I AM HIDING MY SCALE...WHO WANTS TO JOIN ME???

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  • mikki1987
    mikki1987 Posts: 25 Member
    I'm in. Not weighing myself til the end of this cycle of 30ds :) I go with how I feel, and I feel amazing!!
  • mlogantra76
    mlogantra76 Posts: 334 Member
    Since regaining 30+lbs of the 120 I lost over 10 years ago, I made a deal with myself:) I don't have to get on the scale as long as I'm actively doing something about the regain. I seriously do not want to know the number. I just don't. So, I am going on how my clothing fits. I do plan on weighing myself once I'm down a few pants sizes though. I have lost a pants size since starting in January.
  • Daysednconfused
    Daysednconfused Posts: 975 Member
    I did this almost two weeks ago. Well, I didn't hide it, it broke, and I swore I wasn't buying another until at least the first of April. I don't think I can do it. I'm obsessed and weighed every single day. I have been fluctuating between 140.2 and 143 since January! Up a pound, down a pound - was driving me crazy. My "goal" is 135, so hitting 139.ANYTHING is a big deal for me, I just can't seem to get there! I think I'm going to break down and buy one this weekend. I just figure if I couldn't hit below 140 in 2.5 months, what makes me think I can do it in two weeks??? I think it will be a relief to see I am at least not gaining! Who knows..... Good luck to all of you that are putting those scales away! I wish I had the strength to keep doing it, but I don't! :cry:
  • JossFit
    JossFit Posts: 588 Member
    I put mine up a couple of weeks ago. The damn thing was driving me nuts, and so I've decided for now, I'm just not going to look. I'm a smart woman and know that if I eat in a deficit and workout things will happen.

    My only concern right now is that I just ordered a Bodymedia and I think I will have to input my weight into the software when I set it up, so I may weigh myself for that purpose. I figure that thing can help me figure out my REAL TDEE better than a calculator can, and I can use it to make sure I'm eating the right amount.
  • lexlyn14
    lexlyn14 Posts: 290 Member
    OKAY...so before I had my husband hide the scale I instinctively jumped on it this morning and found that after doing everything right for weeks have gained 2 more pounds!!!...So off to work my husband went with the scale in his hands LOL...
    This is why I cant have the scale around...It is soooooo discouraging to see the number when you are working so hard...It really makes me want to give up!!!
  • ljmiller11
    ljmiller11 Posts: 67 Member
    I hid the scale on the 28th of February and so far, I have not weighed in. Yay me :blushing: I was weighing once a week and getting fed up with seeing things like 0.2lbs lost.

    It has NOT been easy and some days, I have wanted to weigh in so bad. Instead I have taken my measurements at the midway point (was down 2.5 inches :happy: ) and so something is obviously working. I am crossing everything to see a few pounds loss on the 31st of March but even if I don't, I know I have tried my hardest this month (except last night - dreaded family meal at the chinese restaurant!) and so I'll just keep going until I get to my goal.

    Hide that scale, it'll be the best thing you ever did! x
  • stonetodrop
    stonetodrop Posts: 12 Member
    Good idea. I'm in too. Time to measure and go by how I'm looking/feeling rather than a number.
  • tigermom12
    tigermom12 Posts: 39
    Jumping up and down and screaming....ME, ME! I technically didn't hide mine. LOL! We are in temporary housing right now and my scale is packed up in storage so I have been unable to weigh myself. I go see my nutritionist today to weigh in for the first time in 2 weeks.

    I actually think I will keep the scale packed away because I was one of those who would totally let the scale dictate my mood. I just know now that I am feeling so good. I don't feel as bloated, I have lots of energy and I am sleeping much better.
  • trouble007
    trouble007 Posts: 18 Member
    This is my second round on MFP. The first time I lost a total of about 50 lbs and I was glued to the scale. I ran, lifted weights, biked, and did all the right stuff, but I developed a really unhealthy relationship with the numbers assigned to me. The other biggee was how many days in a row I logged in. I found out I had thyroid cancer while I was busy kicking butt and taking names and I even logged in from the hospital room during recovery. Then one day I missed... and my triple digit continuity went out the window. And I couldn't weigh myself. Or check the nutritional content of my hospital food. How dumb was that? I had cancer and I was stressing over the calorie content of the food that was meant to help me heal. I gained most my weight back and decided to start again without the scale and without the urge to do anything unhealthy to keep my numbers "appropriate". I started refusing to let docs tell me how much I weighed shortly after I admitted I had a real problem. As a result it's been *easier* this time to appreciate the body I've been given despite the setback.



