How does the scale make you feel?

sandlsales22
sandlsales22 Posts: 14 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I weigh daily and I look forward to getting up each morning when I know I've been very very good lol - when I see a slight gain that isn't expected I feel pretty mad and if I eat something that takes me above my calorie deficit then I'm pretty anxious about the next days imminent results. I often dream about them bloody scales as well! I'm only 7 lbs to target (147 lbs) down from 178 in January. I just hope that those scales stop tormenting me!
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  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    I don't get anxious because I know how many calories I am eating. I weigh all of my food and I don't eat my exercise calories back (I don't exercise a ton). So when I over eat, I know the scale will go up. When I continue my calorie counting and my routine, the scale goes down. The scale, to me, is entirely in my control.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I don't really care about the scale too much...
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    eh whatever.

    I have a scale but rarely get on it...I prefer to use all methods not just one.

    Besides scale weight can change hourly...
  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
    I don't let the number on the scale define me. I don't weigh often. Once upon a time many years ago I weighed 120lbs and wore a size 8 pant. Today I weigh 152lbs and wear a size 4 pant. I think I look and feel better than I ever have, so the scale does nothing for me!!
  • Rogstar
    Rogstar Posts: 216 Member
    The body scale, like the food scale, is merely a tool. It is a device that can only give you one piece of information based on what you give it. It is not out to get anyone, it is not seeking revenge, it does not have feelings. If it is calibrated properly, it gives only what it is given.

    What scales cannot do is give you the composition of the thing placed on it. A (basic) food scale cannot give you the nutritional value of the item you place upon it. It cannot tell the difference between 50g of strawberries and 50g of chocolate. A (basic) body scale cannot tell the difference between muscle, fat, waste, clothing, or the food you just ate. Which is why when using scales, one must eliminate all possible variables to get the most accurate result.

    A scale is a wonderful tool, and one I appreciate having available to me.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    It doesn't make me feel anything... it just tells me a number
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    It's cold on my feet so it makes me feel a bit colder.
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    I weigh myself every morning like clock work. Not for feels, but as a barometer. I eat the same thing (almost) every day so there's not many blips.
  • kayeroze
    kayeroze Posts: 146 Member
    I mean it makes me upset, especially when it does go up because of fluid retention from a workout the night before. I know it goes down eventually and that as long as I have a downward trend, it's okay. I also take weekly measurements of my BF% (yes I know about the inaccuracies with the different methods), BMI, and body measurements (Neck, Bust, Waist, Hips, R Thigh, R Upper Arm). Try other methods before you feel so down.
  • missmagnoliablossom
    missmagnoliablossom Posts: 240 Member
    It gives me determination to do the right things for weight loss each day, no matter if the number is higher or lower than the previous day.
  • misslady8888
    misslady8888 Posts: 3 Member
    The scale motivates me too. I don't let the number onsume my thoughts anymore. I'm quite pleased with what the mirror shows me
  • Zarka_91
    Zarka_91 Posts: 99 Member
    I used to be absolutely dependant on the scale but ditched it in the end, i havent weighed myself in months and just go by how i feel and look. its okay to weigh yourself once a month if you want to see how much youve lost but for some people it becomes something obsessive and then you end up stressing for no reason. the gain could be water weight and it makes you panic.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited April 2017
    I use it as a data point. I've learned a lot about my body and how it responds to different things by weighing daily and logging the number into the Happy Scale app.

    "Wow, look what that extra sodium yesterday did!"
    "TOM is coming."
    "Hey, weighing my food and hitting my macros is working."
  • Anahita_Swims
    Anahita_Swims Posts: 4,127 Member
    I love my scales. I love the fact they hook up to the wifi and there is a trend line in the app and it tells you the gradient of the trendline that way you don't fret about the little gains and losses.
  • SadDolt
    SadDolt Posts: 173 Member
    edited April 2017
    i weigh everyday and if i dont make progress i might eat less than what i planned. if it doesn't go down i feel like a failure. i have a eat smart scale and sometimes the scale will act up and won't reset so i can get a accurate number. it really pisses me off
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    edited April 2017
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    I use it as a data point. I've learned a lot about my body and how it responds to different things by weighing daily and logging the number into the Happy Scale app.

    "Wow, look what that extra sodium yesterday did!"
    "TOM is coming."
    "Hey, weighing my food and hitting my macros is working."

    Yup! I'm just waiting for that 1-2 pound jump I always see the day before TOM shows up. I find the fluctuations fascinating, and not in the least disheartening.

    You forgot "Wow, that was one heck of a poo yesterday!"
  • kenzienal
    kenzienal Posts: 205 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    I use it as a data point. I've learned a lot about my body and how it responds to different things by weighing daily and logging the number into the Happy Scale app.

    "Wow, look what that extra sodium yesterday did!"
    "TOM is coming."
    "Hey, weighing my food and hitting my macros is working."

    Yup! I'm just waiting for that 1-2 pound jump I always see the day before TOM shows up. I find the fluctuations fascinating, and not in the least disheartening.

    You forgot "Wow, that was one heck of a poo yesterday!"

    Have to second this. Very fascinating. I get more frustrated when I wait all week and see no change.

