THE Scale (or lack thereof) Challenge (round 2)

banks1850

So Banks...........if I agree to this challenge and if after a month I don't feel significantly better and don't see at least a decent loss....do I have your permission to do a spinning heel kick on YOUR HEAD instead of the scale???????? LOL!! (Jackie Chan style of course!)

You'd probably have to wait in line.

BUT

That's not why we're doing it, we're doing it to break the addiction, not to see loss. Put it this way, if it's not happening, the scale is only pointing that out, not changing it for you. If you're doing everything you should be, it'll happen.
See, my theory is this, seeing no loss after 1 or 2 or 3 days can a) stress you, which, in many people can cause either emotional eating or depression. Both of which can contribute to a lapse in weight loss. And b) cause you to micro manage your eating and exercise which isn't a very good way to change how you live.

wagsgirls

i'm in for this one ( i don't have a scale so i only weigh myself when i'm at my mom' s). i don't like the scale anyway! i would rather see the results on me and in my clothing! i like measuring. like someone else said i don't care about the number i weigh, nobody knows it anyhow. i just casre that i look and feel good! plus since i've been working out more the scale won't really help if i gain muscle. but lose fat, right?

icandoit

Remember....Good things happen for those who wait.:flowerforyou:

juleep007

Dawn and I plan on doing this too. Thanks for the advice.

Nich0le

do I have your permission to do a spinning heel kick on YOUR HEAD instead of the scale???????? LOL!! (Jackie Chan style of course!)

Me first! lol, really Banks usually has some good ideas and quite honestly it wont hurt to try it, it might be the thing that gets someone out of a rut and motivated to keep going and others might learn they need a little more monitoring. I'll be interested in seeing the results! good luck everyone :drinker:

ali106

omg LOL....I have two bathroom scales....digital and reg...o'skool I guess lol

I get on every morning same time same bat channel and it makes me nuts!

the digital broke so I said I'm not using the other until I get it working...so I guess I;ll join in but I know I'll be jonesing for my morning weigh in!

....okay I'm in....hi my name is Ali, I'm a scale addict! sigh

hugs!
Ali

banks1850

This is what I'm talking about! OK folks, tomorrow morning, I'm gonna post my first entry, feel free to follow up, or not, either way, as long as you aren't looking then it's fine. In the mean time, I'm gonna try to find the first post that I posted about this. I so wish I had database access fro times like this.

found it. here is the original challenge. from the fall last year.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1469-i-challenge-all-of-you?page=1

wow, meeeemmmoriesssss...

mkeithley

I haven't owned a scale in almost 20 years. I used the one at the gym and was weighing once a week, until nutitionist told me that a scale can be off due to hormones, water, sodium, etc. So I decided to measure body fat%, then was told the digital ones can be off by 5%(A huge amount when were'talking body fat%), so then I thought I'd do the calipers and those can be off by as much as 4%. SOOOOO, now I measure myself to see if inches have been lost, not very often though.
I am proud to say I am using my clothes as my guide, if they fit or become loose than I'm good, if they start to feel tight I need to eat better. I sometimes allow myself to get caught up on a stupid number and if I read that Mariah Carey(or whoever) weighs 117 lbs. I think I need to be that weight too,.however it never occured to me that 117 might be embellished a bit.
I think keeping your eye on x amount of pounds to lose can be very detrimental for many people. Focusing on fitness and health might be a better way to look at it.
To wrap it up,
I agree totally: Get rid of the #$$%%^$#@ scale!!!!

Healthier_Me

This is what I'm talking about! OK folks, tomorrow morning, I'm gonna post my first entry, feel free to follow up, or not, either way, as long as you aren't looking then it's fine. In the mean time, I'm gonna try to find the first post that I posted about this. I so wish I had database access fro times like this.

found it. here is the original challenge. from the fall last year.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1469-i-challenge-all-of-you?page=1

wow, meeeemmmoriesssss...

Oh wow... that goes a little while back huh?:indifferent:

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

TamTastic

I am just scared that I won't know how my body is doing based on what I am doing to it and if I should change something, you know? If I don't weigh and at least use it for a guideline, I don't want to get on in a month and have a crappy weigh in because I wasn't changing things up. I don't know. I took a 2 week break and it led to a crappy weigh in....so I am just REALLY not sure about this.

banks1850

I am just scared that I won't know how my body is doing based on what I am doing to it and if I should change something, you know? If I don't weigh and at least use it for a guideline, I don't want to get on in a month and have a crappy weigh in because I wasn't changing things up. I don't know. I took a 2 week break and it led to a crappy weigh in....so I am just REALLY not sure about this.