    So, here's to a shinier round two!
  • liapr
    liapr Posts: 648 Member
    I'm in!! I will hide it today when I get home from work. I need to detach myself from my scale - it's an unhealthy relationship!
  • natrob01
    natrob01 Posts: 3 Member
    Please, if you don't mind sharing...how are you doing now?
  • kmjones96
    kmjones96 Posts: 11 Member
    That seems so difficult! I've been obsessed with the scale for years....
  • ThatCatholicGirl
    ThatCatholicGirl Posts: 209 Member
    I weigh in every 2 months. It's definitely the way to go guys!
  • jcperkns
    jcperkns Posts: 109
    When I first started MFP last April, I would weigh myself 2-3 a day. I was obsessed with it! Now that I am close to my goal, I only weigh once a month. As long as my clothes aren't getting tighter, I could care less what the number on the scale is anymore.
  • erinm2629
    erinm2629 Posts: 69 Member
    I'm in!! I have been losing the same freakin 3 lbs for a while now. I am only a few pounds from my goal but cannot get to it. I will have my hubby hide mine tonight and will not weigh until mid April or maybe May 1 depending on how i feel about it. I am a daily weigher but have been doing more weight at the gym causing the fluctuations (maybe the fact that i have been a little lax in my eating too). It will be very liberating to be free from the number but i am terrified at the same time!
  • matthewnelson1235
    matthewnelson1235 Posts: 5
    This might help. THE SCALE IS A TOOL.

    Once you get a grip on that your good to go. Anyone can look in the mirror and say "yep I am fat" checked that box. The scale does not tell all. A body can loose fat, gain muscle and weigh more than when it started, but the dress or pant size goes down. What the scale does is give a data point when combined with measurements to tell if what your doing with caloric intake and excercise is working. The scale tells a part about how your body is changing. To me I would hate to check my weight monthly to find out my diet didnt change anything and I just wasted a month. How depressing would that be.

    Remember its a tool to measure lack of progress that intiates change in your food and excercise habits.
  • kmjones96
    kmjones96 Posts: 11 Member
    WOW
  • Oakley82
    Oakley82 Posts: 53
    I haven't been on a scale in well over a month. I feel so much better! It used to take me DAYS to get over the horrible feelings of discouragement when I didn't lose a lot. I will weigh again eventually, but not for at least another couple of months. You can do it guys and gals!
  • sweetnlow30
    sweetnlow30 Posts: 497 Member
    Like the op, the scale influenced my moods to the point where I was discouraged and not as likely to stick with my plan. For the last two months I have only been weighing myself every 2-4 weeks and it is working out out much better for me. My scale is still in the bathroom for my husband to use but I refuse to step on it until I notice I am losing inches, then I record my lower weight.
  • Emtabo01
    Emtabo01 Posts: 672
    I just put mine up really high and out of sight in my closet yesterday, I was going to take the batteries out, but it's some weird watch battery, I figured I'd break it if I screwed around with it. I didn't weigh today for the first time since starting MFP, 235 days today lol, and it feels great! I'm so sick of it dictating my mood also. I'm pretty much at goal, just lifting for body recomp and a bit of HIIT to hopefully lose the baby tummy, so the scale for measuring my progress is really dumb, logically I know this, but doesn't stop me from weighing, and then being pissed, daily. I hope to go for a Thursday weekly weigh in. I really felt good today not weighing and not caring!
  • lexlyn14
    lexlyn14 Posts: 290 Member
    Everyone is doing awesome...I am not getting on the scale until April 23rd!!! Good luck everyone!!!
  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    I decided to wait a month before I weigh in.. let's see how long this lasts!
  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    I have a 10k on April 14th.. I hope not to weigh in until April 12th...
  • aleesh_
    aleesh_ Posts: 137 Member
    Yup! I hid my scale 2 weeks ago and I'm not getting back on it for 2 more weeks!
  • slimgurl13
    slimgurl13 Posts: 22
    COUNT ME IN!!
  • CrazyC
    CrazyC Posts: 284 Member
    Away, thnxs....:wink: "Wreck It Ralph" is awesome... I remember playing the game like it was yesterday, one of my favorites...
    Ya can't tell I have kids or that I'm a BIG kid at heart, can ya!!! :laugh:
  • trouble007
    trouble007 Posts: 18 Member
    natrob1---not sure if that was for me, but if it was, I'm peachy. and fluffy. :O)
  • pegasus925
    pegasus925 Posts: 42 Member
    Not me!!!! I have to get on the scale every day to see how I progress. Someone talked me into putting my scale away. I did for like 9 months and I gained weight. Biggest diet mistake I ever made. UG. There is nothng wrong with keeping onself in check. I don't let the scale or anything ele control my mood. Life is too short to be moody.

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