Re: Re: scales and weight maintenance

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This is so true. I worked with an adorable ( & wonderful) boss who was 5'10 " ,

25, eyelashes to here, dimples, perfect hair & about 125, naturally. She

moaned about 5# (which mighta brought her closer to a normal wt) and I

wanted to slap her. Good thing she was so loveable, because that was the day

that I realized no matter WHAT your wt, if it out of control in any way, it

makes them as crazy as ours does us. It's not deadly, like ours is, but it

IS a crazy -maker. I was a huge roly poly 135 # myself at the time, and

that with eating only 5 solid meals per week, either salad or steamed broc.

But I sure loved my milk!

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Re: scales and weight maintenance

> Faye, I'm totally in agreement. I'm a daily weigher and I consider

> it essential, whether its good news or bad. I allow myself a 2 pound

> window and if my scale goes above that (after I kick it), I know that

> I have to adjust the diet (read:snacking!) and up the exercise to get

> rid of the 2 or 3 while it is just 2 or 3. I'm a long, long time

> veteran (pre-op days) of ignoring the scale and fooling myself into

> thinking its not too bad, then all of a sudden its out of control and

> instead of having 10 to lose its 30 or 40 or more..

>

> My husband, who has always been normal weighted watches the scale

> like a hawk too. He also wears very fitted clothes. He often knows

> by how his clothes fit before the scale tells him that he has to cut

> out desert for a few days or have 1 less beer. It IS easier to diet

> away 2 or 3 pounds instead of 30 or 40...duh, why couldn't I have

> figured this out years and years ago??

>

> Being curious I have tried to " study " thin or normal weighted people

> to see how they maintain their weights. I know we are not like

> normal people and have a disease called obesity, but we can learn

> from them and apply the same principles or lessons. What I have

> found is that like my husband, they know by the fit of their clothes,

> or keeping an eye on the scale to adjust their food intake, they work

> out regularly, and they make good food choices most of the time,

> reaching for the salad and fruit at a buffet bar instead of the carbs

> and desserts first. And they take care of any weight gain while it is

> just a few pounds and not more.

>

> I used to work with this tiny size 4 (possibly a 2) person, who would

> moan and groan that she had gained a few pounds on a Monday morning

> from her weekend eating. This looking me (size 18 or higher)

> straight in the face. When asked where she gained it

> (sarcastically), she would point to her flat tummy and said, " ooooh,

> there " . My point besides that she was obnoxious, is that very thin

> people do " know " when they gain weight as they feel uncomfortable

> when they gain and better when they lose.

>

> Another friend I ran into this weekend after telling me how good I

> looked (hadn't seen her in a few sizes-LOL) told me that she had lost

> 10 pounds (she was always normal weighted) and how good she felt

> being thinner. That she really noticed a difference in energy and

> overall feeling better.

>

> Cindy in VA

> lap RNY 2/8/02

>

>

>

>

> > In a message dated 10/12/2003 8:55:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> > DisDog@a... writes:

> > I see the value in not being tied into a number and in

> > relying instead on good eating and exercise habits, and being able

> to

> > maintain

> > my weight " naturally " (does this exist?)

> > ==============================================

> >

> > It is too easy to lie to myself about what I am eating. The only

> way to know

> > the truth is with the scale.

> >

> >

> > Fay Bayuk

> > **300/166

> > 10/23/01

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> > http://obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=Bayuk951061008

> >

> >

> > Coping with the emotional aspects of craving food, one day at a

> time.

> >

> >

> >