SCALE MUST DIE! Challenge--Who's with me?

shorerider

I decided today that my scale must die! :mad:

I have lost a total of 9 pounds in the last 9 weeks--seems like alot but given my calorie deficit, IT STINKS! I should be losing 2 pounds a week.

AND, it looks like I'm heading for another plateau.

AND, the dang scale says I gained 4 pounds during my 5 day vacation. NOW, I know there is NO WAY that is true, so I know it's water weight (AGAIN--trips mean fluid retention for me :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: ) but 4 days later, and I've only lost 1.5 pounds of that 4 pounds.

Anyway, I love to weigh--2x a day usually--and have finally decided that my scale must die...or at least go away for a bit!

SO....Banks started a challenge back in May I think it was to go 1 month without weighing.

I know I can't go a month but would like to go at least a week and see if I can stop getting so FREAKING FRUSTRATED!

And I mean, I am frustrated. I've posted this rant before but the last time I lost weight, I got to about this same weight and couldn't lost anymore. I'm still at least 80 pounds overweight but my body just seems to like this weight for some STUPID REASON! Last time, I gave up and ended up gaining everything I lost plus more besides.

I'm not giving up this time but I am really at my wit's end. Nothing I am trying seems to work. And my deficit should be giving me more weight loss.

I've tried eating more, eating less, eating my exercise calories, not eating my exercise calories. I tried varying my diet, varying my exercise, on vacation I even "splurged" twice on cheeseburgers (sans bun).

Nothing, nothing, nothing, is working. My weight loss is getting slower and slower and I'm just stuck between 224 and 227.

I wanted to be 220 by Aug. 21, as that is our 25th Anniversary and I weighed 220 when we got married--but that goal ain't happening now!

Anyone want to join me?

Set your own time length--I'm aiming for 1 week without weighing to start with and see how it goes.

shorerider

I decided today that my scale must die! :mad:

I have lost a total of 9 pounds in the last 9 weeks--seems like alot but given my calorie deficit, IT STINKS! I should be losing 2 pounds a week.

AND, it looks like I'm heading for another plateau.

AND, the dang scale says I gained 4 pounds during my 5 day vacation. NOW, I know there is NO WAY that is true, so I know it's water weight (AGAIN--trips mean fluid retention for me :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: ) but 4 days later, and I've only lost 1.5 pounds of that 4 pounds.

Anyway, I love to weigh--2x a day usually--and have finally decided that my scale must die...or at least go away for a bit!

SO....Banks started a challenge back in May I think it was to go 1 month without weighing.

I know I can't go a month but would like to go at least a week and see if I can stop getting so FREAKING FRUSTRATED!

And I mean, I am frustrated. I've posted this rant before but the last time I lost weight, I got to about this same weight and couldn't lost anymore. I'm still at least 80 pounds overweight but my body just seems to like this weight for some STUPID REASON! Last time, I gave up and ended up gaining everything I lost plus more besides.

I'm not giving up this time but I am really at my wit's end. Nothing I am trying seems to work. And my deficit should be giving me more weight loss.

I've tried eating more, eating less, eating my exercise calories, not eating my exercise calories. I tried varying my diet, varying my exercise, on vacation I even "splurged" twice on cheeseburgers (sans bun).

Nothing, nothing, nothing, is working. My weight loss is getting slower and slower and I'm just stuck between 224 and 227.

I wanted to be 220 by Aug. 21, as that is our 25th Anniversary and I weighed 220 when we got married--but that goal ain't happening now!

Anyone want to join me?

Set your own time length--I'm aiming for 1 week without weighing to start with and see how it goes.

emorym

I'm in.
I just came off a 1 month plateau and I am finally starting to lose weight again. Not at the same pace but at a slower pace. I wasn't ready to give up the workouts and the eating better, but it is still very frustrating. I like to weigh myself every morning and I think this will be hard. Now if I could get me tape measure to work properly. I have lost over 20 pounds and have only lost like an inch total for all 3 measurements.

Off for my morning walk with the kids before Fay brings on the rain.

kellch

I have to stop weighing every day too...:laugh: I get so excited to be down and the next day or even the end of the same day....BAM! I'm up past where I was the day before...:grumble: Even though, deep down, I know its water and the food I ate and blah blah blah blah blah....THAT'S why, I'm with ya. I need to start weighing once a week instead of a few times a day. Soooooo...since I got a good one today :laugh: I will call it quits until next Tuesday before I weigh again. All this every day thing does is frustrate me. I really wanna concentrate on the changes I see in the mirror before I worry about numbers on the scale anyway. My clothes fit differently....and I am soooo excited that even though there's still a blob of fat on my stomache I can actually see some definition starting to show on my top side of my stomache (I think those are my obliques????) I still have some work to do, but even when I was skinny in my junior high/high school days I've always had the soft flabby belly....Well not no more buddy!!! :laugh: Billy Blanks TaeBo is really actually starting to show results. I strongly recommend TaeBo. SERIOUSLY Especially the amped series. When I'm done I always say to myself "wow, what a workout" I have sweat just dripping off of me. It's great. And he explains everything step by step. After doing the videos a few times each move got easier and easier...granted, in the beginning, I couldnt get some of them down. It was quite humorous for my fiance to watch me try :bigsmile: But now after 2 1/2 months of doing it I've got em all down and am seeing some serious results.......BACK TO THE TOPIC THOUGH......even with the results the scale won't budge:grumble: Yeah yeah yeah I know I know muscle takes up less room than fat and weighs more (well lets not make anyone mad...:laugh: It takes up less room but weighs the same...:laugh: ) blah blah blah....BUT I thinks u might b right :bigsmile: THE SCALE MUST DIE!!! :devil:

I'M WITH YA !! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Kirsti

I'm soooo bad for jumping on the scale once or twice a day! I'm in....... no weigh in for at least one week..... a month would be great if I could hold out that long:laugh:

p90x_Dude

DEATH TO ALL SCALES, STARTING WITH MINE!!!!!!! :mad:

lotusfromthemud

I would join, but I already killed mine.

