No scale challenge- 75 days!

ALSO, pretty awesome idea I saw and am doing. I cut up a couple colored index cards and wrote 1-75 on them. I'm going to put a little baby card folded in an origami flower into a cute mason jar for every day I don't weigh myself.

(So far only one flower from yesterday), but its on my desk and motivates me to keep doing what I'm doing. Its all about consistency anyways (which I have had trouble with).

For anyone that binges, I think this is a pretty awesome idea because you see how far you have come instead of just the weight. You could use marbles instead, or even put little motivating quotes on the cards

Thanks for the support everyone. Only 73 days to go! I know and understand this doesn't work for EVERYONE, but I just wanted to share in case someone else is also obsessed about his/her weight. It's just not an ideal way of life imo.

I don't actually have 25 pounds to lose, I should update my ticker but I'm not sure how much I should lose. I'm just trying to cut bodyfat and preserve muscle at the moment.

I feel a little bit like a traitor saying this, but I was also most successful/consistent at losing weight and working out everyday, eating healthy when I didn't use mfp to track my calories obsessively. I am doing the same now. If I happen to eat a little over or under, enter something in that isn't exact, I'm fine with it. The laidback approach imo is important, because it again helps me focus more on the fitness part of it than being in a routine and constantly worrying about messing up, which leads to bingeing. And I have a pretty good idea of what I eat anyway and how much I'm approximately burning off, but the caloric counts on any website are not going to be truly accurate just like treadmill calories burned (especially if you hold onto the handle, might as well assume you're burning half the total cals burned reading). Splenda, diet coke, sugar free stuff don't have sugar in them and are zero calories, but they still spike your insulin, make you retain water because of the sodium etc. When I counted every single calorie, I had more of these foods and felt/looked worse than now. Sorry for getting sidetracked to this, but I see this pretty often.

Anyways, measuring inches is also a great idea. I used to do that too and it really helped to motivate me because my weight was changing a lot slower than my measurements. (I went from a size 13/15 jean to 4/6 and size L shirts to xs/s.) I still fit into a variety of different sizes because of the fits/brands, but I know I've lost weight when I can fit into jeans that used to be too tight on me.

First, to the OP, I'm curious... Your ticker says you have 25 lb to lose, but looking at some of your profile pics, you look about as trim as anyone could hope to be. Are those pictures current representations of where you are now? And if so, are you really trying to lose another 25 lb?

In the bigger picture, I can see how some people can be driven crazy by the scale, but really, I think the answer is to adjust your mindset rather than hide the scale. A person's current weight is simply information, and information is always valuable as long as you take it for what it is.

To me, making a goal of not weighing yourself for an extended period of time is like making a goal of not knowing how much money you have in your checking account for an extended period of time. It may be stressing you out to see a balance you're not happy with every day, but not knowing will likely make the real problem much worse.