Re: weighing in on weighing

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MJ, I like your idea about weighing only once a month. I too can become

obsessive about it, weighing every single morning (and it was making me crazy!)

.... and have recently decided to cut down to once a month as well. I like the

idea of weighing in once per month on the same day as your birthday. I hadn't

thought of that. Great idea!

I was thinking of weighing myself on the day after my cycle is over, to keep it

consistent that way, since my weight fluctuates like crazy during that time.

I hated the obsessive thing ... A few weeks ago, while I was in the " I have to

weigh myself every day " phase, the scale numbers went up for some reason, and it

triggered an eating binge for me. Afterwards I was so surprised at my behavior!

Looking back on it I was thinking to myself " Why do all this work when there's

no reward? " ...

But I know there are more rewards than just the numbers of the scale. Thanks

for this post and the input!

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> Hi

> I just read Josie's blog entry on weighing & I am working on NOT weighing, as

well. I used to be a compulsive weigher. Sometimes I used to try on different

outfits before my TOPS meeting to see which one I was lighter in (I know, sounds

so CRAZY). I finally THREW out my scale after reading WFG & for now I am only

weighing in once a month (on the same day as my birthday so I will always

remember not to " cheat " & do it before). My day is the 11th, & I haven't even

been tempted since I made the decision to do it that way. My goal is to go

completely FREE of weight so that I won't have a clue how much I weigh but for

m=now once a month is good. I always have to take " baby steps " if I want

something to stick. ;)

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> Thanks for being here it helps to have company & support

> mj

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hi ,

If I were still having a cycle, I would weigh after it too. I'm 56 so I'm done

with that. LOL. I love weighing in on my wii first thing in the morning on the

11th. the wii keeps track of my weight, my bmi & shows me a nice graph of my

journey since I first started using the program. It makes it easy to see that

losing weight is a process because it is a visual reminder to me that even

though I have gone from 175 to 137 since last July it wasn't a straight downward

line, it has it's ups and downs but the general trend was always down. Before I

actually visually saw this, I used to freak out every time that number was

higher, NOW I figure, hmmmmm guess it might be water retention or something like

that & I just let it go & get back to listening to my body again. I just LOVE

this way of being kind to myself.

On another note. I QUIT my OA group yesterday for good. I just couldn't do it

anymore. I understand that it is a wonderful vehicle for people who are

seriously addicted to food. A great way to get started (as it was for me) but

ultimately once I saw how well this IE was working & how easy it was to

practice, I had to let the OA go & focus all of my attention on listening to my

body & responding to that. Things (emotions) have been coming up for me quite a

bit lately BUT because I am not OVERSTUFFED & NUMB by all that food (my drug of

choice) I have been able to deal with ALL of it. Food used to put me in a real

" stupor " & it wasn't until I came out of it that I recognize how great life is

without all that numbing. Geneen is right, OVEREATING is the doorway to this

fascinating inner life that I have been denying myself all these years.

thank you for reading

mj

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> > Hi

> > I just read Josie's blog entry on weighing & I am working on NOT weighing,

as well. I used to be a compulsive weigher. Sometimes I used to try on different

outfits before my TOPS meeting to see which one I was lighter in (I know, sounds

so CRAZY). I finally THREW out my scale after reading WFG & for now I am only

weighing in once a month (on the same day as my birthday so I will always

remember not to " cheat " & do it before). My day is the 11th, & I haven't even

been tempted since I made the decision to do it that way. My goal is to go

completely FREE of weight so that I won't have a clue how much I weigh but for

m=now once a month is good. I always have to take " baby steps " if I want

something to stick. ;)

> >

> > Thanks for being here it helps to have company & support

> > mj

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