When you KNOW you screwed up, do you weigh in?

I always weigh in. I'm finally down to once a day, but if my scheduled weigh in (the one I document) comes in the day after a binge, I still weigh and document.

I weigh in. Its a reality check that I cant be doing that!

After a calorie binge, do you weigh in the next day, or purposely avoid it?

yes, bec there are going to be times when this happens, no need to beat yourself up abt it, just record it, learn what not to do the next time, and keep it moving.


in this journey i was told to "always leave rooom for 1 step forward & two steps back".,it does get better with time.

I don't weigh in after a binge. But I get back on the wagon with the hopes of rebounding.

I weigh regardless. I have lost the fear of my scale (I had an aversion to it for over 10 years). Why am I scared of a number? If I screwed up, it's gonna tell me the truth (something I may not want to hear, but something that I NEED to hear...or see, as it is). It helps me get back on track and reevaluate why I am here and what I need to do to make a positive change.

BTW - one day is not going to ruin everything. You may be surprised! I know I had a really bad weekend with my food choices (though I stayed under my calorie goal), but when I weighed in on Monday (for my August team challenge), I lost 6 lbs between the prior Wednesday and that Monday. Not even sure how I pulled that one out, but I did and I'm thankful!

I always weigh in to see what kind of damage I have done, then move on from there.

I always weigh in to see what kind of damage I have done, then move on from there.

ALWAYS log
ALWAYS weigh in
Otherwise, what's the point of logging or weighing in at all. It's good to have reminders of our successes and failures. Oddly, it's good to go back and see that we succeeded AFTER our failures while we are in the midst of a plateau or some other shortcoming. Gives a little hope when we might need it most.

Getting on a scale 7 days a week is pointless either way. But I agree that going over for 1 day isn't going to make a huge difference overall. Keep going!

For me the scales doesn't matter because the pounds go up either because of fat, muscle or water retention so you can never really tell especially if your lifting weights. I would panic more if my dresses are starting to tighten up than seeing my pounds creeping up. And FYI, it takes 3,500 calories to gain a pound of fat so an extra 500 cals alone isn't sufficient enough to weight gain unless you do it everyday.

Of course I weigh in.

I need to face the consequences of my actions. If I avoid the scale, I'm avoiding my mistakes and I will not learn from them.

Always. What are you hiding from? YOU know what you did. The rest of us don't care what you did. The only thing that matters is that you dust yourself off and try again. There is nothing to be gained by not weighing in or logging your food. Both serve as a great reminder of what you can overcome. Just today I was glancing through old food logs and was reminded there was a day when I exceeded my calories by nearly 1000. It flipped a switch for me. I haven't had a day like that since February. Log it. You'll be glad you did.

I think seeing a gain tomorrow would hurt too much and could possibly send me into a shame spiral and cause another binge. I know 500 over won't cause TRUE gain, but it could cause water - I had a lot of salt - I just do not feel strong enough to face it tomorrow.

It sounds like you've just answered your own question. Personally, I weigh myself almost daily. When I lose, I log it. If I gain, I don't. I just wait till I've lost again and then log it.

I used to not do, not wanting to see the higher number. But that was my downfall in some cases. I would put off weighing for days, which turned into weeks, and eventually, I gained it all back. Now I force myself to. I won't let myself skip more than a day or two.