Lose 1/2 a pound by tomorrow?

ebaroldy wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

ebaroldy wrote: »

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cmriverside wrote: »

ebaroldy wrote: »

I do weigh in once a week, and yes I am very obsessive over my weight! I know it's not always linear.., but most of the time mine is, and I hate when my weekly weigh in I'm up at all

Well, to me it sounds like you are worried that you aren't "doing it right" or that people might judge you for not losing weight or that you don't measure up in some way. When I start worrying about those types of things I can't find a lot of peace.

Why do you think you're obsessive about your weight? It's not a reflection on you as a person whether or not you lose or gain for a weekly weigh-in.

I will judge myself, I've been doing what I'm supposed to as usual, but if I lose 1/2 a pound I'll be a weight I haven't been in 6 years! I would be so happy for that number on the scale... I just want that dang number this week! Does that kind of make sense? I know the number on the scale doesn't always reflect your hard work, but to see that number tomorrow would make me so happy! It would mean I worked off 6 years of bad eating

That makes some sense, and I understand those feels. When I was early-on in weight-loss I gave the scale way too much power over me. I lost about 70 pounds, but about halfway through I was weighing myself every day and entering every gram of food into an Excel spreadsheet with formulas and colors and all that. I was in a couple challenges at the gym and on here. It was too much! One day I accidentally spilled a pitcher of water on my digital scale and that was that. It was very good for me to lose that remaining 30-40 pounds without my scale and spreadsheet and structured weigh-ins. I was giving it way too much space in my head.

Good luck tomorrow.

Yea that sounds just like me... I usually weigh on my scale the day before I weigh in at weight weight watchers to get an idea of what it will be but then I obsess for the rest of the day... Maybe I'll talk to my hubby about hiding the scale from me if he sees me obsessing

Yea that sounds just like me... I usually weigh on my scale the day before I weigh in at weight weight watchers to get an idea of what it will be but then I obsess for the rest of the day... Maybe I'll talk to my hubby about hiding the scale from me if he sees me obsessing[/quote]

I was so close to breaking a loss under another 10 pounds this week, and I'm so close, so I get the frustration. If you're one of many who HAS to see that number, sometimes it's better just to weigh in every so often (maybe not even once a week), and focus on other things such as how you feel, how your clothes are fitting. If you need something, try a measuring tape instead. There are other things you can focus on besides the scale if it helps.

Well, how did the weigh-in go?

jacklifts wrote: »

not sure why people are giving you a hard time. sometimes I like to see a number drop in the morning , at the end of the week, etc. it's just temporary anyway.
drink lots of water, tea, coffee today. don't eat today. make sure you're drinking enough to pee clear. use the bathroom in the morning before weigh in - make sure to squeeze it all out . don't drink or eat anything before weigh in.
Along with lighter clothes, make sure you were sandals or no shoes.
good luck!

What? Don't do that.

OP this may be counterintuitive, but consider weighing every single day and using a tool like TrendWeight or Happy Scale. It will average out your weights for you overtime. Then each weigh-in is just another data point, another part of the process, not something that matters by itself.

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ebaroldy wrote: »

I do weigh in once a week, and yes I am very obsessive over my weight! I know it's not always linear.., but most of the time mine is, and I hate when my weekly weigh in I'm up at all

Being biologically female makes this even more difficult. Female bodies are constantly fluctuating because of hormones and periods, so scales that only do lbs aren't as helpful as we'd like them to be. Try looking at it in another way, like inches you're losing off body parts, more energy during the day, or target clothing that will fit when you're smaller, etc.

I have a hard time with scales, too