I'm seriously considering taking up a career as a contract killer of scales. My fees are small. . .and I leave no evidence behind. . .any takers?

My calling card is a tape measure.

Seriously, I'm not weighing again until October, when I get a full "fitness assessment" at my gym complete w/ body fat work up.


We must unite to defeat our scale overlords!

soup78

I'm up for this challenge, for sure! I keep telling myself, "don't get on, don't get on......okay, just one more time." Urgggg:grumble: Then only to find out I'm down a few ounces, if that.....I know, I know measurements are best but d*** that scale! My clothes are fitting a little better and I can start to see my biceps(ooooh, feel those babies) again. But, I still have a ways to go and I keep getting irritated with the numbers on the scale.
So, I hereby announce: No scale for 1 month! (OMG, did I just say that?!?:noway: )

*****I must run and hide it NOW****

shorerider

YEA! More joining!

MFP HATERS OF SCALES UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your frustration! Well, and Pounds and inches!!

emibmas

I'm in! I have scale issues.....

p90x_Dude

The question is do we want it to be quick and painless or drawout for maximum moans & groans GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

soup78

The question is do we want it to be quick and painless or drawout for maximum moans & groans GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Um, i want to moan and groan........:grumble: .......:grumble: ..........:grumble:

Much better now.:smokin:

Challenge begins! :drinker:

p90x_Dude

The question is do we want it to be quick and painless or drawout for maximum moans & groans GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Um, i want to moan and groan........:grumble: .......:grumble: ..........:grumble:

Much better now.:smokin:

Challenge begins! :drinker:

LOL, I want my scale to do the moan and groan. It never amazes me that I can be 1 pound lighter fully clothed. I wonder who makes the most accurate scales and are you better with analog vs digital.

shorerider

I want to see that smile wiped of it's itty bitty face!!!

Javancub

I'm in, though i cant do the 1 month. But i will go for 1 week without weighing in. Maybe 1.5, but i have to see if i can even do it for a week! lol....Good luck everyone!

p90x_Dude

I want to see that smile wiped of it's itty bitty face!!!

mail that rascal to me, I'll wipe that smile of his face

shorerider

Should have added-not my scale. Found pic on 'net but I feel like that's what my scale is doing when I step on it.

p90x_Dude

Okay, well I'll still be looking for IT!!! :mad:

heyjuede

glad i am not the only one with this issue!! when i decided to get healthy, i bought a nice digital one thinking, hell alot more accurate right. i used to have one of the regular ones, but found that i could move it all over my bathroom and get a different reading:laugh:

so here is to the one week challenge... dunno if i can do it. but i am going to try like hell cause i am sick of seeing up one down one up two and up another lol...:explode:

heyjuede

this is good:laugh:

heyjuede

this is what mine was saying

shorerider

this is what mine was saying

I like the first one! I've seen talking scales before--I would definitely shoot one if I had it.

Baobab

I am definitely into the idea of making my scale disappear for a bit. I am used to weighing myself between 4 and 9 times daily, I think scale disappearance would be a very good thing. I'm in. 1 week scaleless. Go us!

p90x_Dude

this is what mine was saying

:laugh: The only thing I'd change here is about 5-7 steps back and I'd use my mossberg 12 gauge

pecksun8

Anybody who wants to really feel a difference? Get a metric scale! (Kilograms) I bought a scale when I was over in Germany and let me tell you how great it feels to get on a scale and see the number in the 80's!

I think it helps because you don't always have time to calculate your weight back to pounds and it makes the number on the scale just that... a number!

I only weigh 97.9 kilos WHOOO-HOOOOO!!!!!

shorerider

Anybody who wants to really feel a difference? Get a metric scale! (Kilograms) I bought a scale when I was over in Germany and let me tell you how great it feels to get on a scale and see the number in the 80's!

I think it helps because you don't always have time to calculate your weight back to pounds and it makes the number on the scale just that... a number!

I only weigh 97.9 kilos WHOOO-HOOOOO!!!!!

that's funny! Like thinking in terms of how much you'd weigh in "stones" like in the UK or how much you'd weigh on the moon!

Hmmm, let's see, I "only" weigh about 16 stone--shoot, who needs to lose weight in that case!!

calatibo

i also appear to have post holiday issues and that has made me check more often. so, with the beginning of the rugby season upon me again i will ditch the scales for a month and see what happens. Last weigh in on sunday until the end of september.

oh, i also have a metric scale, and being from the UK also think in "stones" when i do calculate back. certainly makes for a good number, but as i use kilos, ponds and stones they really are all just numbers to me.

mommared53

moans and groans. No I just can't do it! :noway: It keeps me on track.

nichols

im in also. the scale is gone. ive only started back training for two weeks now and although the pants and belt are getting loser and the sleeves are getting tighter. the scale says ive gained 4 pounds. it likes to play mind games. its evil in fact. ive learned to rely on the tape measure, the mirrior, honest friends and wrangler jeans.

heyjuede

wow i suck at this lol! i cheated already! when my husband gets home i am gonna have him put the scale in the trunk of his car so i can't have access to it :noway:

pamelawilliams

Weighing yourself daily can be extremely frustrating. Our weight constantly changes due to water, food, etc. I find weighing weekly on Monday morning with no clothes on the best way to get an accurate weight. Don't get discouraged :sad: when you hit a plateau, keep up your calorie count and increase/change your exercise routine. The pounds will continue to come off and you will get back on track. I will join the challenge. Good luck.