How does the # on the scale relate to your emotional state?

Well after following my diet like a beast all last week and not losing anything, I'm feeling pretty crushed.
I'm hoping I can just turn this into fuel to keep going.

Uggh. THIS IS MY LIFE! I hate it, this is why I've vowed to only weigh once a week, however if I have gained I do exactly what you wrote, all the while knowing I will have to start again so why do I still do it? This trying to lose weight and change my lifestyle is one of the hardest things I have ever done!

Well after following my diet like a beast all last week and not losing anything, I'm feeling pretty crushed.
I'm hoping I can just turn this into fuel to keep going.

That is exactly what we should do, but it's so hard to actually do it!

My husband threw my scale away for this very reason. I have an ED and the scale is a huge trigger for me. My self worth shouldn't be wrapped up in a number on the scale.

I was/am the same way. Now, my husband hides the scale and it only comes out 1 or 2 times per month. I'm certainly less upset by the numbers this way. Even if I've gained a pound from the previous day, I'd never know it because the number is still lower than it was 2 weeks ago...

Hi all,
This is my history of scale related problems.

I start with a weigh in.
I eat well.
See some good change on the scale so I weigh myself daily every morning after my first void.
The scale keeps going down, little by little and I feel GREAT.
Then it slows down or stops and there goes my emotional state.
I feel crappy and end up sabotaging myself.
I eat crap until I feel so down on myself that I say "enough. I start fresh on Monday".
I weigh myself again as I need to know an exact number that's my beginning.
I eat well and the cycle continues.

Am I alone in this happening and feeling this way?
I haven't weighed myself for about 3-4 weeks now as the last time I was like 230 (I had gotten down to 212), and I become so depressed that I swore I wouldn't use the scale for a long time.

Is the scale a detriment to your emotional state??

On top of this, my sister has lost like 50+ lbs doing nothing at all which erks me a little because I can't seem to shake this food addition thing!!

Feeling extremely frustrated with myself.

First off, I love your profile pic (made me smile) :laugh:

I feel the same way, except, since it is my fate to live by numbers, I'm not only a slave to my scale, but to my glucometer too :grumble:

I am a *super* Crankasaurus Rex when any of my numbers are higher than my latest historical lows. I have to keep reminding myself that it's a process, more so than a destination :ohwell: and to let things go.

Sometimes I fixate on things and it's clearly unhealthy, so I try to be aware of what's really over the line as opposed to a fluctuation here and there.

I tend to think in terms of pass or fail but that's changing and I'm much happier for it
Good luck, it's a struggle, I know it well. :drinker:

Weighing yourself daily is detrimental as your weight can change by a lot, according to my dr and my trainer, could be close to 10 lbs. Which is why they suggest always weighing yourself at the same time, same week day, same everything as much as you can. And also remember each scale will have a variance in it. The number changes a lot due to in vs out, water retention, and everything else that we can't really control.

I can relate - it is very brutal cycle that we put ourselves thru. I know I get frustrated when I feel like I am eating nothing but rabbit food and the scale doesn't move - then I get mad, eat junk and scale goes the totally wrong way. This leads to "screw it" attitude and I sabotage myself further. It is really hard to watch others put forth little effort and drop weight like nothing. We are all individuals tho and will lose at our own pace.

You are not alone - this time tho I am not allowing myself to wallow in my frustration. I am trying to keep my food consistent, and my attitude that of as long as the scale isn't going up (with the exception of small occasional water retention), I am still winning and breaking my self-defeatist cycle. Everyone goes thru plateaus and I am seeing this one as a victory - I am not letting it defeat me and drive me back to the nothing happens give up and eat which is really tough when you are addicted to food I know. Time to focus on feeling better and staying consistent. Adding more exercise, and if I continue to obsess over the scale it is going in the trash! Feel free to add me if you want - we can encourage each other to stay on track! I am determined that this time I will not quit, even when I have an off meal or day, must focus on not letting it completely derail me! You can do it, don't let yourself quit!

It doesn't bother me. As long as I take control and remain resposible for my eating and exercise habits, it's going to go down eventually. I've been gaining and losing the same 5 lbs. for the last 2 months -and it's all my fault to be perfectly honest. I'm back to logging absolutely everything and measuring the way I should. It was a hiatus. A controlled break, if you will. I've been at this for 7 months, and I was feeling burnt out.

I'm a binge eater which is especially difficult to deal with. I can do some MAJOR damage in a very short amount of time! It used to be that I wouldn't even be aware I was binging until after the fact. I'm beginning to know my triggers, and sense a binge coming on. I've found ways to prevent a binge, and I'm constantly working to fine more coping methods.

I'm not in a race to lose weight. I'm not applying pressure, guilt, frustration, or depression on myself. I don't need the stress. Stress IS one of my binge triggers, after all. This....is....life. Life happens. Life goes in every direction including the wrong way. I deal with it.

The scale? It's a tool just like MFP. I weigh myself everyday simply as reinforcement. It prevents me from being as bad as I would if I didn't weigh myself. Weighing myself after a binge is the worst. The scale goes up, up, up for about 2-3 days afterwards until I'm stuck with the final result. It takes 1-2 weeks to come back down. What's important for me is the owning up. NOT weighing myself would allow me to bury my head in the sand. Weighing is accountability. It makes me face the problem. In this respect, I love my scale. It fluctuates, but it never lies.

Yes, the scale can definitely affect how I feel so I've decided recently that I would only weigh myself twice a month, once at the start and once at the end. I've previously had a lot of success doing this since I would be very consistent with my eating and exercising and when the end of the month rolls around I don't expect anything and most times I'm pleased with the result.

I'm so glad you posted this because I have been sooooo frustrated/depressed wirh the number I've been seeing on my scale for three weeks. But just yesterday I decided to use it as motivation to figure out what the problem could be, and it dawned on me that I probably should not have added bread and cereal (my attempt to add healthy calories). But because of my diabetes my body diesn't handle these well (I forgot) even though they were good whole grain choices. I was devasted when I saw I had gained back the two pounds, but instead of wallowing in my misery like I usually do, I made a change that I hope is the answer.

I'm hoping that once I lose the 2 lbs. again, I will be ok and refocus on moving forward.

I get like this from time to time. Other life problems don't help either..