Does the number on the scale control your happiness?

Charlixoxo
Charlixoxo Posts: 94 Member
edited January 23 in Motivation and Support
I don't know if I'm the only one with these unhealthy thoughts...
If I weigh and am happy with the number I see on the scale, I have a brilliant day and am in a great mood....

If I weigh and my weight has fluctuated up a few pounds, it ruins my day and makes me feel disgusted and unhappy.

Am I the only one?!
I am fed up with my weight and the scales controlling my overall happiness!

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  • GODfidence
    GODfidence Posts: 249 Member
    I used to be obsessed with weighing myself...
    2-3 times a day,if not more. Now I only weigh once a week
    And it works out better. Whatever I weigh is what I tell myself I
    Weigh the whole week,plus it doesn't really bother me because scales
    Basically lie half the time.
    Try weighing less often and realize you're pretty no matter what!
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    No, the number on the scale does not control my happiness. It's just a number. It doesn't have anything to do with my worth as a person, or even my attractiveness. It's not even an accurate measure of how fat I am. Your weight is made up of so many things, not just fat. Water accounts for most of your weight, and that is fluctuating constantly.

    I weigh every day, and am happy doing that, but only because I know that the number doesn't define me. Given what you've said, I would strongly recommend you stop weighing yourself, or do it maybe once a month. It's a useful tool for measuring progress, but it sounds like you've developed a really unhealthy relationship with it. Once you are a healthy weight (which, looking at your picture and ticker, you are) the scale becomes less relevant anyway. Two women of exactly the same weight and height can look very different depending on body composition. Take measurements (try not to obsess about those numbers as well), go by how well your clothes fit and how you look in photos.

    How would it feel to stop weighing yourself and know that you can be happy and have a good day without that hanging over your head?
  • Donnaovercomer
    Donnaovercomer Posts: 55 Member
    DO NOT let a number on a scale DEFINE you!. How are you feeling? Have you been good to yourself. Are you exercising and eating right? How do your clothes feel? Don't let that scale control your mood. The number on the scale could be different for so many reasons that have nothing to do with what you are eating. Your mood should be based on how you are feeling.
  • Buff2022
    Buff2022 Posts: 373 Member
    At one time yes I did. Recently I weighed myself an lost 1.2 pounds. I was like WTF and then I said to myself. STOP IT! you lost weight you are not going to lose weight like I did the first month. I lost 22 pounds in a month. HUGE VICTORY FOR ME. I knew that it was going to start to slow down. I said you eat right you work out..the rest will come.

    Now I weigh in once a week and the number is a number. I am more into what size pants I can get into. And yesterday I said to myself..you can stop trying on size 18. You are now a size 20 and maybe for a bit. I was a 22/24 so I have come down. So now I will only be trying on the 18's that I have at home. So I can wear them. But even that is going to be given up for a few weeks to a month.

    Because all that not fitting, not weighing the "right" number is a good way to start spinning downward and I am only going UP in emotions and DOWN in weight from now on.
  • vorgas
    vorgas Posts: 741 Member
    For me the tipping point came when I realized that weight wasn't something I could do. It was a result that was out of my control and subject to a lot of factors that I have nothing to do with.

    I put the scale away and began to focus on what I could do. I can eat healthier, control portions, get in some exercise. I found value and happiness in whether or not I successfully did those things.

    Now I just weigh myself every couple of months to recalculate RMR and body fat %. Much happier.
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