JUST GOT ON THE SCALE!

astuderus

And I feel like ****. I have been working my *kitten* off for the past three weeks...at least I thought I was. And according to one scale, I am 298. But according to my brand new awesome Aria scale. I am 307. GREAT.

Now I need to get motivated again.

heatherlea42

I have a "light" scale and an accurate scale. If I need to see a lower number for motivation, I use the lighter scale and try to remind myself it's just a number. But it's really hard!

meechi53

I had the same thing happen today. My home scale says one number and has been pretty consistent with my doctor's office where I weighed 5 months ago when I started, a scale at a work health function which when I'd lost 6-7 pounds on my scale reflected that..but today I got on the scale at my gym for the first time and it was 10 pounds heavier, which means instead of losing 22 lbs I've lost 12, which is really impossible considering how long I've been at this (5 months) and the fact that I'm wearing clothes now that I wore when I was 10 lbs lighter than I am now according to my scale. It still pissed me off though and I'm pretty convinced the gym scale has GOT to be wrong.

astuderus

It feels like a slap in the face.

julieh391

I don't own a scale and initially weighed myself at my parents' house, so because I'm paranoid of seeing a higher number I only use their scale. I won't buy my own until I've made more progress just so I don't freak out if the number is a little higher than what I expect.

findingme07

Use your measurements to gauge your success. Scales seem to be all over the place; I moved mine six times and I weighed six different weights.....how does that happen?

jackiebebby

It is brand new- so you can't think of it like that! It has a different weight mechanism. I would use my old scale to assess how well I did!

megleo818

Stop beating yourself up, girlfriend! It's just a number!

The number on the scale is as meaningless as the number inside your waistband -- whatever it is, it's bigger than you want. What is NOT meaningless is the difference between that number NOW and that number next week. Because next week the evil scale will read lower than it does today. And that will mean that you've lost poundage. And that's all that counts.

I have the same scale that I've used since I first started weighing myself, circa 1972. I know how my weight compares to where I've been before, based on that scale. Do I actually know how much I weigh? -- No, not exactly. But I do know that I weigh less than I did in college, more than I did when I got married, and less than I did last month. I'd like to weigh closer to what I weighed when I got married, so that's my goal. Does that mean that I'll weigh 120 when I'm done? -- No (and what does "done" mean anyway? -- oh, let's not go down THAT path ...). But I imagine my scale will read around 120 when I'm ready to switch to maintenance. Which will be about 25 pounds less than when I started this trip.

Did I freak out at the gym when my trainer said I weighed 5 pounds more than I did at home? -- No. Would I freak out if the number on her scale went up and mine didn't? -- Likely. But that's never happened. What I lose at home is the same as what I lose at the gym which is the same as what I lose at the doctor's office. But all of those numbers are different from one another. They just don't matter.

Give yourself a break and a big hug. The "increase" you see on your new scale is only imaginary. Use the difference from here going forward as your gauge -- or trash the new scale and keep with the old one! You're doing just fine.