Public weight

I wrote mine on a big wall calendar. It helped me track my weight before I started using mfp. It also made me accountable. More than anything, it helped me learn it was just a number and doesn't define who I am.

I think I am going to do this. It shocks my boyfriend though. He doesn't think I look even close to what I weigh so when he sees the number he gets a bit uneasy. He's still locked into the idea that women don't weigh over 120lbs. I asked him how much he thought I weighed and it was 30lbs less than I really am. I'm flattered but he needs a reality check. Women can look amazing and weigh 150lbs, especially if they are fit and tone.

I think that's a great idea.

I think I am going to do this. It shocks my boyfriend though. He doesn't think I look even close to what I weigh so when he sees the number he gets a bit uneasy. He's still locked into the idea that women don't weigh over 120lbs. I asked him how much he thought I weighed and it was 30lbs less than I really am. I'm flattered but he needs a reality check. Women can look amazing and weigh 150lbs, especially if they are fit and tone.

That's why I love my hubby...he thought 180lbs was a walrus, not his beautiful wife!

Great Idea...I'm going to try that

Funny you say this, I recently also showed my BF how much I weigh and he was shocked. Like you, my BF thought i weight much less, and was almost speechless when he saw it! Not in a good way i don't think...haha. But the reason I got to that point was that I gained almost 70-80 pounds in past 2-3 years. He met me when i weighed much less about 150, and has been with me even at my peek of 236. Its something we have argued countless hours about, and i can't blame him being that I have changed so much not just physically (stretch marks, not being sexually attracted as much) but also mentally (confidence, socializing, thinking everyones disgusted w me) So about 2 months ago we almost broke up for this reason and others. But we came to a resolution, where he would try to change his ways that I was not happy with, if i lost 10 pounds in a month. I was to take a pic of the scale on day 1, and after 1 month a pic of the last. A lot of ppl prob think this was the wrong way to go about it, but in the end it worked for us. It was the motivation i needed (knowing i would have to show him the pics no matter what) to do it. At the end of the month, I ended up losing 11 pounds! But he had never ever seen my weight, and therefore was surprised to see the higher number AND the lower number! After his shock went away i guess he realized that I was taking the right steps to a better me, the old me. I have an other 10 pounds to loose this month, and now that he knows the numbers there really has been no escaping the truth. Its the most progress I have made since gaining the weight, and honestly i know many ppl would criticize, but hey, it worked for us, and its continuing to do so. SO i wish the best of luck to you! and your bf mentality!

Every time someone ask my weight for whatever reason, they are always in shock, even today i was eating almonds, and a coworked ask me why i wasnt eating a chilly covered nacho mountain, i told him i was watching my diet, and that i have lost about 20 pounds already, and that my weight was 300lb, i got this look like i was a pig... Maybe i am, but i rather keep it private.

This reminds me of when my boys use to wrestle. At wrestling tournaments, the wrestlers would all be walking around with their weight written on their bare arm in sharpie. I thought this was so strange and wondered what society would be like if we all had to run around with our weight written on our body for the whole world to see.

I would but then my co worker would get jealous although I try to help her. It is hard when things are different since she is almost twice my age.