Need some advice and also some answers to an embarrassing ?

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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    You can weigh daily if you want. In fact there are a lot of good reasons to. What you can't/shouldn't do is pay any attention whatsoever to day to day changes in weight. Take 7 days worth of daily weights and average them. Then after a month goes by you can compare your averages and see a much more telling indication of your actual progress. A million things effect day to day weights, week to week is less volatile, month to month is less still. The more data points you enter (daily weights) the more accurate your averages will be. The only way this works though is if you pay no attention to the daily changes. I don't know how to make that happen for you other then to assure you that those day to day changes are 100% absolutely meaningless.

    this.

    I weigh daily- I like the consistency of numbers and averages. Every time you weigh- it gives you another data point. My self esteem and what i think of myself and my progress is 100% NOT tied to that scale.

    But as an engineer- knowing trend lines require more data points to be accurate- I weigh almost daily.

    Either make peace with that- OR put your scale somewhere- have your SO hide it. get used to NOT getting on the scale. Mine's just a spring. It's a spring loaded plate- with numbers on it- it sits in my kitchen- I see it every day- every time I open the fridge- totally desensitized to it.

    But if that doesn't work for you- put it away. away away. like somewhere you CANNOT see it.
  • lukewind
    lukewind Posts: 177 Member
    If you truly can't resist the scale and you think it is harmful to your goals pick the thing up and give it to a neighbor or a friend. Then schedule to get it back once a week or once a month. Out of site and is out of mind.

    Good luck with your progress my friend.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    Put the scale in the attic or the trunk of your car or on a high closet shelf you need a chair to reach.

    I'm not sure constipation interferes with weight loss. Eventually, waste leaves the body. If you empty your bowel daily or twice a week, it all goes. And fat loss is fat loss and occurs independently of that. Though I agree that it's not fun to live on laxatives or go rarely. But if you're stuck with that for now, don't let it become an excuse to not diet.
  • journalistjen
    journalistjen Posts: 265 Member
    Get rid of the scale--only weight when you go to the doctor's office if you have to or where you have to pay to weight yourself. Eat foods that help keep you regular--figure out which ones are right for you. If I eat plenty of nutrient dense veggies--especially green leafy vegetables--I stay regular and not one one end of the spectrum or the other. No iceberg lettuce!
  • damnedtiredofbeingFAT
    damnedtiredofbeingFAT Posts: 8 Member
    Put the scale in the attic or the trunk of your car or on a high closet shelf you need a chair to reach.

    I'm not sure constipation interferes with weight loss. Eventually, waste leaves the body. If you empty your bowel daily or twice a week, it all goes. And fat loss is fat loss and occurs independently of that. Though I agree that it's not fun to live on laxatives or go rarely. But if you're stuck with that for now, don't let it become an excuse to not diet.

    Actually, as mentioned in my post, my constipation issue was with me before I started my diet (diet just started on Monday). I'm sure as I get my diet underway in a few days, this issue will get better with all the healthy fiber and water I'm consuming. :) I'm just pretty bound up from a prescription medicine as well as the junk food and zero water from before my diet. I always depended on senna laxatives to take care of the problem, but was told recently to stop using senna because it can make problems for me if used too frequently as it is a stimulant laxative.

    You guys have given me some great advice and it is so much appreciated! I can't weigh everyday, so I LOVE the punishment idea for every time I step on the scale in between weighing times. I have a dry-erase board on the wall in front of my scales, and I'm going to put a strike on the board each time I am overcome with the urge to step up on the scale. Due to many health issues, the only exercise I can currently do is walking, so each strike will add another lap for that day! I never would have thought of that, so thanks bunches for the advice.

    Upon everyone's advice, I went to the health food store and purchased some magnesium. They recommended I started with 400mg daily and increase to 800 if I have to. I also picked up some enteric-coated jarro-dophillus because the the specialist at the store told me that my current probiotics were not helping with the constipation because it wasn't making it to my colon. They also said that after awhile on the enteric-coated probiotics, I wouldn't need the magnesium. I sure hope so.

    I'm so glad I happened upon this forum. Having the forum, the food diary (so helpful) and the calorie index is really making a difference in my motivation.

    Thanks again to everyone for the awesome suggestions! I look forward to getting to know fellow dieters.

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