Hi Everyone! I don't use a scale. Anyone else?

UnstoppableNails
UnstoppableNails Posts: 1
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Hi everyone. I just joined MFP and I am looking forward to being a person who sheds unneeded weight. I used to scale obsessed which led to emotional eating so I do not have a scale at my house nor will I again. I have told my doctor I am not a number and will focus on being healthier while watching the measuring tape and clothing sizes get smaller. I can't control my weight, how much I shrink, but I can control what I put into my body which is why MFP is in my pocket and on my computer.

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  • ellie0213
    ellie0213 Posts: 516 Member
    Good that you figured out one of your triggers. You can add me for support if you'd like!
  • sti1imatic
    sti1imatic Posts: 47
    I have a scale but my tile is uneven so I cannot use it in the house, and I am too lazy to use it outside the house :)
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    I don't use a scale... I've been fine without one so far. I do measure cups, tsp, tbsp... but weighing, no. :tongue:
  • 13bbird13
    13bbird13 Posts: 425 Member
    I've tried it both ways. In the end I find that whether or not certain pants zip is a much more accurate tool to follow my weight loss than a scale is, even the digital one I bought to replace my old twirly-dial one that had big black numbers on it and a red line on the glass window. If the light blue twill pants zip... woo hoo!! (Not that they have for about a year, but that's what I'm here to work on.)
  • dmnich
    dmnich Posts: 1
    Welcome to MFP! I don't use a scale. I keep up with my progress by watching how my clothes fit.
  • JoeScar1964
    JoeScar1964 Posts: 5
    Still monitor, but not to measure success. My weight has fluctuated over the last couple years (that's when I actually began to loss) and what I noticed was that the beginning I was able to lose weight with adjusting my intake and what I was eating. Then I began to work out with weights and began to gain weight back. For me (like others) it was how much different my clothes fit.
  • TheDietingDiva
    TheDietingDiva Posts: 6
    I refuse to use a scale, because my weight fluctuates soooooooo much. I need to lose 70 more pounds, and I am doing it by inches. I have a chart that says the average weight and inches for each size. I'll paste it here. That is all I need. I measure myself once a month with my "Power Punch Ribbon" a pink measuring tape. Of video I post myself hole punching my new hip measurment and I post it on facebook. Check out my page "dieting diva tnt" I am a firm believer in measuring instead of weighing. I have heard that from a fitness trainer too. When I measure my hips they are not going to fluctuate even with woman trouble.

    weight size chest waist hips

    135 8 reg 34.5 26 38

    145 10 reg 36 28.5 39.5

    155 12 reg. 37.5 30 41

    165 14 reg. 39 31.5 42.5

    175 14W 39.5-41 32-35 42-43.5

    185 (1x) 16W 41.5-43 35-37 44-45.5

    195 (1x) 18W 43.5-45 37-39 46-47.5

    205 (1x/2x) 20W 45.5-47 39-41 48-49.5

    215 (2x) 22W 47.5-49 41-43 50-51.5

    225 (2x-3x)24W 49.5-51 43-45 52-53.5

    235 (3x)26W 45-47 45-47 54-55.5

    245 (3x-4x)28W 53.5-55 47.5-49 56-57.5
  • summerhaze71
    summerhaze71 Posts: 1,204 Member
    @thedietingdiva - Thanks for sharing the chart, very informative. I do use a scale for reference but see the main difference in how my clothes fit different. The scale goes down a pound one day, up a pound the next. However, when I can fit into the shorts that didn't fit me at the start of summer, that's when I know change is happening!!

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