I challenge all of you

Today is Day Four and i have not weighed.

I can't get in on this challenge and here's why. I believe that weighing yourself at least weekly is feedback on your nutrition and exercise plan, no matter which way the scale goes. I don't look at it as a failure if my weight goes up, it is just information (knowledge is power). I worry that for some not looking frequently may be bad. Lets say you don't look for two weeks and you gain 4 pounds, what will your reaction be? Most would do something drastic to the diet or just quit trying. I believe most of us hit platues in our fat loss and that we need to make adjustments in out diet to get past it. What if you are new to this and don't yet know that you are very carb sensitive? How long do you want to wait before changing your carb to protein ratio? What if you are doing things right and you increase your metabolism but don't increase your calories which causes you to stop losing weight? I do see your point thru the thread here about not obsessing with it. I also see a lot of people who obviously are. I think we should just work on changing our attitudes towards that number and look at it instead as feed back that we need in order to continue making progress through all of the changes in our bodies and schedules. Good luck and I hope it works out. It probably will because you seem to have a positive attitude.

the scale caught me on a :sad: day, I looked:embarassed: and I was doing so well too. Here we go again. Good luck to all you diehards

Still goin' strong....

Friday is my only tricky day, as that was my standard "weigh-in". In that case, only one more Friday (or is it two?) to go.

I'm finding I'm using this time to let my body tell me what it needs and wants. I'm also working through an injury, so this is a good "reassess" time in general.

Day two, haven't looked.

I am with you .... but I am not looking for a month...so my next peek will be on Dec 5.......and I will post results.....


Jen

Yet another day of not looking!...(drinking some hot tea to that!):drinker:

I was thinking about buying a scale because I thought maybe I should be keeping better track as I usually only weight myself at the Drs. office. I think I will save some money now ...........

Thx Banks!! Yopu're doing GREAT as well. Props to you on calming ur obsession.

When i first read of the challenge i know i had to take part cause im on the scale every min i see it. Now i've hidden my scale and trying to weight in every 3 weeks. It's been great and it keeps me motivated! Thanks for starting this thread!:flowerforyou:

Yet Another Day of success!!!!! yay!.

This is going really well and the curiosity for me is getting less all the time. I think this challengae is working really well in helping me with the "Scale Obsession".

Thanks Banks!!!!!!!!!

I just found this and I began not weighing myself 2 weeks ago already, though I only joined this site on Monday. My goal is to wait a month and a half until I weigh (from 2 weeks ago anyway). I'm weighing in just before I go to see my family for Christmas. Hopefully it'll be a good Christmas gift for me! I'm also going to force myself not to look at the scale for another month and a half after that...until my birthday at the beginning of February. That'll help get over the shock of what being around family and Christmas food has done to me after the first weigh in! And it'll be my birthday present to myself as well. I'm excited to see what happens. If I keep counting my calories and working out like I have been (Curves 3 days a week and 2-3 days a week on my treadmill) there's no reason I should start seeing some weight fall off...right??? <fingers crossed>

interesting challenge. but I'll have to pass too... I just broke the plateau I have been at for way to long now.. and I'm anxious to see if the rest comes off easier now or the same. But as it is I only weigh in once a week.