Does anyone else secretly weigh their food?

alida1walsh

I use a scale to weigh my food portions but do it in secret because I don't want the rest of my skinny family to know I'm on a diet.

I'm trying to lose a few kilos on doctor's advice but family doesn't agree I need to.

malibu927

Nope. My parents know I do it, and they'll leave packaging out so I can see how much I need to weigh out.

81Katz

No, DH knows about me being on MFP and weighing my food. I do put the scale away when other people come over.

Liftng4Lis

Nope. Even my daughter writes down weights and measurements when she cooks me something.

crazyjerseygirl

Hehe, no, but then my family is supportive. I know the feeling of having to hide things from disapproving family members.

ar9179

Keeping secrets takes too much effort, so I avoid it. I'm keeping track of enough!

pollypocket1021

Nope. Secretive behaviors and disordered eating go hand in hand. I am 100% out of the closet.

spilledmilk

Nope- I keep it on the kitchen counter. It does drive my fiancee crazy though when she's cooking and I'm like wait! I need to weigh that first! haha

squishprincess

at first i kept it a secret or would not weigh stuff if people were in the room because of food anxiety but that was related to my disordered eating habits and i worried about people judging me/what i ate. but now i do it and nobody says anything. it's so much easier to cook & do recipes being able to measure out exact portions and not messy up so many measuring cups.

LoraF83

My scale sits on my kitchen counter. I weight out my portions and ingredients. No shame in it.

drs64

I not only openly weigh everything, at the table, every meal, but have been successful to the point that I now have 3 other family members doing it as well. They haven't quite joined me at weighing food out at restaurants, but that's their loss. It's my body, my "diet", my success story. Screw the judgement of anyone else, especially strangers.

segacs

I live alone and mostly only weigh food at home. But it's not like it's some state secret or anything. It's right there out on the counter. And if I lived with other people, I'd do exactly the same thing.

ana3067

LoraF83 wrote: »

My scale sits on my kitchen counter. I weight out my portions and ingredients. No shame in it.

Yep, although I do still feel awkward actually weighing food when my parents are around in the kitchen.

callsitlikeiseeit

why would i hide it?

i do it and my teenage girls make fun of me.

whatever. im a grown *kitten* woman. i dont need approval from them LOL

CooCooPuff

I'll get little comments like "You're weighing your cookies?" and sarcastic "How much can you eat?". As long as they aren't asking for some of my food, they can say whatever they want.

hsmith0930

Nope, my husband and I both weigh our food. Though I always want to punch him when he changes to ounces from grams... I feel like that is a different problem.

girlviernes

I have that same urge to hide it. I'm a little bit weird about talking about my weight and weight loss at any rate. As though somehow not talking about it means that people don't see that I am fat or that I've lost a ton of weight. When I actually think about it, weighing is something to be proud of because it means we are taking our health seriously, going about changes intelligently and with dedication.

dwarfiegodsmack

I weigh everything I eat. I work but my hubby is retired. for supper he weighs out everything for me and will leave cans/packages on the counter for new foods not already in my diary and ask me how much I want weighed out

chrisdavey

Nope. Everyone who knows me, knows that I'm very accurate with my food intake. And that goes for cutting or bulking phases so just because you are weighing food doesn't necessarily mean you are trying to lose weight.

970Mikaela1

chrisdavey wrote: »

Nope. Everyone who knows me, knows that I'm very accurate with my food intake. And that goes for cutting or bulking phases so just because you are weighing food doesn't necessarily mean you are trying to lose weight.

Everybody I know has quit hassling me long ago.
I think they like me better bulking though.

lalepepper

I don't weigh my food at work (I prelog if having anything, and it can be a bit tiring fielding comments on loss/habits), and am open about weighing everything at home and at my parents' place. My dad lost a good amount of weight measuring for accuracy, so it's nice to have a scale there when we visit.

alida1walsh

I've never been on a diet before though have always been health conscious (keeping fit, eating healthy food and eating other food in moderation).

