Living the Lifestyle Wednesday 28 Nov 2018

Jimb376mfp

We meet here to explore, share, celebrate, and (sometimes) agonize over how we do (or don't) incorporate weight loss guidelines into our daily lives. "It's a lifestyle, not a diet" is easily and often said, but sometimes not so simply put into practice.

This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!

Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion. Thread starters for November below:

Monday - Imastar2 (Derrick)
Tuesday - whathapnd (Emmie)
Wednesday - Jimb376mfp (Jim)
Thursday - EliteCoachKal (Kal)
Friday - savignr (Bob)

Today's Topic: What is the longest you have stayed away from the scale? Why and what got you back on it?

Jimb376mfp

Since 2013 I have weighed weekly officially at WW and at the pool couple days a week.
My last WI was 11/1 four weeks wil be tomorrow due to surgery.I’m going to try to go just to see what’s up. The hospital weighed me laying on a hospital bed that varied greatly 194 then 176! So I am curious to compare to my last WW WI at 180.

Before WW I would get on s scale ONLY at Dr visit or if I was trying to diet.It was never something I looked forward to. Now I am looking forward to out of curiosity.

gadgetgirlIL

3 days and that was because I was out of town. For longer trips I bring along a portable scale.

Jimb376mfp

gadgetgirlIL wrote: »

3 days and that was because I was out of town. For longer trips I bring along a portable scale.

WOW! You are dedicated to LTL!

myallforjcbill

Excluding those long stretches of just not caring (& weight gain) I would say a week. I usually WI each day but sometimes will just do a weekly. I like to WI daily just to keep my finger on the pulse of things and avoid surprises at the end of the week when I WI. I find it motivational unless my mindset is turned downward.

imastar2

5 days because of trips. I weigh every morning and have since I began my journey.

Al_Howard

I weigh every day, except for the occasional vacation or hospital/re-hab stay (although they weigh you there often enough..

cakeman21k

normally I weigh 2x a day before bed and upon waking up. Mostly I know what I will weigh in the AM based on what I weighed the night before, I just still like to see it. The longest I have stayed away from the scale is about 2 weeks due to trips. I will occasionally not want to get on the scale because I don't want to face the reality of what I have eaten, but those rarely last more than a day or 2, then its back on the scale.

podkey

2 or 3 weeks when out of the country on vacation. I did skip weighing daily at home while losing at some point , but only because my scale wasn't working right. I got the same professional scale WW uses in our meetings (on sale) as a gift to myself just before making "goal" weight. For many years I just did a running average weight of at least 5 or 6 days. Each day added in the new weight and dropped off the oldest weight and averaged the weights which I recorded in excel. Weighing once a week is really just a very crude way of doing that.

Now I weigh daily at home and record on a paper calendar. I look at the week to see my rough average or do the simple math to see the trend.
Kinda similar to cakeman21k.

88olds

I’ve probably gone a week here and there.

I weighed regularly carefully watching myself go all the way from 184 lbs to 285 lbs. No hiding from the scale for me. I think I grew desensitized.

minimyzeme

What is the longest you have stayed away from the scale? Why and what got you back on it?

I've been away from the scale for the better part of the last six months as I've been working between locations and didn't make moving the scale back and forth a priority. What I did make a priority was tracking. On the few times I got on the scale, I almost surprised myself that I was usually pretty close to my goal weight--not always, but 85+% of the time.

I should be back to daily weighing within the month--with any luck. On reflection though, as we often say, the plan works if you work it. For me, the scale is only a reflection of how well I've tracked and stayed within my allotted points.