Who else is an excuse maker that needs rules? A confession

Losingthedamnweight

I feel like such an idiot even admitting this, but I have made a firm rule that I can only check my weight once a week. I'm such an excuse maker, I can't handle seeing my weight. How ridiculous is that? If it's a couple days of dieting and I haven't lost weight, I'll say "well it's not working. I'll eat a really bad junk food meal and start a different approach". Or if I happen to lose a pound, I'll say the same kinda thing. "I'm doing awesome! I lost weight. I can let myself have a bad junk food meal" and I eat and I feel miserable afterwards and it turns into a ridiculous cycle holding me back from being the skinny person i know I could be.

But when I don't know for a week, I can't make excuses. All I say is "follow the rules of my diet" and have faith for 7 days in a row that I'm doing the right thing. I just can't handle seeing weight fluctuations. I feel like some impulsive mental case for even admitting I have so little self control, but it's the truth. I have been so obsessive i have checked my weight 10 times a day. I went the last week not checking it even once and I checked today and I lost 5lbs! I can't believe I didn't realize this sooner

susannamarie

Kudos to you for figuring out what works for you and implementing it!

I have some similar things that I know work for me.