Step Away From The Scale in February

rmkorama
rmkorama Posts: 232 Member
edited September 23 in Motivation and Support
Alrighty, for February, I'm setting a different kind of challenge for myself: I'm not going to weigh myself. At all. The entire month. (It's handy that February has only 28 days!) I've asked the hubby to put the scale somewhere he can use it if he wants, but somewhere I can't find easily.

Instead of spending time peeking at random numbers on a little metal box on the floor of my bathroom, I plan to put my energy into making sure I meet my exercise goal.

So if you're interested in joining me, give a holler in this thread, weigh yourself one last time if you feel the need (I plan to get my start weight tomorrow morning), and then put that thing in the garage, or the closet, or chuck it out the window.

Forget the blinkin' scale! It's just numbers on an appliance, and I want to think about some other things for a while. :laugh:
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  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    I'm down! Just this morning I was complaining to my other group that according to the numbers I should be seeing a weight loss drop but haven't...so yeah. No problem! I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning, post it and be done till March 1st.

    And I will post my other goals tomorrow too!
  • ababygrace
    ababygrace Posts: 123
    I am in! I plan on putting the scale in storage that is across town so I won't be tempted...this is a good challenge.
  • alyssa83202
    alyssa83202 Posts: 334
    That's a great idea! I don't think I'm quite ready for it yet though! lol
  • nowic
    nowic Posts: 171 Member
    Oh me me! Im in!! Great idea! I will weigh in the morning, report it and be done with it till march :)
  • sandram82
    sandram82 Posts: 615 Member
    This is great, cause I was thinking the same, instead of weighing and getting discouraged focus on just eating right and exercising, I figure by the end of the month when I see the new low number ill be sooo happy that I will be fully motivated and ready for March!!
    Thanks
    This morning I weighed in at 192, hoping to be 182 by the end of the month!!
  • Jaedynmoon
    Jaedynmoon Posts: 280 Member
    I made the plan to do something similar over the weekend. I'm not weighing myself until Valentines Day and then after that the last day of Feb. I plan to start doing that from now on...only twice a month..otherwise I become obsessive! Good luck!
  • LizardIsANerd
    LizardIsANerd Posts: 113
    Heh - I started at 216, went down to 207, gained back to 214 and now I am back down to 210. This is all this month. I can gain/drop 3-4 lbs in a day :(
    Unfortunately I work in a hospital and walk past the big walk-on scale that we use for wheelchair-bound patients about 3 times a day.
  • kimbux
    kimbux Posts: 154 Member
    Great Idea - I am borrowing it for my LOSER Group! Good Luck :)
  • calypott
    calypott Posts: 28
    I am totally in. Ughh, I have become far too addicted to the scale.
  • springrose72
    springrose72 Posts: 1
    Such a good idea. I just did the same this morning. Weighed in for one last time and had my roommate hide the scale for 3 weeks....(that was my goal before I saw your post) I've become too much of an addict to the scale to measure my progress. That's a good and a bad thing. The bad thing is I check it WAY too much. And of course if I see any weight gain, I get totally off track, depressed, discouraged and I completely go off the deep end for a meal, or a day or sometimes several days. So I decided to stop the insanity, and throw away the scale. Just buckle down, exercise, and eat right, and check in again in a few weeks.
  • debbielynn66
    debbielynn66 Posts: 9
    I'm in too :) Scale be gone for the month!! Hubby likes it better when I don't get hooked on numbers, but concentrate on the way my clothes are fitting now...! Will do like you guys, and post a number tomorrow, and then again in March! :flowerforyou:
  • loriefolk
    loriefolk Posts: 352
    Best of luck to you && good luck!
  • nejohn
    nejohn Posts: 62
    Count me in!
  • SavannaN
    SavannaN Posts: 148
    Im in!!!! Cant wait to see the results on March 1!!!
  • mommyof5kids
    mommyof5kids Posts: 55
    Sounds good to me---I will post my starting weight tomorrow morning then make my husband hide it from me for the rest of the month.
  • morgaj8
    morgaj8 Posts: 34
    I have already been on this for over a month now.... I am scared to weigh scared that number hasnt gone down any.... So with that being said I AM IN!!!! But should I weigh tonight, log it & start over tomorrow or just keep going?
  • rmkorama
    rmkorama Posts: 232 Member
    Welcome to you all and great to see you! I'll see about summarizing everyone's names when I have a few minutes free tomorrow. Morgaj8, it's up to you. Do you think seeing the number would help or hinder you? If you're feeling good, meeting your goals, and still on the ball, I'd say you can continue your streak and cheer the rest of us on. :bigsmile:
  • chickadee2010
    chickadee2010 Posts: 1,389 Member
    Oh me me! Im in!! Great idea! I will weigh in the morning, report it and be done with it till march :)

    I love your profile pic. That is such a cute movie.
  • rmkorama
    rmkorama Posts: 232 Member
    Greetings again to all you lovely people. So far, here is the list I have. I included some people who posted here, though I'm not entirely sure whether they're going to stay. Anyone I missed, just send me a personal message and I'll put you in there. And of course, anyone else who wants to jump in is super welcome still, as well.

    Rmkorama --> 195
    Laceylala
    Ababygrace
    Nowic
    Sandram82 --> 192
    LizardIsANerd --> 210
    Calypott
    Springrose72
    Debmac66
    Nejohn
    SavannaN
    Mommyof5kids
    Morgaj8

    (Please note, a starting weight is not required, but I will add it to the list if you want to submit one.)

    ***

    My personal goals for February are 1) Not weigh myself AT ALL until February 28, 2) Exercise 21 days of the month for at least 30 minutes, and 3) Lose 5 pounds.

    Let's do it!
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    I will use last weeks weigh in of 206.6. This week I am up four lbs, probably from increasing weight training. I am sore as all get out.

    Goals: 300 minutes of exercise per week. Stay within calorie limit. For the next two weeks I will keep it at 1.5 lbs weight loss per week. After that I am decreasing it to 1 lbs per week.
  • rmkorama
    rmkorama Posts: 232 Member
    The hubby hasn't put away the scale for me yet, so I'll have to remind him. I spent this morning brushing my teeth thinking, not gonna weigh, not gonna weigh, not gonna weigh...
  • qtwells82
    qtwells82 Posts: 352
    I think that will be hard for me...but i will try my hardest to resist!

    Good Luck to everyone! :flowerforyou:
  • sauza
    sauza Posts: 159 Member
    Okay, I'm in! I know enough to know that if I am building the muscle I should be building, I should be gaining and 'shrinking' - for a while. So why in the world would I weigh in at this juncture in my journey? Oh that's right, to torture myself. So....I will skip the needless confusion of the scale and accept the challenge.
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    Okay, I'm in! I know enough to know that if I am building the muscle I should be building, I should be gaining and 'shrinking' - for a while. So why in the world would I weigh in at this juncture in my journey? Oh that's right, to torture myself. So....I will skip the needless confusion of the scale and accept the challenge.
    Amen to that! It is pure torture to weigh when you KNOW your body is all swollen up from water retention. Especially if you are sore already and know its going on!
  • SavannaN
    SavannaN Posts: 148
    My starting weight is 157. My goals are to 1. not weight my self this month (harder than I thought) 2. work out 6 days a week 3. fit into my old size 9 jeans by the end of the month (really hoping tha I can do this!!!)
  • katschi
    katschi Posts: 689 Member
    I weighed myself on February 1st and then put the scale in the linen closet AND took out the batteries.
    That should do it.
    I've only done this because I'm an obsessive scale junkie and need to focus on other measures of success.
    Those numbers have ruined many an attempt at weight loss if I don't see what I want to see.

    Once a month weigh-ins for me from now on.
  • BigBoneSista
    BigBoneSista Posts: 2,389 Member
    Hey! Didn't know you had started a thread on this already. I started one also. Maybe we should combined the two. Let me know what you think. If its a go I will point the ladies over to this one.
  • BigBoneSista
    BigBoneSista Posts: 2,389 Member
    Oh and I didn't have the ladies weigh themselves. I was basically trying to work on detaching ourselves from the scale. People weigh themselves day in and day out. We shouldn't be slaves to it yanno.
  • rmkorama
    rmkorama Posts: 232 Member
    Hello to everyone!

    Day 3, and the scale is still in the bathroom, and I still haven't stepped on it. Heh. I really have to remember to move it tonight, so at least it's out of sight.

    Welcome to the new people!

    Desirai, if you want to have us all do this together, that's a-okay with me. I basically told everyone they could submit a February start weight if they wished to, but that's not at all required. This is just a place for us to talk about our other goals and woes and anything else.

    Right now, my "anything else" is that I'm completely unmotivated to do anything today. I got myself to work, so that's a win, right?
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
    I would like to join if i may?
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