What the flip up with my SCALE!!
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tinaalisa15 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »tinaalisa15 wrote: »And to make matters worse we are having a valentine day party on Wednesday and there will be so much sweets and foods. I HATE TEACHING KIDS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I also tossed my scale in the trash. it's incompetent
You don't have to eat the food.
Your scale is pretty accurate if you ask me. You just need to understand how it works.
My Scale is against me! It's the enemy
Are you sure it's the scale? I would have said it sounds more like your body is against you. Or your mind.4 -
tinaalisa15 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »tinaalisa15 wrote: »And to make matters worse we are having a valentine day party on Wednesday and there will be so much sweets and foods. I HATE TEACHING KIDS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I also tossed my scale in the trash. it's incompetent
You don't have to eat the food.
Your scale is pretty accurate if you ask me. You just need to understand how it works.
My Scale is against me! It's the enemy
Why blame the scale for something your body does natural to help it function?4 -
A cheat meal=probably excess carbs and sodium=water weight gain
As we've all been saying, it's NOT the scale. It's the unrealistic expectations and impatience you're displaying.2 -
Here, I'm not trying to lose too much weight right now, but the DOTS are my actual weigh-in, and the trend line is just that - a trend that the app creates over time. This is how much my weight fluctuates, and I'm much smaller to begin with, which means your flucuations could very well be quite normal if you're actually sticking to, and being accurate with your diet.
Mostly feel like OP here is here to complain, but hey, sometimes a visual helps so I'll help in that department.4 -
I applaud the patience some of you are having here because, reallly...
@tinaalisa15 ... if you are on this journey to lose weight for the rest of your life, you are going to have to listen and take the advice that has been given. I have a "cheat day" every Sunday and I know the scale will go up for a couple days but by the end of the week I lose because I'm on track the rest of the week. If you don't take the time to listen and understand how your body works, you will never win this battle. This has to be a lifestyle change, not a diet. You cannot let the scale rule your life. I am assuming you have at least 125 pounds to lose from the weight you have said you are right now. You're going to have to decide how much you want it. No one here can convince you to listen, YOU have to decide to do it. It's clearly falling on deaf ears right now. When, and only when you decide to do this and to have the patience to do so, will you ever succeed. I wish you the best and hope at some point along the way something that someone has said will sink in. You are young and have a lot of years that you are going to have to deal with this. If you can get it under control now while you're still young, it will be much better than if you don't. Do you want to be doing this again and again for another 40-50 years? Probably not. It will have been a lot of time to be unhappy and unsuccessful. Try to put things in perspective for your own sake.9 -
HoneyBadger155 wrote: »...Mostly feel like OP here is here to complain, but hey, sometimes a visual helps so I'll help in that department.
^ I got that feeling as well.
OP, you may want to clarify what the intent of your thread is - whether you just want to vent/rant, or if you're actually seeking help/advice. It would save people some time and help them tailor their responses accordingly.2 -
tinaalisa15 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »tinaalisa15 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Just gonna re-drop that, @nutmegoreo, so people don't have to click on it.
Not that you're listening, @tinaalisa15, but this is what real weight loss looks like. Not a straight line down.
I don't understand it's constantly dropping
There's ups and downs over a FIVE MONTH time period.
I don't understand how to read this
The numbers along the bottom are the dates. The lines across the side are related to the weight. The points of fluctuation are the individual scale points. Each day, I entered my weight, and the up and downs from day to day are fairly obvious. As you can see, the progress OVER TIME is a downward trend. Day to day and week to week, it's up and down.
In short: stop freaking out about day to day fluctuations, it is progress over time that matters.8 -
HoneyBadger155 wrote: »...Mostly feel like OP here is here to complain, but hey, sometimes a visual helps so I'll help in that department.
^ I got that feeling as well.
OP, you may want to clarify what the intent of your thread is - whether you just want to vent/rant, or if you're actually seeking help/advice. It would save people some time and help them tailor their responses accordingly.
