Sorry but its a RANT!!!

Well, you didn't gain 3 lbs from one day's food. That's pretty much impossible. It's water weight, etc. It will come off throughout the course of the week. This is why you don't weigh yourself every day. You CAN help it. Put away the scale. Hide it. Do whatever you need to do. But if you continue to weigh yourself every day, you will continue to be frustrated and discouraged.

Also, don't NOT do something because you find it "dull".
Make it interesting.
If you want results, you have to do things that you don't want to do.

I gain 3 pounds every single day of my life, it always goes down in the morning. Don't let it bother you. If the number on the scale is getting you down that much, do put it away. Do any kind of exercise you can, find something you won't get bored with. Take a walk, use the stairs instead of the elevator, dance in your living room, really!

You can do this. Just stick to your plan and you'll see results! I promise, you can do this.

I understand the addiction of weighing everyday! My husband had to actually hide the scale from me haha! It is so much more rewarding and the end of the week to stand on it and see 2-3 -4-5 pounds lost than maybe a half a pound a day. Hang in there! You will make it! I also have PCOS so know that it isn't easy -just find what exercise is the best for you and don't give up! I do Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred. With such a variety of things I'm sure you will find something! : )

That 3 lbs will be gone tomorrow, pick one day to weigh and only count that day
even if you weigh everyday!
Find the excercise you like....get out the old school music and dance your booty off
I know you like that!! and it burns calories like crazy.
dont give up your on your way!!!

I just joined this site today but I've lost 75 lbs prior to joining. I have to say, my journey has been long and slow. It's been almost 3 years and I have another 15-20 lbs before I reach my goal (hence my joining this website... trying something new). I have an admitted addiction to food and I had lost the weight before and gained it all back. This is my second go round. I am saying all of this because the one thing I've learned is that persistence is key! Forgive yourself for the days you backslide but ALWAYS ALWAYS keep in mind that tomorrow is another day and that you can start again! And you owe it to yourself to start again. It's going to take time. If you don't make your goals, don't beat yourself up! Start slow with the exercise! I know it is tempting to want to lose weight quickly but some is better than none believe me. Of course exercise is good for you but if you're killing yourself over it you are less likely to stick to it. Over time you will learn to develop new habits. Find foods you like to eat that are healthy! Don't force yourself to eat celery and carrot sticks all day. Start off small doing an activity that you feel comfortable with. Try some home workout dvds if you are uncomfortable in public. Try everything and anything you think you might be interested in. Keep experimenting and find what works for YOU! I started out doing little to no exercise and eventually worked my way up to completing p90x and going on my first backpacking trip a few weeks ago! You can do this! Tomorrow is another day! Don't be too hard on yourself! Don't feel like you have to get "biggest loser" results overnight! 1 pound at a time. 1 day at a time!

Don't ever apologize for a rant on MFP --- if you can't rant at us, who can you turn to? We've all been there, done that and have all needed to rant once in a while.

I am a compulsive weigher myself, but I like the information that it provides and it does NOT frustrate me. (OK, maybe it does once in a while). I know that the scale lies (you have a great post on this); I know that I gain between 3 - 5 pounds from morning to night, and I know the impact that TOM has on my body. I also know that weight is not the be all, end all measurement of success -- I control the things that I can control (diet / exercise) and tracking weight is just information. I focus on the trend -- not the number itself. But if the scale is bothering you that much -- try taking a break from it.

And who says that you aren't exercising enough? I have to admit, I am very jealous of those that can burn 1,000 at a time. My biggest workout is 850 calories, and that is mowing the lawn -- and only because I have to! Try to avoid comparing yourself to others, find something that you LOVE to do (or would love to try again). Some do 30 DS, some do Zumba, some dance, some hula hoop, some swim, some rollerskate (and some even mow!) . Have some fun, and get moving!

Speaking of which, I need to take my own advice and get off the couch (but it's so comfy!) It's Zumba night!

I weigh myself everyday and that use to frustrate me too I soon realized after some research that about 3500 calories = 1 lb of fat. So you would have to consume that many calories on top of what your BMR and exercise is to gain just 1 lb and that is highly unlikely you consumed all those calories to gain 3 lbs.
I still weigh myself everyday to keep me on track but I only count it once a week same day same time. I hope this makes you feel better. Hang in there.

Serene Hunny, I didnt yet take the time to read everyones respond to you, but being a BBW myself and losing 70lbs+ thus far, I have a few bits of *Hefty Hunnies* Love for you....

1st the easiest way to break your scale addiction is to look at it the way i look at my food addiction and its something like this...

I fisr had to admit I was a food **kitten*/JUNKY*, this was not an easy thing to do, but it was the truth and I admitted to at least myself when I started....Then I began to think, you know food is my *PIMP/PUSHER*, and well I started saying to myself, I refuse to be *PIMPED OUT, BY A DOLLAR MENU!*

This I was aqble to translate into my thoughts towars a scale as I too found myself starting to obsess multiple times a day and you know it just was like wham in my face one day where I had ate but put pn water weight it was insanley hot outside....At that moment I refused to let my scale now be my pimp too, so for the first few weeks I gave my scale to my best friend who kept it in her car and would only bring it back over on Tuesday for my weigh in...

This proved me very well, I got to 92lbs lost by new years ( I started 7/13/2010 ) then it got to my head by peer pressure and I went off my plan for 5 months, thankfully I am back on plan and didnt gain but 22lbs back of my initial loss (ie I ate things that were bad bad bad - yep the food/junky *kitten* came out big time gurl!) but I share this so you know it may happen, the scale will fluctuate but in the END your going to make it!!!

Feel free to add me as a friend and go from a *Hefty Hunnie to a Skinny Minnie* Guys if you want to add me too, I would love to cheer you on from a *Hefty Hunk to a Slim Jim*

Those are names of two web groups and scrap booking items I have created, so please people do not try to take what I have copy written for your own use... TY


Hearts & Hugs

Chunky

Try bicycling! You can do it at ANY weight, and it burns a crapton of calories, and is anything but dull

Good luck!