For today Mar 28th
GrokRockStar
Posts: 2,938 Member
On action alone be thy interest, never on its fruits.”
“For Today: If I stop “supervising” my weight loss, it will be taken care of – in God’s time. I pray for the willingness to do that.”
Oh boy, this is a tough one for me. Am I ready to turn over my scale obsession to my higher power?? I feel like a contradiction because I do trust my higher-power, however it’s difficult to let go. If I am abstinent and doing what I set out to do, the result will be weight loss, I know this, however, easier said than done. What I am willing to do is weigh in less. I usually weigh every couple of days, and face disappointment because weight loss is not a daily or every-other day event. I will commit to weighing once a week ONLY. If I’m on track, I have nothing to worry about, right? Progress, not perfection ya’ll!
“For Today: If I stop “supervising” my weight loss, it will be taken care of – in God’s time. I pray for the willingness to do that.”
Oh boy, this is a tough one for me. Am I ready to turn over my scale obsession to my higher power?? I feel like a contradiction because I do trust my higher-power, however it’s difficult to let go. If I am abstinent and doing what I set out to do, the result will be weight loss, I know this, however, easier said than done. What I am willing to do is weigh in less. I usually weigh every couple of days, and face disappointment because weight loss is not a daily or every-other day event. I will commit to weighing once a week ONLY. If I’m on track, I have nothing to worry about, right? Progress, not perfection ya’ll!
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I struggle with this as well. Like everything in recovery, I am finding it a process of letting go...0
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I used to weigh myself daily, and am finding it hard to cut back to only weighing monthly, which is my approach until I get closer to a maintenance weight. I'm a bit of a data junky, and I had been trying to supervise my weight based on that daily number. Good day...alright! Success! Let's celebrate, what's good to eat around here? Bad day...well, since I'm already going backward, I might as well have something yummy to eat, because the scale is already telling me I'm not good enough. It's hard breaking that habit. But, what should I be measuring? The number on the scale, or how I feel? I've got weight to lose, sure, but that's not my primary focus any more. The scale is telling me about the symptom, not helping me identify the cause. I'm getting my data and feedback anyway, I'm just using a different measuring stick.0
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Great feedback guys! Weighing frequently is not healthy for the brain, at least for my brain. I'm taking baby steps in committing to weighing once per week, which is a huge deal for me. Another important number that I rely on is displayed on my BG meter, which I must check often. This number is much more important that the number on the scale, however, if the number on the scale doesn't move, my BG level will not improve (hey that rhymed!)
Hope you all are having a great abstinent day!0 -
I let the scale determine what kind of day I'm going to have. So not cool. I used to run to food regardless of the result. What madness. I actually got rid of my scale for a couple years but with that came no accountability. I'm learning to have a healthy relationship not just with food but with my scale as well. I'm learning to find my worth in God not in other things.0
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I'm learning to find my worth in God not in other things.
I just love this^!! It is how it should be. My higher power is at the wheel, I'm just sitting in the passenger seat!0
