Does anyone else secretly weigh their food?

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  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    no secret here.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Nope. I just bought a new better food scale and posted it on Instagram even. Lol
  • ZiggySquish
    ZiggySquish Posts: 87 Member
    drs64 wrote: »
    I not only openly weigh everything, at the table, every meal, but have been successful to the point that I now have 3 other family members doing it as well. They haven't quite joined me at weighing food out at restaurants, but that's their loss. It's my body, my "diet", my success story. Screw the judgement of anyone else, especially strangers.

    I'm impressed you weigh your food when you eat out somewhere, it's always such a challenge! I don't know if I could ever do that, but it gave me an idea. I could put half of it in a box to go as soon as I get it, take it home and weigh it, and then I'll have a better idea of how much I had...
  • vschwgrt1
    vschwgrt1 Posts: 86 Member
    secret, are you kidding? I am a compulsive food weigher, the only accurate way to determine how much your eating. I wish all foods were listed by the oz.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    I don't take my scale with me though. When I'm out I just wing it.
  • IvanOcampo
    IvanOcampo Posts: 226 Member
    Secretly?? I carry my scale wherever I go .....
  • cosmo_momo
    cosmo_momo Posts: 173 Member
    I live by myself, but my boyfriend has visited and even before that I told him about it and he didn't make a big deal out of it. I did have a fellow classmate ask me if I was a drug dealer :D
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Tell them _once_ that you're following doctor's orders and working to make better health choices,
    and if they can't say something supportive, they should keep their opinions to themselves.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    wizzybeth wrote: »
    I don't take my scale with me though. When I'm out I just wing it.

    Ditto. It's just not polite when I'm out and about. I'd never go to a restaurant and start putting things on a scale. But hey, that's just me.
  • Maries_wine_calories
    Maries_wine_calories Posts: 152 Member
    alida1walsh wrote: »
    I use a scale to weigh my food portions but do it in secret because I don't want the rest of my skinny family to know I'm on a diet.

    I'm trying to lose a few kilos on doctor's advice but family doesn't agree I need to.

    You may be surprised, but your choices right now will serve you life-long. No doubt you'll lose many kilo's by getting your family out of your head...
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,230 Member
    alida1walsh wrote: »
    I've never been on a diet before though have always been health conscious (keeping fit, eating healthy food and eating other food in moderation).

    Unfortunately, my family don't support me on this quest and make fun of me when I decline treat food (though not always). No way could I reveal the scale to them.

    My GP has warned me that although I have a healthy BMI I still need to get my waist measurement down below 80cm otherwise I'll be at risk of certain chronic diseases. I am making some progress weight-wise but nothing lost yet around the waist. Guess it's a post babies/caesarean issue so harder to get rid of.

    From the comments above, it sounds as if I should come clean about the scale and just put up with the ridicule.

    I think you're half right. You should come clean about the scale, but you should NOT put up with the ridicule. You have every right to weigh your food, and look after your health. If they start to ridicule, confront them. Ask them why it upsets them that you're following your doctors orders and looking after your health. Hell, get a little passive aggressive and ask if they would rather that you were unhealthy? I don't put up with crap like that, why should you - who is doing something for you and you only, that affects them not at all - have to hide or be ridiculed?

    Tell them to stuff it up their jumpers. As many times as it takes.
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
    I try my best to keep my weight loss efforts from becoming known to my coworkers. I just don't want it to become a topic for unwelcome comments. One time, though, while trying to be sneaky, I was caught weighing an apple on the postage scale at work.

    I'll never live it down.

    I weigh everything at home now (in full view of my bemused husband) but if I'm at work or at a restaurant, I just guess.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    My husband weighs stuff for me when he cooks and tells me the amounts so I can add a recipe to MFP. My kids even started weighing out their Goldfish crackers. :laugh: Hiding that sort of thing would be way too hard in this house, and after losing 30+ pounds I think they would have figured it out on their own. And I too needed to lose to keep myself from being put on meds for insulin resistance. My husband and kids would rather me weigh every ounce that goes into my face (I'm still not *that* accurate) than to watch me struggle with something that could have been solved be losing weight.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    If someone is more fit, can run farther faster, lift more, dive better, then I might care what they think about me weighing my food.

    (Just kidding, I still wouldn't care.)
  • Alassonde
    Alassonde Posts: 228 Member
    I don't even weigh my food because I worry about what people would think,so I don't own a scale. I've been ridiculed for being skinny my whole life....people would think I have an eating disorder if they saw me weighing food. I'm not trying to lose, just maintain, but everyone seems to enjoy commenting on my eating habits so I avoid talking about it whenever possible.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Alassonde wrote: »
    I don't even weigh my food because I worry about what people would think,so I don't own a scale. I've been ridiculed for being skinny my whole life....people would think I have an eating disorder if they saw me weighing food. I'm not trying to lose, just maintain, but everyone seems to enjoy commenting on my eating habits so I avoid talking about it whenever possible.