    I weigh every morning, and its fun to me. Just to see all the fluctuations and check out my charts!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I usually weigh once a week. I look at the number, record it, think about the past week, think about the future and then I don't think about it for a week.
  • crazyycatlady1
    crazyycatlady1 Posts: 292 Member
    I'm a daily weigher but my weigh-ins don't make me feel anything. I've been at this whole thing long enough that I pretty much know what it's going to say before I use it. I collect the data, add it to my weight chart and then move on with my day :)
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    i'm a daily weigher with a trending app, a known propensity to hold a lot of water after sodium and a love of data points, and i still say *kitten* that *kitten*.
  • rebeccamorgan58152
    rebeccamorgan58152 Posts: 35 Member
    From another perspective:
    My scale broke last week and I'm not replacing it. I've set my calories to maintenance for my goal weight (about 20 pounds from current weight), adding Fitbit burns and I'm being much more careful with weighing and logging food. I only get accurate reads directly after my TOM. If I'm lifting or due to hormonal stuff, the scale is all over the place. Even though the long term trend is down, it still makes me anxious when those numbers don't go down every day and I keep falling off the wagon due to an all or nothing mentality. I give up, stop logging and go on an all out binge for a few days, then feel awful when I see the number on the scales and go back to logging. I even stopped lifting because the scale wasn't moving and I *needed* to get past a certain weight or I was just going to give up on it all.
    Absolutely bloody ridiculous.
    I'm a data scientist, I'm well aware of the fact that fluctuations exist and are unimportant, but the emotional response was overpowering and I'm tired of trying to fight it. So, I'm lifting again, since it makes me feel good and makes me look a lot better. I'm going to try to keep a deficit of about 500 calories on the days I'm not lifting, but generally just staying in the green by whatever amount suits me that day, so I'll be in some sort of deficit. If I lose size in terms of clothes and inches, I'll continue. If I don't, I'll reconsider not weighing myself. I've tried being more objective about weight data points, but it hasn't worked for the last few years, so I'm trying something else this time.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    There aren't enough nasty adjectives to cover how I feel about the body scale. Fickle lying unreliable tyrant custodian of my success.

    The food scale is nice.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,616 Member
    edited April 2017
    How does the scale make you feel?

    Great!

    It's one of the things which motivates me to get out of bed in the morning. I look forward to checking my weight every day. :)
  • katiemccoy922
    katiemccoy922 Posts: 1 Member
    They make me feel powerless
  • DietPrada
    DietPrada Posts: 1,171 Member
    gamerbabe14 wrote: »
    I don't get anxious because I know how many calories I am eating. I weigh all of my food and I don't eat my exercise calories back (I don't exercise a ton). So when I over eat, I know the scale will go up. When I continue my calorie counting and my routine, the scale goes down. The scale, to me, is entirely in my control.

    Must be nice to be you. For some of us it's not that simple. I can eat at a calorie deficit every day and gain weight consistently over the period of 3 or 4 weeks before I lose some again. With accurate tracking and no cheats. I also don't eat my exercise calories back. My weigh ins generally look like this:

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  • seximama2017
    seximama2017 Posts: 54 Member
    I weigh in once a week, at about the same time (1st thing in the morning after morning pee), and naked. But I don't let it define me either-like when I am on the cycle it shows an influx of about 5lbs difference but I know that going into it. I just look forward to the following week's weigh in and see a 6-7 lbs drop letting me know I am on track... it's all about perspective and relative to what you want to hold hard on to define your success but don't let it take hold✌
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,616 Member
    gamerbabe14 wrote: »
    I don't get anxious because I know how many calories I am eating. I weigh all of my food and I don't eat my exercise calories back (I don't exercise a ton). So when I over eat, I know the scale will go up. When I continue my calorie counting and my routine, the scale goes down. The scale, to me, is entirely in my control.

    +1

    (Although I do eat my exercise calories back and do quite a bit of exercise. :))

    But yes ... while all sorts of weird stuff was and is happening with my perimenopause, losing weight and what happened on the scale was in control and predictable. Especially once I sorted out the cause and effect of the fluctuations.

  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited April 2017
    EbonyDahlia wrote: »
    gamerbabe14 wrote: »
    I don't get anxious because I know how many calories I am eating. I weigh all of my food and I don't eat my exercise calories back (I don't exercise a ton). So when I over eat, I know the scale will go up. When I continue my calorie counting and my routine, the scale goes down. The scale, to me, is entirely in my control.

    Must be nice to be you. For some of us it's not that simple. I can eat at a calorie deficit every day and gain weight consistently over the period of 3 or 4 weeks before I lose some again. With accurate tracking and no cheats. I also don't eat my exercise calories back. My weigh ins generally look like this:

    6ndamoqj8e4l.jpg

    That's why a trend logging app is useful. Fluctuation is perfectly normal and to be expected, but a trend app shows you what is happening in the big picture.

    Here's my graph for the last 3 months from Trendweight. The black dots are daily weights, the red line is the overall trend:

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    [ETA:] Here's an even longer term look at it - my graph from the last 12 months. In this one, the gray line is my daily weigh-ins and the red line is the overall trend:

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  • JeanieWww
    JeanieWww Posts: 4,037 Member
    Scale makes me feel like it's got a major malfunction and can't tell the truth. It can't tell between water, fat, muscle or waste, all of which have an impact on weight. So ... It has issues and can't be exactly trustworthy. That's how I feel about it.
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