I HATE MY SCALE!

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  • lewcompton
    lewcompton Posts: 881 Member
    Don't eat less than 1200 cals or you'll hit "starvation mode". Very touch subject on this website.
    "Now don't start that again..." Vulture on the Jungle Book...
  • afdaugherty
    afdaugherty Posts: 2
    The scale seems to know when we most want it to show we lost weight and then tricks us and says we gained a pound. It can be a very emotional ride, our relationship with our scales. Put the scale away. In the back of your car, in your garage, somewhere you can't easily get to it. Only weigh yourself once a week and take some advise from someone who has struggled her whole life with weight loss and is now finally "getting it". Don't be in a hurry to lose weight. You will get discouraged and give up. Set a reasonable goal per week or you will immediately go into "starvation mode" . Also remember the motto "everything in moderation and exercise". You can do it!!!!!!!
  • fitwithin
    fitwithin Posts: 210 Member
    I got mad at my scale once and literally picked it up and dropped it. I am trying to be kinder to my scale now and not weight after drinking. lol. You are welcome to add me. Great support team here.
  • carolinagirl0
    carolinagirl0 Posts: 51 Member
    feel free to add me. We all need motivation and support.
  • IndahDewan
    IndahDewan Posts: 3
    add me if you want. i need motivation on my side too. .:)
  • RLehotsky
    RLehotsky Posts: 27 Member
    I love to cook but I am not really an eater as long as I stay home and not leave the house which six out of seven so on the seventh I go shopping and out to eat with my husband. most of the time I cook. and I am not a junk food eater. That is why I don't ubderstand is how I could be 50-60 pounds over weight. I tried to tell the doctor but she just looked at me as if I was lying. As for the scale I am going to ignore it except on Tuesday I believe that day will be the weigh in and also log measurements.
  • angelique_redhead
    angelique_redhead Posts: 782 Member
    Faithfully and accurately log your food. PRINT IT OUT. Take it into the doctor if it's as low as you say. It could be that you have a hypoactive thyroid. There are tests for that. *HUGS* Doctor's that don't listen to what you're saying upset me, A LOT. It might be time to find a new doctor.
    I love to cook but I am not really an eater as long as I stay home and not leave the house which six out of seven so on the seventh I go shopping and out to eat with my husband. most of the time I cook. and I am not a junk food eater. That is why I don't ubderstand is how I could be 50-60 pounds over weight. I tried to tell the doctor but she just looked at me as if I was lying. As for the scale I am going to ignore it except on Tuesday I believe that day will be the weigh in and also log measurements.
  • ceceoplaymate
    ceceoplaymate Posts: 63 Member
    Keep logging all your food and exercise, you will see a difference soon enough! :))) add me if youde like! :)Lacey
  • BigDave1050
    BigDave1050 Posts: 854 Member
    feel free to add me
  • shannonmci
    shannonmci Posts: 56 Member
    Add me too if you'd like!!
  • RLehotsky
    RLehotsky Posts: 27 Member
    Thanks everyone for your comments and support I would love to have all of you in my support closet. So if I haven't added you already please feel free to add me. We may not win the battle alone but as we stand together the pounds will fall.
  • MagicWhispers
    MagicWhispers Posts: 43
    feel free to add me if you like;)
  • fp64
    fp64 Posts: 128 Member
    I just sent a friend request.
  • n2thenight24
    n2thenight24 Posts: 1,651 Member
    When I first started, before I joined MFP, I gained 8 lbs!! I'm trying to get rid of those now, I'm not totally sure what I was doing wrong, but I'm doing a lot better now :smile:
  • vidald
    vidald Posts: 75 Member
    I hate my scale too! My boyfriend was tired of me being cranky and hid it on me! I have just started too and it is so hard to see if I am loosing. Feel free to add me! Sometimes I just like to rant like you too!
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
    This is why I have my hubs hide the scale and only weigh in once a month.
  • JenniBaby85
    JenniBaby85 Posts: 855 Member
    Yes, we all must learn, that ALL scales are inherently EVIL! They will mess with our deepest feelings of insecurity and TAUNT us for eternity :devil:
  • zanaedreamwalker
    zanaedreamwalker Posts: 6
    I understand totally. Remember that working out will add on muscle and work off fat, and you will actually be thinner, even though the muscle weighs more than fat.

    Sometimes I think scales are made to torment people. I will swear that they stick at a certain weight. :) Don't let it discourage you.
  • jjltrader
    jjltrader Posts: 7
    I only weight in once / week and I picked first thing Wednesdays, right out of bed.. Allows me to "cheat" a bit on the weekends and still burn those calories off before I step on the scale. If you are exercising and maintaining a small calorie deficit the weight will come off. In my case it comes off a lot slower than it goes on. The calorie deficit is important but so is what you consume, a low calorie diet of snickers bars sounds yummy but will kill your weight loss.

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