >and

> >

> > > two short exercises which are used to calculate your Wii Fit age. You can

> >see

> >

> > > your weight if you click on the weight button. At first I just looked at

the

> >BMI

> >

> > > since it is just a number to me and I don't have an emotional attachment

to

> >it.

> >

> > > Of course, if the BMI is up I know I've gained some weight.

> > >

> > >

> > > Lately I've been looking at the weight. I find that the weight seems to

> >randomly

> >

> > > go up and down. It really doesn't correspond to my diet and exercise. Of

> >course,

> >

> > > the board is not left in place so that is a factor in the fluctuation.

> > >

> > > This morning, I was up 1.6 kg which is 3.5 pounds. In order to gain 3.5

> >pounds I

> >

> > > would have to eat an excess of 12,250 calories in one day. Of course that

is

> >

> > > ridiculous. Yesterday I did a lot of walking and ate moderately. It was

very

> >hot

> >

> > > and I drank a lot of water.

> > >

> > >

> > > I find that the number on the scale is losing it's power.

> > > Carole

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > Yahoo! Groups Links

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I weigh 2x/week and write it down, but am learning to look at it as a trend

rather than a determiner of my daily mood. I also write down daily: exercise,

sleep, digestion, night sweats/hot flashes, how's my bad neck, etc, because my

health is the holistic sum of many factors.

I do feel powerful when I look back at these notes. I don't judge my

last-week-self as harshly as my right-now-self, you know?

I also keep a journal, which a wise lady told me should be " like sitting down

for a coffee with a beloved friend. " When I stop writing, my eating gets more

frazzled. (I looked at old notes to see that pattern.)

Best

Foggy in California

> > >

> > > In order to motivate myself to move more, I've done the Wii Fit every

> >morning

> >

> > > for the past month. There is a body test you can do which gives you your

BMI

> >and

> >

> > > two short exercises which are used to calculate your Wii Fit age. You can

> >see

> >

> > > your weight if you click on the weight button. At first I just looked at

the

> >BMI

> >

> > > since it is just a number to me and I don't have an emotional attachment

to

> >it.

> >

> > > Of course, if the BMI is up I know I've gained some weight.

> > >

> > >

> > > Lately I've been looking at the weight. I find that the weight seems to

> >randomly

> >

> > > go up and down. It really doesn't correspond to my diet and exercise. Of

> >course,

> >

> > > the board is not left in place so that is a factor in the fluctuation.

> > >

> > > This morning, I was up 1.6 kg which is 3.5 pounds. In order to gain 3.5

> >pounds I

> >

> > > would have to eat an excess of 12,250 calories in one day. Of course that

is

> >

> > > ridiculous. Yesterday I did a lot of walking and ate moderately. It was

very

> >hot

> >

> > > and I drank a lot of water.

> > >

> > >

> > > I find that the number on the scale is losing it's power.

> > > Carole

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > Yahoo! Groups Links

> >

> >

> >

> >

>