Or just ignore, if no help is wanted.1 -
Thanks everyone. I've read through everyone's post and gained some clarity. I have pulled my scale out of the trash can and placed it in the bathroom. I'm now taking a massive poop. Maybe it's the sodium coming out9
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tinaalisa15 wrote: »I'm now taking a massive poop. Maybe it's the sodium coming out
Seriously?5 -
tinaalisa15 wrote: »Thanks everyone. I've read through everyone's post and gained some clarity. I have pulled my scale out of the trash can and placed it in the bathroom. I'm now taking a massive poop. Maybe it's the sodium coming out
Hope it all works out for ya.2 -
This troll is having a bit too much fun agitating everyone @_@;;11
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I'm surprised the moderators have allowed this to go on for 6 pages... there is nothing of value to anyone here, and the OP is clearly trolling the forum.
If that's not the case, then the OP needs to see a psychiatrist and a medical doctor for help; a bunch of random strangers on the internet are not going to be able to help.
Anyone who claims to be a teacher and believes they poo pure sodium, and can't understand a simple plot point graph... and blames the scale for the cheat meal that they constantly (seems like what, once or twice a week!?) eat...
This thread is entertainment only.12 -
Well, beats shouty guy. At least OP spell checks.10
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Well, beats shouty guy. At least OP spell checks.
This is true!!!! Shouty-guy I can hardly understand half of those words typed, it's like it's barely English.
Oh, and I've stayed at 202-204lbs now for a month, so I'm going to go out back in the yard and put a few arrows into my digital scale (local ordinance won't allow me to fire bullets through it). That darn scale has it out for me, I swear it!
Stupid scale made me stop exercising and lifting weights about 4 weeks ago... that jerk!9 -
I never read shouty guy
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I been doing this for two years now, the daily weigh in always hoping for consistent change. It doesn't happen like that. Weigh in the morning and only once! Everytime you step on a scale you could be teetering, not standing still enough, a foot an inch to far here or there so the scale will fluctuate. It's not broken it's just how they work. I can step on my scale ten times and get eight different readings. Don't worry about the weight of your food, water retention etc. during the day. Those are not things you can control it's part of every day workings of your internal body. As for stahls they happen. I have had two major ones over the past four months. One lasted six weeks, I nearly drove my dietician crazy even she had no answer then it broke. Over a period of a few weeks I had a major loss. I am just now breaking free from a four week stahl. Your body tries to adjust to whatever it needs to do to stay alive. If you starve it then it will hang on for dear life to the fat and water. Eventually it grows to weak if you have the patience to stand your ground with your calorie deficit and it will give up. Just as you think you got this it will muster enough strength up to hang on again. Our bodies are made to survive the most brutal of elements be it starvation or glutteny. Be patient with it, if you stand your ground long enough you will win. Good luck!1
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Hello all. I am not a troll. That is very rude and mean to say so sorry if I am acting like one
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tinaalisa15 wrote: »Hello all. I am not a troll. That is very rude and mean to say so sorry if I am acting like one
Okay. But are you willing to listen to the advice given, or are you just venting?3 -
tinaalisa15 wrote: »Hello all. I am not a troll. That is very rude and mean to say so sorry if I am acting like one
Yeah, you are... and honestly you seem to be bound and determined NOT to listen to anything we are suggesting and quite clearly demonstrate an unhealthy relationship with both food and an obsession over weight. You need to speak to a doctor, and specifically a psychiatrist based on your self-professed behavior.
When it comes to this darn scale business, you are acting like an insolent child. I am sorry if that hurts your feelings, but it's the truth and the sooner you realize that there is something emotionally wrong here the sooner you can get help and bring balance to your life.
The way you've explained your behavior thus far leads us/me to think that you are heading down a destructive path. Don't do that to yourself. We are a community here to help, so maybe some tough love will kick you in the pants hard enough to act on it.10 -
tinaalisa15 wrote: »Hello all. I am not a troll. That is very rude and mean to say so sorry if I am acting like one
You are either a troll or you have some real emotional issues that you should work out with a psychiatrist. If you are actually destroying scales, freaking out over half a cupcake (per your other thread), etc., you have more problems than those of us on MFP can adequately address.6
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