Trying something new....

flamegirl72

I have always been one of those every day weighers. When I am trying to lose weight I step on the scale ritualistically every morning after the morning pee.....Lol. Sometimes even two or three times a day and usually before bed so I can try to judge what my morning weight will be....cuz it's always less. But Tuesday is my official weigh in day and that is the only one I ever record (even if the day before was less!

I have read the many, many threads here that discuss weighing daily vs weekly and which is better and always thought it was just a matter of personality type and whether one could handle the daily/hourly fluctuations and let it demotivate them.

I have never felt any anxiety over seeing the two to five pound gain that sometimes occurs throughout the day, knowing that the weekly number is the one that counts. If anything seeing a slight rise may even motivate me to try harder for the rest of the week. But recently something else occurred to me......

What if I am demotivating myself subconsciously by seeing losses?? I had never thought of it this way. If I am half way throughout the week and it looks like I am losing steadily and gonna hit or surpass a two lb loss. What if I subconsciously give myself permission to relax and have that extra snack or fattier meal or extra helping "because I'm doing so good this week"???

So this week I am conducting an experiment....I have not been on the scale since my Tuesday morning weigh in. And I am not gonna get on it again until Tuesday. I am curious how not knowing how the scale is shaping up through the week will affect my losses. At this point I have no idea if I am up or down or if I have to work harder....so I am just working harder. Lol. I know I had a bad binge day...but I also worked super hard to try to recover from it. Can't wait to see that number!

I've also decided to stop taking my measurements every week and just do it once a month.....More of a wow factor I hope