Unfortunately, my family don't support me on this quest and make fun of me when I decline treat food (though not always). No way could I reveal the scale to them.

My GP has warned me that although I have a healthy BMI I still need to get my waist measurement down below 80cm otherwise I'll be at risk of certain chronic diseases. I am making some progress weight-wise but nothing lost yet around the waist. Guess it's a post babies/caesarean issue so harder to get rid of.

From the comments above, it sounds as if I should come clean about the scale and just put up with the ridicule.

SherryTeach

I weigh everything right out in the open. I even took my scale on a recent getaway to a cabin in the woods. No one cares.

Lounmoun

I don't hide stuff from my family. Weighing food is such a non-event it wouldn't even occur to me to hide it.

crys_todd

I weigh discreetly in my house. I try not to let my almost 4 year old daughter see me doing it because I want her relationship with food to be much more healthy and intuitive than mine ever was.

That and my husband thinks it's bananas and pokes fun. He's fond of saying that Walter White was less precise with his wares than I am with my almonds.

Ninkyou

Nope. My scale sits out on the counter in plain view.

My mother (who moved into my house over the summer) thinks it's obsessive. I told her there isn't anything wrong with it and I suck at estimating serving sizes up until I got it. Obviously I had no concept of a serving size or I wouldn't have ended up obese.

rianoel

Out in the open. I use it on all recipes and for non recipe stuff (like a side of peas or rice) it sits next to my plate at the table.

OP, don't put up with the ridicule. Call them out on it. You can say "Your comments are unwelcome. Commenting on someone else's weight is rude." Or, if you're the cook and treat buyer. "You're welcome to eat dinner at another time if you have nothing nice to say." "Since having treats is perpetrating nasty passive agressive behavior, we will no longer have them in this house."

If it's your spouse, talk in private. Be honest about your need and desire for support. A loving spouse will be willing to listen to your point of view and change their behavior.

No one gets a free pass to treat someone else with disrespect, especially in your own home. If it happens at some other family member's home, call them on it and leave.

If you NEED to give them an excuse you can say, "I'm following my doctor's advice. If you have nothing nice to say/desire to support me/care for my health (whatever), then please keep it to yourself."

krissyreminisce

I live alone and my scale sits out on my counter. Though when my mom found out I was weighing my food she immediately gave me a talk about anorexia.

IAmTheGlue

crys_todd wrote: »

I weigh discreetly in my house. I try not to let my almost 4 year old daughter see me doing it because I want her relationship with food to be much more healthy and intuitive than mine ever was.

That and my husband thinks it's bananas and pokes fun. He's fond of saying that Walter White was less precise with his wares than I am with my almonds.

I'm getting my digital scale on Friday. My husband is on board and will absolutely support anything I do. I would never hide it from him.

I have 4 kids and I am very afraid to do anything that might change their relationship with food, too. I grew up with an eating disorder that was brought on by my mom's extreme body hatred and disordered eating. I will do my measuring away from my daughter. I never, ever body shame or say anything negative about weight because I know how it can be when your mother is crazy.

I'm down 32 pounds and I've never mentioned the word diet or even weight loss. When they notice, I'll explain that I'm making better choices.

I'm sorry that your husband is being a jerk.

alida1walsh

crys_todd wrote: »

I weigh discreetly in my house. I try not to let my almost 4 year old daughter see me doing it because I want her relationship with food to be much more healthy and intuitive than mine ever was.

That and my husband thinks it's bananas and pokes fun. He's fond of saying that Walter White was less precise with his wares than I am with my almonds.

Ditto with my 3 children. My girls are 6 and 9 and need encouragement to eat more as they're skinnier than most other children (10th percentile) and extremely active. Food is more of a chore for them than it is to me .

CooCooPuff

I wish I could leave my scale on the counter but it ends up getting wet every time I do.