Very hard on myself and I worry a lot...

lml852014
lml852014 Posts: 243 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So the beginning of October I really started buckling down and actively counting calories and I even bought a food scale. I have been weighing myself once a week either on Fridays or Saturday mornings because if I weigh every day I become obsessed with the # on the scale and I can be hard on myself. For the last few weeks I went from 136.8 to 135.8 then down to 135.2. So each week I lost a little. Last week Saturday I stayed the same weight. Each time I weigh myself is typically around 7:30-8:30 in the morning. This morning I decided to see what my weight was out of curiosity (now I know weights fluctuate often but for some reason mine hasn't been very much lately.) It said 137.4 which I know isnt much of a fluctuation at all but I am just so afraid I didn't really end up losing anything. I know its only off by 2 lbs and its totally normal but its so hard to not worry because last winter I tried to lose weight by drinking some fit tea (I know those don't work) but it seemed to work. I dropped a few lbs in 3 weeks and I'm sure it was only water weight but after a couple of weeks my weight increased back by those 3 lbs! It made no sense. I wish I could weigh myself everyday but if I do I become obsessive about it and tend to be harder on myself. Its just how my mind works. My goal was to be 130 by Christmas and I think its still obtainable but Im just so afraid the scale is right and I haven't dropped any weight at all like I thought I have.

Sorry end rant. :(

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  • Unknown
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  • melonaulait
    melonaulait Posts: 769 Member
    Definitely don't have to weigh daily - there's no point (but curiosity). Also while losing weight, there ARE weeks where you might not drop any.

    My only advice is, log really carefully and weigh everything you eat. There's gonna be a downward trend in your weight over a longer period of time if you're eating the right amount of calories.
  • vczK2t
    vczK2t Posts: 309 Member
    i can't weigh myself more than once a month, because my self worth is STILL attached to the # on the scale. I suggest weighing yourself 2 times/month. Not every week.
  • lml852014
    lml852014 Posts: 243 Member
    Thanks!
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    It sounds like it's just a bad idea for you to weigh yourself more often than once a week. It works for some people to weigh daily and some people to weigh monthly. If your periods are regular you might consider picking a standard day in your cycle to weigh yourself even.

    Also, with the amount of weight you want to lose, Christmas might be a tight deadline. It's only 8 weeks away. You only have 6-9 pounds to lose (based on your profile and your OP.) That's somewhere between .75 and 1.125 pounds per week. Not impossible but considering the high pressure you seem to be putting on yourself I think you're setting yourself up for unnecessary disappointment.
  • lml852014
    lml852014 Posts: 243 Member
    Why do you say I'm setting myself up for disappointment?
  • lml852014
    lml852014 Posts: 243 Member
    Just curious I didnt take offense
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    lml852014 wrote: »
    Why do you say I'm setting myself up for disappointment?

    Because you are close to your goal weight and healthy weight loss happens more slowly close to your goal weight. After the initial whoosh of water loss, a half pound (with a bit of wiggle room either way) is likely. That means 4-5 pounds by Christmas, which will keep you above your goal. You openly admit that you are very hard on yourself and your OP describes unreasonable worry over a 1.5 pound fluctuation. You appear to be somebody who will freak out/be extremely disappointed and disheartened over not reaching 130 by Christmas.
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    Concentrate on some non-scale related goals. Logging accurately, reaching a protein goal, measurements, how clothing fits, and fitness goals can be celebrated to balance out any unfavorable scale fluctuations.
  • Marcus_2015
    Marcus_2015 Posts: 119 Member
    So many factors go into weight on the scale! Food in your system, fluid retention, etc...

    You can't weigh yourself so often.

    Instead, set some other metric as your measurement of success - how your pants fit, staying under your cvalorie goals, etc.

    The good stuff will follow! You are measuring the wrong thing!

    BTW, I hit a totally confusing plateau... despite near perfect behavior I did not lose an ounce for almost three weeks... then I went on a trip and was off my diet and drank alcohol, came back and lost 5 pounds... the body is kind of weird... :-)

    R
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