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How to Stay Away from the Scale

joshuakcaron
joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey folks!

I'm a scale junky, I'm obsessed. I've been doing superb on my weight loss journey and so I've been checking the scale almost daily. I've learned a lot from checking the scale so frequently and it's never discouraged me. But I fear the day that I gain weight despite my hardest efforts is coming near and I want to avoid the scale at all costs until my actual weigh in.

I can't get rid of the scale as my gym has one and I usually just use that. So I need ideas on how to avoid it.

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Lol. I don't even know how to answer this question. Don't walk past it? Tell yourself it has cooties? Put pepper sauce on your tongue every time you think of going near it?

    Or maybe just keep weighing yourself and don't freak out since you know that weight loss isn't linear and weight fluctuations are normal.
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    catscats222 wrote: »
    tell your gym about your problem
    maybe they have a handicapped special dressing room you could use

    Wut?
  • crb426
    crb426 Posts: 662 Member
    Ah, I say "so what"? I think weighing yourself daily or even a couple times a day, especially while losing is just another form of motivation. I went through a phase of wanting to weigh myself a lot, and it will probably pass when your weight stops dropping so quickly. There's just nothing fun about seeing the same number each time.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    I weigh myself all the time. It's just data points in my scatterplot. It helps me track the actual trends. No biggie. If you don't like doing it, don't do it. Either find some negative reinforcement or some positive reinforcement to affect your change in behavior... about all that you can do.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    I weigh myself all the time. It's just data points in my scatterplot. It helps me track the actual trends. No biggie. If you don't like doing it, don't do it. Either find some negative reinforcement or some positive reinforcement to affect your change in behavior... about all that you can do.

    Yep, this!
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    I weigh myself all the time. It's just data points in my scatterplot. It helps me track the actual trends. No biggie. If you don't like doing it, don't do it. Either find some negative reinforcement or some positive reinforcement to affect your change in behavior... about all that you can do.

    Thanks, haha, I guess I started feeling guilty about always checking:m. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

    I use the scale the same way, track trends. I pay close attention to the water I drink too. Like today I've had 3L,
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    joshuakcaron wrote: »
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    I weigh myself all the time. It's just data points in my scatterplot. It helps me track the actual trends. No biggie. If you don't like doing it, don't do it. Either find some negative reinforcement or some positive reinforcement to affect your change in behavior... about all that you can do.

    Thanks, haha, I guess I started feeling guilty about always checking:m. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

    I use the scale the same way, track trends. I pay close attention to the water I drink too. Like today I've had 3L,

    Yeah... it's not a problem to weigh yourself as often as you want... unless it effects your mental wellbeing. Like I said... just more data points for your graph.

    When I'm tracking (my goal is not loss) I'm pretty much tracking every thing that goes in my face... including the stupid amounts of water I drink... well over a gallon per day.
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    joshuakcaron wrote: »
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    I weigh myself all the time. It's just data points in my scatterplot. It helps me track the actual trends. No biggie. If you don't like doing it, don't do it. Either find some negative reinforcement or some positive reinforcement to affect your change in behavior... about all that you can do.

    Thanks, haha, I guess I started feeling guilty about always checking:m. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

    I use the scale the same way, track trends. I pay close attention to the water I drink too. Like today I've had 3L,

    Yeah... it's not a problem to weigh yourself as often as you want... unless it effects your mental wellbeing. Like I said... just more data points for your graph.

    When I'm tracking (my goal is not loss) I'm pretty much tracking every thing that goes in my face... including the stupid amounts of water I drink... well over a gallon per day.

    Haha nice! In drinking about a gallon a day :P it's hard but I feel much better.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Nobody needs to drink 3L of water a day!

    Just drink if you're thirsty, and/or if your urine is too yellow.

    Water is not a magic weight loss potion.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    Nobody needs to drink 3L of water a day!

    Just drink if you're thirsty, and/or if your urine is too yellow.

    Water is not a magic weight loss potion.

    No one said that it was... that's a pretty big assumption as to reason why. Also, why would you assume that this amount of water is bad for a person? As stated above, I can easily drink over a gallon a day... and I'm always thirsty. My doctor is well aware of how much water I consume and has no problems with it... so why would three liters be some magical, bad amount? It's not going to negatively impact nutrient uptake and is not enough to cause water intoxication, so please, explain to me what the problem is?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Since the weather has heated up here, I've been drinking over 3L of water everyday. It's usually half that amount in winter.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    Nobody needs to drink 3L of water a day!

    Just drink if you're thirsty, and/or if your urine is too yellow.

    Water is not a magic weight loss potion.