    If you start replying to their comments with, "and that's why you're fat," they will probably stop commenting.
  • Alassonde
    Alassonde Posts: 228 Member
    LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »
    Alassonde wrote: »
    I don't even weigh my food because I worry about what people would think,so I don't own a scale. I've been ridiculed for being skinny my whole life....people would think I have an eating disorder if they saw me weighing food. I'm not trying to lose, just maintain, but everyone seems to enjoy commenting on my eating habits so I avoid talking about it whenever possible.

    If you start replying to their comments with, "and that's why you're fat," they will probably stop commenting.

    I SO want to do that sometimes.......

  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    I keep mine on the counter, my friends think I am a drug dealer. It makes me laugh.
  • Kenda2427
    Kenda2427 Posts: 1,592 Member
    My scale is on the kitchen counter and both my husband and I use it. I also have my old kitchen scale at my office, in case I need it. I have no shame in weighing and logging in front of people
  • Kalici
    Kalici Posts: 685 Member
    I felt weird about it at first, but now it is just a matter of course. My husband is cool about it though and asks me if I need/forgotten to weight something. He also shares the curious gene so I end up showing him what a real serving of his cereal looks like and then he looks amazed.
  • tracie_minus100
    tracie_minus100 Posts: 465 Member
    Nope. And I've made no secret of the fact that I weigh and measure everything I eat. (Except when eating out at restaurants or something). I am lucky and everyone has been very supportive, especially my husband. Neither of my children have noticed, or asked about it.
  • rianoel
    rianoel Posts: 22 Member
    edited April 2015
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Tell them to stuff it up their jumpers. As many times as it takes.

    Love.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    MKEgal wrote: »
    Tell them _once_ that you're following doctor's orders and working to make better health choices,
    and if they can't say something supportive, they should keep their opinions to themselves.

    ^^^^I like this.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    I should also add, as part of my Christmas gifts my husband and kids got me 2 sets of collapsible measuring cups and another set of measuring spoons (and 2 new colanders for rinsing produce). So they totally enable my food logging habits. :D
  • rianoel
    rianoel Posts: 22 Member
    Kalici wrote: »
    I felt weird about it at first, but now it is just a matter of course. My husband is cool about it though and asks me if I need/forgotten to weight something. He also shares the curious gene so I end up showing him what a real serving of his cereal looks like and then he looks amazed.


    Bahaha! My husband looked CRUSHED.
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    No. I have a scale and measuring cups/spoons at work too. Nobody cares. I get more comments about the almond milk I drink.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    alida1walsh wrote: »
    I use a scale to weigh my food portions but do it in secret because I don't want the rest of my skinny family to know I'm on a diet.

    I'm trying to lose a few kilos on doctor's advice but family doesn't agree I need to.

    How does this work? if you're obese enough to have doctors advise you to lose then your family would know and support you surely

    What is your height and weight OP?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    alida1walsh wrote: »
    I've never been on a diet before though have always been health conscious (keeping fit, eating healthy food and eating other food in moderation).

    Unfortunately, my family don't support me on this quest and make fun of me when I decline treat food (though not always). No way could I reveal the scale to them.

    My GP has warned me that although I have a healthy BMI I still need to get my waist measurement down below 80cm otherwise I'll be at risk of certain chronic diseases. I am making some progress weight-wise but nothing lost yet around the waist. Guess it's a post babies/caesarean issue so harder to get rid of.

    From the comments above, it sounds as if I should come clean about the scale and just put up with the ridicule.

    Ahh I see

    :)

    Hit the gym, follow a progressive weight living programme, tell your family you're on a health kick because you want to be the best role model for your child and ask them to support you and get your scale out in the open

    Baby weight is no harder to lose than other weight, unless your child is less than a year and then your body just needs a chance to recover from making an entire human being.

    I say that knowing full well it took till my youngest was 10 years old to actually commit to calorie defecit and weights (and I've never felt fitter, stronger or healthier)

    Be proud that you're taking control and if they make fun tell them to grow up "
  • AKNMHunt
    AKNMHunt Posts: 168 Member
    My husband and kids are used to me doing it, but my parents are coming to visit this weekend for a week. While we will be going out to eat, I will be tracking weights and portions here at home. I'm a bit nervous about what they might say, but they know I'm working hard at this so I don't see it being so much of an issue with them as it would be my own.
  • alida1walsh
    alida1walsh Posts: 72 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    alida1walsh wrote: »
    I use a scale to weigh my food portions but do it in secret because I don't want the rest of my skinny family to know I'm on a diet.

    I'm trying to lose a few kilos on doctor's advice but family doesn't agree I need to.

    How does this work? if you're obese enough to have doctors advise you to lose then your family would know and support you surely

    What is your height and weight OP?

    To be honest, I didn't even consider a diet before seeing the doctor for a general checkup so it came as a bit of a shock to me also.

    I'm 62 kilos and 169 cm. This works out at a healthy BMI but waist measurement is 84 cm and doctor advised it needs to be under 80 cm. She got me to do an ultrasound to see if there was any reason for the extra weight around the middle (which I only got after having twins and a singleton) but sonographer only found 6 small fibroids and a bit of scar tissue. I went from 55 kg pre-pregnancy to 80 kilos at 9 months with the twins then back down to 68 after giving birth.

    I'm losing weight but just not around the middle. I mostly run for fitness followed by crunches etc in the exercise yard. You simply can't target the weight loss.
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