Guest guest Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 Now that I am at goal, I weigh myself every morning. Like , I do it to monitor my weight. I am looking for a trend, rather than judging myself on whether I am being successful or heading for disaster. I have a 4 lb window either way that I look for (4 lbs, not 5 lbs - who know why? Four is an even number). I only worry when I stay up for more than a few days. At that point it's easy to adjust. When I was still losing I weighed several times a day. It drove me a little crazy, but it also helped me to realized that weight can fluctuate greatly on a daily basis. I NEVER weigh myself in the evening, because I know I will weigh at least 2 lbs more than in the morning and that drives me crazy. Alright, so I'm not perfect. Barbara Jean Re: scale > I weigh myself every morning, too. But, I do it to red flag myself > if it's on the high end of my 5 pound fluctuation for more than 2 > days. That happened a couple of months ago, and we started that > first protein fast, just to get back on track. It worked for me, but > I know it could sneak its way up again at any time. I have to > monitor myself this way or I would just get out of hand. I don't see > the scale as an addiction, but as a necessity, but that's just me. > > in NJ > ************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 I weigh myself once a week; usually on Mondays. I've been on a basically vegan diet, eating only nuts, protein drinks, tofu, seitan, tempeh, soymilk etc... and getting an hour of exercise 5 days a week, and drinking about 2-3 liters of water per day and being very diligent about my supplements (2 chewable multis /day one in the morning, one in the evening, 2 Niferex iron caps one in the morning one in the after noon, and 1200 mg.calcium citrate 2 in the early morning and one before bed. I also take B-12 sublingual liquid every other day. This has been going on for 2 weeks solid, and as of last week, I hadn't lost any. So, this morning I couldn't wait until Monday, so I weighed myself, confident that I should weigh AT LEAST a couple of pounds less, and maybe even get back under 200 (I weighed 204 before this morning) and WHAT DO YOU THINK I SAW???? 206!!!! I had actually GAINED 2 lbs. Don't give me that business about muscle weighing more than fat; I've been lifting weights for YEARS, and I know the pattern...WHATS A GAL TO DO???? I guess I will just keep plugging along. Oh yeah, and the pants fit just a little bit better, but some days I swear they are getting tighter!! Deanna > , > > I am afraid that I am JUST LIKE YOU in how I permit the scale to > affect my disposition. All of a sudden, quite magically, I seemed to > lose about four pounds, and I felt great! My thoughts turned to > losing 30 more, to get to goal. But then a week or so later, six > pounds were just as suddenly regained, and my lifestyle had not > changed [and I am way past menopause]. So, no I am down on myself > once again and struggling to make the scale go down. And, my morning > weigh-in is just like Beth's: post-poop, totally nekid and never > after eating. And then I take my blood pressure and enter all this > data into a program that automagically graphs it all. > > --Steve > > > At 6:20 PM +0000 7/24/03, Hyde wrote: > >My problem is that I'm addicted to the scales. How good my > >day is depends on what the scale says. I try to keep my weight > >between 180 and 185. If my weight is 180, all is well, the birds are > >singing, and life is good. If my weight is 185, I'm angry and > >depressed and convinced I need to go another diet. I obsess about > >food and weight. Are there others that " worship the scales " every > >morning? > > At 2:40 PM -0400 7/24/03, BethVBG@... wrote: > >...I weigh every morning under the same circumstances (after potty, > >before eating or > >drinking, and totally naked). I stand on the scale, look at the > >number, get off > >and then step back on one more time for confirmation. If the number is the > >same each time, I'm done. I NEVER get on the scale after I've had anything to > >eat. > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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