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RedSassyPants
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This time around I am not weighing myself. I akways get scale obsessed and I just can't do it again. I have a size goal this time... as in my goal is to fit into a size ---- comfortably. I have to drop 5 sizes. I am officially down 1.
Feeling great!
Feeling great!
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Nice!
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I'm just the opposite. My goal for this year was/is to weigh every morning. I did that in previous years and it seemed to keep me on track. The difference is that I am not going to stress out when I see a gain on the scale. I know...easier said than done, huh? LOL
But as I posted sometime last week, I also have a pair of jeans that I am determined to be able to zip and button and still be able to breathe! They fit fine two years ago
Congrats on dropping a size!2 -
I am a daily weigher. That seems to work best for me. I have no idea what size I'm aiming for. I just know it will be a heck of a lot smaller than a 56 inch waist... lol2
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Interesting. Don't recall ever seeing this done quite like this on GOAD. Keep us posted.1
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Wow, so you have moved Beyond The Scale.
Congratulations on your success and creativity. Well done. I just started daily weighing last week0 -
@RedSassyPants....WTG! losing a size. I'm a daily weigher and going to keep this going. It really keeps me humble a lot of days.0
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Sassy,
That seems like a lot but I'm a guy and don't know much about ladies clothes/sizes. Sounds like lots of new clothes are in your future as you work your way down. Good luck!
At my biggest I was 3X or even 4X! My son sent me a real nice 5X golf shirt once. I told him I was ONLY a 3X!
Last summer I bought one size Large shirt, it was a snug so my goals include fitting into it comfortably this summer.
My pant waist size has gone from 50+ to current 40. I swore off sweat pants! To get to 38 I have to destroy my spare tire of belly fat, a difficult opponent.1 -
Wow Sassy! That is some serious discipline. I thought I was doing great when I dealt with scale obsession by only weighing once a week. I can't imagine only being concretely affirmed when I fit in a smaller size. I really admire your perseverance. Congrats on your smaller pants! ... And this is from a daily weigher who is considering daily weighing on my upcoming cruise0
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I have an obsessive personality
I can't allow myself to weigh myself daily
Because it would turn into multiple times a day. I can't own a scale
I have my boss and trainer helping me
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linmueller wrote: »And this is from a daily weigher who is considering daily weighing on my upcoming cruise
I took a scale with me on a cruise once
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linmueller wrote: »\And this is from a daily weigher who is considering daily weighing on my upcoming cruise
I bought a travel scale and have taken it with me on extended trips. It is small enough that it can go in my luggage for an airplane trip. I don't bother for a trip where I'm only gone a night, but longer trips, the scale goes with.
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Good for you to find a way to make this work for you. Humans aren't cookie cutter shaped.0
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Yeah maybe sad but a daily weigher here too who looks at average weights for at least 4-6 days to see the trends. I always believe in doing what works for oneself for sure.
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That's fantastic! I also stay away from the scale except to check in a few times a year. It's helped leaps and bounds with my mental health0
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weighing myself is an ocd subject for me. I weigh myself every morning when I wake up and every evening before bed. It has not made me either a better or worse person, and it does work for me without hurting any one else so what the h#ll. (PS I weigh myself while naked any one else do that?)0
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That is fantastic, @RedSassyPants ! I like your approach! I think fitting into certain size clothes is a great way to keep tabs on the trend of your loss, especially since you know your personality enough to know you're scale-obcessed.
I realized my first week on WW that weighing every day was not for me (when I thought I had lost close to 10 pounds according to the home scale, only to find I had gained 4 when I weighed in at WW). That I week I decided I would only weigh in at meetings while I was in losing mode. I learned from GOAD to focus on the behavior around food. I knew the scale would eventually follow if I made mindful choices consistent with my goal.
Good job on your part. I am absolutely convinced weight loss is more mental than physical. Seems like you've found a great strategy to tackle the mental aspect while reaching your weight loss objective. Awesome; keep at it!1 -
@cakeman21k - yes, I always weigh first thing in the morning while only in my "birthday suit". That is the only weight that I truly consider valid and is the one that goes into my Happy Scale app.0
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And, in the words of a doctor of "yesteryear" " after a complete evacuation".1
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Whatever works. I find that I can too easily convince myself that something 'fits' or go shopping at stores that do more vanity sizing.
But, if you trust the process (and follow it) you'll get where you want to be. With or without a scale.0 -
beachwoman2006 wrote: »linmueller wrote: »And this is from a daily weigher who is considering daily weighing on my upcoming cruise
I took a scale with me on a cruise once
And I plan to find one at the gym this trip. Determined, for once, to NOT gain 1# for every day of vacation!0 -
cakeman21k wrote: »weighing myself is an ocd subject for me. I weigh myself every morning when I wake up and every evening before bed. It has not made me either a better or worse person, and it does work for me without hurting any one else so what the h#ll. (PS I weigh myself while naked any one else do that?)
I weigh first thing in the a.m., naked for sure!!!, then often hop on again after a shower, 'just to see'.
The difference from early WW days is it doesn't drive me crazy now. Instead it keeps me mindful and makes me happy (I like seeing that I'm on track, even with some expected fluctuations). I can too easily be swayed to stick my head in the sand. Unfortunately, while it's there, my butt grows!0 -
minimyzeme wrote: »
I realized my first week on WW that weighing every day was not for me (when I thought I had lost close to 10 pounds according to the home scale, only to find I had gained 4 when I weighed in at WW).
Wow Kim @minimyzeme ! It's amazing that you stuck with WW! A 14# discrepancy would have put me in a tail spin! That really says a lot for you, and explains your direct path to goal. I'm amazed! Ya, just WOW!0 -
Simple. I fired my craaaapy home scale which wasn't working and bought the same pro scale our meetings use (on sale). We always agree now.0
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I never weigh naked...at my WW meeting,
But I always take off my pants! I wear my lucky summer shorts.
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I weigh myself at home and at the doctors office fully clothed with 2 sets of keys, 3 or 4 bucks worth of change in my pocket, a stuffed wallet, shoes on, and big cellphone in my pocket. I use that as my official weight... YMMV!!!1
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linmueller wrote: »Wow Kim @minimyzeme ! It's amazing that you stuck with WW! A 14# discrepancy would have put me in a tail spin! That really says a lot for you, and explains your direct path to goal. I'm amazed! Ya, just WOW!
Not to hijack this thread, but @linmueller , it was actually a really great lesson for me in a very condensed timeframe. When I joined WW, I was very motivated. Truthfully, that first WI was really tough, for the reasons you noted. In the course of a couple hours, I went from thinking I had to buy the super-bestest scale to reconciling that I didn't need one.
Really, the change in perspective had come from reflecting on the many archived GOAD posts I had read. I counted on the belief that I had to do something (or many things) different with my eating behavior and THAT would change the number on the scale. So I just made my mind up to focus on that instead of the scale. That decision was reinforced weekly when I saw people live and die by the scale number. I guess it worked for them but that approach did not and would not have worked for me.
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