    No one said that it was... that's a pretty big assumption as to reason why. Also, why would you assume that this amount of water is bad for a person? As stated above, I can easily drink over a gallon a day... and I'm always thirsty. My doctor is well aware of how much water I consume and has no problems with it... so why would three liters be some magical, bad amount? It's not going to negatively impact nutrient uptake and is not enough to cause water intoxication, so please, explain to me what the problem is?

    Good questions. I didn't say 3L was a magical bad amount. But 8 glasses a day is a magical good amount.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/upshot/no-you-do-not-have-to-drink-8-glasses-of-water-a-day.html?_r=0

    You may not see what I've seen. So many young women trying to drink loads of water to help lose weight, then complaining of how much they have to pee! :)
  • blkandwhite77
    blkandwhite77 Posts: 281 Member
    edited November 2015
    64oz of water is for the average size person. Bigger people, more active people, those who work outside in high heats etc need more water. I'm 214 lbs so I shoot for at least 100oz of water a day in the winter. I also live 5 miles from hell in the desert so in the summer that number is more like 150oz
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    It's been my understanding that the whole 8 glasses of water a day thing was debunked years ago. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256

    Mayo clinic actually recommends at least 13 cups for men and 9 for women but does firmly state that studies do not agree and individuals vary.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    It's been my understanding that the whole 8 glasses of water a day thing was debunked years ago. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256

    Mayo clinic actually recommends at least 13 cups for men and 9 for women but does firmly state that studies do not agree and individuals vary.

    Indeed, and those amounts include tea, coffee, juice and alcohol.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    It's been my understanding that the whole 8 glasses of water a day thing was debunked years ago. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256

    Mayo clinic actually recommends at least 13 cups for men and 9 for women but does firmly state that studies do not agree and individuals vary.

    Indeed, and those amounts include tea, coffee, juice and alcohol.

    See... I would disagree with that. Water is not caloric and does not count toward calorie goals. Alcohol is highly caloric and should count toward calorie goals and is not "free" as water is.

    I have also seen considerable evidence that alcohol is dehydrating on a level that is not attainable with tea or coffee. I do not know if this is true or not as I have not seen studies on this topic, but I can sure tell you that I'm thirsty as hell the day after I drink.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    It's been my understanding that the whole 8 glasses of water a day thing was debunked years ago. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256

    Mayo clinic actually recommends at least 13 cups for men and 9 for women but does firmly state that studies do not agree and individuals vary.

    Indeed, and those amounts include tea, coffee, juice and alcohol.

    See... I would disagree with that. Water is not caloric and does not count toward calorie goals. Alcohol is highly caloric and should count toward calorie goals and is not "free" as water is.

    But we were talking about hydration. Not calorie intake.
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    I have also seen considerable evidence that alcohol is dehydrating on a level that is not attainable with tea or coffee. I do not know if this is true or not as I have not seen studies on this topic, but I can sure tell you that I'm thirsty as hell the day after I drink.

    Hmm, yes, alcohol does make you pee more later on, but it still hydrates you first. I think. Cheers.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    yeah, no, I'd draw the line at comparing water to alcohol for hydration purposes.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    yeah, no, I'd draw the line at comparing water to alcohol for hydration purposes.

    I was thinking the same thing.. but then again, one of my friends tried to run a 5k with a camelbag full of vodka. I got to see how that went... lol.
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    yeah, no, I'd draw the line at comparing water to alcohol for hydration purposes.

    I was thinking the same thing.. but then again, one of my friends tried to run a 5k with a camelbag full of vodka. I got to see how that went... lol.

    I hate people who say you don't need alcohol to have fun. You don't need running shoes to run but it sure as hell helps.
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,471 Member
    edited November 2015
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    yeah, no, I'd draw the line at comparing water to alcohol for hydration purposes.

    I was thinking the same thing.. but then again, one of my friends tried to run a 5k with a camelbag full of vodka. I got to see how that went... lol.

    We did a local 10K years ago and some guys in one neighborhood were giving out cups of beer instead of water. About 50 yards down the road they had a trash can marked "Puke beer here!"


    As for me, I go ahead and weigh most days now. I got over the numbers moving and it works for me having more data. But really just like the running shoes... you could live with or without a scale. I dropped about half my weight without logging, measuring, or weighing anything including food or myself.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    yeah, no, I'd draw the line at comparing water to alcohol for hydration purposes.

    I was thinking the same thing.. but then again, one of my friends tried to run a 5k with a camelbag full of vodka. I got to see how that went... lol.

    Ahh Fun times :sick: :wink:

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