It's understandable. But this idea goes a long way towards getting you in the right frame of mind, which is this: Long term thinking. I.E. so what if what you are doing doesn't work for a month, seriously, over the long term, it's not that big of a deal.
Look at it this way, if, after a month, you still haven't lost any more inches or weight, then you know you need to tweak something, after a month you can be pretty sure it's not just a bad couple of days or weeks.

kelpie06

Today was the first day and I got on the scale....

I knew I shouldn't but I was half asleep and did it out of habbit. Ok, that was kind of a lie, I did it out of addiction.

Hi, my name is Heather and I am a scale-aholic.

This afternoon after work I will hide my scale, take out the batteries or whatever I have to do.

banks1850

hehe, it's ok Kelpie, it happens.

OK, day one journal entry.

Day 1: Feeling good about this, haven't really thought about it very much. I believe I can do this no problem.

pbkfit70

OK I'm in too.

The scales are now in another room.

I hate looking at them. I try to do it only once a week, but they measure to the 100g. Even the tiniest change is tooooo horrible .... and at the moment all they seem to say is the same, within 500g!

No more checking!!

:laugh:

TamTastic

Hi, as much as I wanted to get on the scale after yesterday's nightmare, I didn't. I need to buy a tape measure! LOL!

cinandchris

Day one and I don't miss it at all yet :happy:

shorerider

Just noticed this post--too late to join in??

I'm obsessive about weighing--anal to say the least. And I hate it too! I'm riding every day for 7 to 10 miles, my speed has increased from taking 80 minutes to ride 7 miles to now doing the same route in 30 minutes!!

And, my blood sugar has been great! The last 3 mornings it has been the lowest it has ever been in the morning for the last 5 years--my doctor is going to be ecstatic!

Yet, my weight has gone up and down within a pound range over the last 10 days--so frustrating!!

So, I'm in if I can still join the challenge--the scale's going to be put away for a month!

Healthier_Me

I haven't weighed myself since a week and a half ago (I think).... I'm doing ok:bigsmile:

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

chriss1tt

no weigh today

lina1131

Day one - I did not weigh. I don't feel bad or like I am going to die. Not bad. :bigsmile: 1 week and 6 days left for me :laugh:

ali106

well....I was half asleep and before I got in the shower I put the scale down...and got on...looked down and before it registered I was like OMG...wait I'm giving this up! lmbo...I didn't see what it said but I feel pretty good about it....needless to say after the shower I removed both scales and hid them in the front hall closet....far away from my bathroom LOL

okay whew...close call but I'm in day one and feeling fine!

hugs!
Ali

dragonscapes24

ok... I did weigh this morning as my final weigh in and the next time I weigh will be 5-16... so starting today I am scaleless for a month... (wow that sounds like a disease doesn't it)... I feel good about it too... I am starting a new fitness plan on monday... I like to change things up so this month I am doing jillian michaels circuit training workout... I bought her book yesterday and am looking forward to starting... so in the next 4 weeks we will see what jill can do for me... hehehe...

oh and good job to everyone who did not look at their scale today... you are all doing great...
Jenn

debuckl

Ugh...I'll try hard. I've had this addiction for so long...it will be a killer for me. My SIL and I are trying 40 days without dessert also, so I'll weight in 40 days. That sounds like forever.... what if I gain? :frown:

shorerider

I got motivation right on my first day of this challenge--went to the doctor's and the scale there weighed me 8 pounds less than my home scale!!! 8 POUNDS LESS! :noway:

Great news but now I really don't want to get back on my scale.

Cassia

is it too late to join? Well i don't really think i am addicted ( i went a whole year with out getting on one but that was when the numbers were going in the wrong direction ) I think i am going to commit for 2 week at first and then if i can handle that do a month.

banks1850

Cass, sure you can join. 1 day here or there won't make a difference. Welcome!

Shorerider, nice!

shorerider

Took the battery out of the scale last night--I was just going to put the scale in the spare bedroom and try to forget about it but the smoke detector battery went bad last night, so I had my husband take the new battery out of the scale to put in the smoke detector. I think God worked that one out! Now I just have to avoid buying a new 9 Volt Battery to keep from being tempted by the dreaded scale

banks1850

nice shore. OK Day 2 still no problem yet. Everyone else still going strong? Nobody has cheated yet have they?

GTOgirl1969

Count me in. I weighed in this morning and I will weigh again on May 19...let's hope for at least 5 lbs gone by then and hopefully more!

chriss1tt

:noway: