Lenten Scale Diet Official Thread - Join us!

I forgot to hide the scale last night and sure enough it was staring me down this a.m!!! BUT NOPE, I DIDN'T JUMP ON IT! We can totally do this!!!

I know this "40 days of Lent" is confusing to some people. I am Catholic, so this is how it goes...It's considered 40 days because Sunday's aren't included in "actual Lent". And Lent officially ends on "Good Friday", the Friday before Easter, hence, the 40 days. However, since we started out committing to breaking up with our scales until Easter Sunday, I say LETS DO IT!!! You all are right, if we can do it for 40 days we can do it for 47 (I think :sad: ). I agree, the hardest thing for me is going to be seeing my friends here post their losses! I want to do that to! But I'm in this!!! :drinker:

Might try and go the whole hog so to speak and wait to weigh until Easter Sunday!!

I'm hoping madly to be in the 190's, but OMG to be in the 180's would be fantastic! That's less 20lbs in roughly 7 weeks. Slightly under 3lb a week. But I'm bigger anyway and the first few pounds will probably be water weight so what do you reckon?

I think I can do it!
But you've all got to keep me motivated! If I don't post every single day pm me and shout at me :P


My Scale Diet goal: 189lbs by Easter Sunday
Reward: Easter egg once I finally reach it. If I haven't by the Sunday I'm not allowed an Easter egg until I've hit it!
Reward for not giving in before ES: Haircut and dye maybe

Confession.

Stupid, dummy, pain in my *kitten* hubby did NOT do as he was told last night and hide the scale :mad: . So, I just woke up ( I work 3rd shift and sleep during the day), sauntered into the bathroom, peed and hopped on. :noway: GARHGHHAHCHGDGECH:noway: , so mad I could SCREAM right now:sad: . As soon as the '0' was flashing I realized what I was doing but couldn't hop off before the giant "your still in a stupid plateau" number came up.

Hmph, oh well, no sense in being bummed about it. And, for the record- I love my hubby, and although he has his supid, dumb, pain in my *kitten* moments - he is not any of those things. The good thing from all of this is that number and the way I felt about it solidified why I'm doing this challenge - the scale is NOT my friend lately, time to cut the ties.

Anyway - the scale is on the kitchen table with a huge "HIDE ME" post-it on it.

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In cahoots with EmmaLeigh... I present the first weekly Lenten Scale Diet CHALLENGE!

What can you do to prepare yourself for a successful Scale Diet?
Not just today, but throughout the “Diet”… Hide the scale? Set non-scale goals for each week (or two or three) of the “Diet”? Set a goal for the final day? Decide on a reward? What time/day will be your weakest, when you think you might be running for the scale, and what can you do instead? What about asking a friend, MFP or not, to join you? Or finding and adding a new exercise to your workout routine? Or even starting a workout routine if you haven’t?
PLAN on being successful, and you will. If you need help—ask us! As Fzy said, we’re all here to talk you down off of the ledge :bigsmile:

Share your plans/ideas here, on your blog, or even somewhere private—whatever it takes to picture yourself healthier, fitter, and hotter 40 (OK, 47) days from now!!!

MY “PLAN”:
*Measure every two weeks (but not any more often—I don’t want to replace weighing with a new obsession!)
*Asked my Mom and Sister to join me—*YAY* they agreed!
*Burn at least 3,500 calories w/exercise for 4 of the 6 weeks
*If I’m tempted to step on the scale, I’ll drink a glass of water (cause who wants to weigh themselves when they’ve just downed a bunch of water?!)… and ask for help if that doesn’t work!!!
*REWARD… Cadbury & Reese’s (YUM), also a new Spring dress. Special Reward for the 3,500-calorie goal… the purse I’ve been DYING to get!!!

Good luck everyone--I bet a lot of us have made it a long way already, just by not weighing in today!

Okay....really struggling...told my sister about the Lenten challenge last night, as I was trying on my wedding dress, which was a bit snug due to weight gain, and she said that she had just read an article stating that people who weigh more often are more likely to keep weight off due to ability to see the scale sliding up and catching themselves before it's too late. I really want to go hop on the scale right now...haven't eaten breakfast, haven't had anything to drink this morning....I don't know what to do.

OK- first day is hurting me a lot. I did not weigh in, HOWEVER, I did not eat well today - I caught myself eating things here and there that I would never have dared do if I had to answer to the mean, ugly scale. Did anyone else go through anything similar??