Scale obsession...anyone else?

xDeannaGarciax
xDeannaGarciax Posts: 675
edited September 21 in Fitness and Exercise
So I have always had an extreme scale obsession, I weigh myself as many as 3x a day, sometimes more. Always first thing in the morning then sparatically through out the day. I can't seem to go all week without weighing in, of course once a week is when I do my "weigh in" which is always Friday's, but that's just when I record it on here, am I the only one who does this? Anyone else have this problem, it really is a pain in the butt!

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  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    I weigh myself once a day but I don't care what it says (it doesn't rule me). Then bi-weekly I weigh-in (on Mondays).
  • sabrinafaith
    sabrinafaith Posts: 607 Member
    I'm the same way, except that I try very hard to weigh myself only once a day!
  • makeupangel
    makeupangel Posts: 11
    Deanna- i am totally scale obsessed. like you I weigh myself about 3x daily, and not even consciously sometimes. its crazy ,huh? especially when we know how much we can fluctuate after even drinking a glass of water!!
  • TammyBee
    TammyBee Posts: 178
    I do not weigh that often but not because i don't want to. I look at it as the same as eating chocolate. I want to really bad but it is unhealthy to do it all the time. Chocolate is bad for my butt and scales are bad for my mind! :happy:
  • gingermoon
    gingermoon Posts: 239 Member
    Yes, I have the same issue!
    So frustrating and time consuming!
  • Katie6303
    Katie6303 Posts: 2
    I weigh myself first thing in the morning.... it sets the tone for my eating then...this morning I was down 2 more pounds than yesterday morning and that made me smile and kept me from cheating on my food intake so far today... the scale is my motivation.... need to see it keep going down, down, down.... your weight can go back and forth throughout the day at different times....so try to just weigh in only once a day..... keep your sanity...lol ;o)

    good luck,

    Katie:flowerforyou:
  • unknownndoll
    unknownndoll Posts: 161 Member
    I had it too... but it became depressing to me and made my moods bad. I have stopped and only weigh every few days to check up on it and i am in way better moods now!! not upset and depressed every time it would go up and down.
  • TateFTW
    TateFTW Posts: 658 Member
    My scale is in my closet. It will come out this weekend once, then go back in for another week. I used to be the same way, but it's not healthy. We don't do this for a number, we do it for feeling good and living healthy. To much scale time scews your perspective because the number and the way you feel don't always match. It's a long term thing, that's why MFP suggests losing only 1 lb a week.
  • xDeannaGarciax
    xDeannaGarciax Posts: 675
    Yes, I have the same issue!
    So frustrating and time consuming!

    It is very time consuming and annoying...
  • xDeannaGarciax
    xDeannaGarciax Posts: 675
    Deanna- i am totally scale obsessed. like you I weigh myself about 3x daily, and not even consciously sometimes. its crazy ,huh? especially when we know how much we can fluctuate after even drinking a glass of water!!

    Yep, I know...I wish I could just hide it and take it out once a week, but it kinda set's the pace for my eating throughout the day...if that makes any sense.
  • xDeannaGarciax
    xDeannaGarciax Posts: 675
    I weigh myself first thing in the morning.... it sets the tone for my eating then...this morning I was down 2 more pounds than yesterday morning and that made me smile and kept me from cheating on my food intake so far today... the scale is my motivation.... need to see it keep going down, down, down.... your weight can go back and forth throughout the day at different times....so try to just weigh in only once a day..... keep your sanity...lol ;o)

    good luck,

    Katie:flowerforyou:

    See I agree it can work as either motivation....or unmotivation...lol! I realize it goes up and down throughout the day but the obsession is to the point where...I eat my last meal no later then 7pm, don't snack and only drink water after 7...sometimes if I get really hungry I'll eat a small light snack, but not very often....anyway so when I go to bed I weigh in and I know I'm not suppose to be over a certain weight or it'll back fire on me in the morning... every nightly weigh in I try to be down .2- .4lbs from the previous night. Seee I told you, obsessed, but5 I've always ALWAYS been this way.
  • xDeannaGarciax
    xDeannaGarciax Posts: 675
    My scale is in my closet. It will come out this weekend once, then go back in for another week. I used to be the same way, but it's not healthy. We don't do this for a number, we do it for feeling good and living healthy. To much scale time scews your perspective because the number and the way you feel don't always match. It's a long term thing, that's why MFP suggests losing only 1 lb a week.

    Thanks for that. I agree with you 100%...after tomorrow I'm going to try to put the scale away till the following Friday! :ohwell:
  • Tamishumate
    Tamishumate Posts: 1,171 Member
    Me. Just like you. And its ok. Its my friend. :).
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