the scale monster!

lyndyb88
lyndyb88 Posts: 123 Member
edited December 19 in Motivation and Support
Are any of you obsessed with your scale? How often do you weigh yourself? I'm not talking about how often you weigh in on mfp but how often you actually step on the scale. I'm terrible about it...it's almost like I can't see it without getting on it. Sometimes I find a larger number to be a motivator even though I know that weight really does fluctuate a lot, and I get pretty happy when I see a lower number. I've toyed with the idea of hiding the thing for a month but I feel like that would be weird for me (and I'd probably just weigh at the gym anyway). Do any of you have scale issues?

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  • mangobadango
    mangobadango Posts: 294 Member
    Yes, I weigh myself every morning and sometimes at night to see if there will be a loss in the morning.

    I'm going on a week long vacation in July and will miss my scale.
  • kimht11
    kimht11 Posts: 1
    Me too! It used to work for me, but I am so used to my scale being there, I don't think the # registers like it used to. I
  • Sunjenk
    Sunjenk Posts: 139 Member
    I used to weigh everyday, then I stopped 'dieting' and was afraid too. Thankfully its only been a 5 lb fluctuation, but now that I started again I like to record my weight everyday -- I like to see the changes!! :)
  • roadrunner2524
    roadrunner2524 Posts: 1 Member
    OMG.......I have been cursing my scale all morning , I just started my weight loss journey three weeks ago and on Saturday I was at 10.2 pounds lost and then this morning it was down to only 8........my food and exercise have not changed so where did the 2.2 pounds come from .....ughhhhhhhh
  • jdploki70
    jdploki70 Posts: 343
    Yeah, a bit. My thing is that the scale, for the most part, is like a scoreboard for me. I mean, I can look at all the other indicators, and I know in my mind that weight does not "change" all that rapidly, but I like to know where I stand and how far I have to go. Some people hate the scale, but it seems that they are blaming their weight loss or gain on the scale, not on the underlying habits. And then some people also get horribly depressed about the scale and they give up because it doesn't say what they want it to. I think this, like everything else, is a matter of perspective.
  • karmah2771
    karmah2771 Posts: 42 Member
    I weigh once a week. The rest of the time the scale is between the door and a wall, so I can't see it.
  • Nikkei24
    Nikkei24 Posts: 282 Member
    I use the scale and my fiance's house so I can't weigh myself everyday but I do find I weigh myself whenever I'm there. I actually did decide that I will not be stepping on the scale until after Fathers day. Hopefully I'll see a smaller number. I wanna focus on working out and getting fit less on those numbers this month.
  • LadyVivica
    LadyVivica Posts: 84 Member
    Mornings before I workout, then after my workout, then after my protein shake, then sometime before dinner...i mainly do this to see how my weight fluctuates during the day. Its hard to combat the judgments of the scale, never feel bad when the number is above what it was earlier...one time i weighed 5 lbs more in the afternoon than I did in the morning...it went back down the next morning...
  • jackieatx
    jackieatx Posts: 578 Member
    I'm totally obsessed in a bad way.
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
    I don't really think about the scale too much. I weigh in on mfp once a week, and I used to sometimes step on it once or twice throughout the week to see the way sodium affects me the next day. That's mostly curiosity though. I try to feel success through measurements and by the way my clothes fit. Fitness goals are also a huge motivator for me.
  • parnyparn
    parnyparn Posts: 47 Member
    I'm beyond scale obsessed. I thought my scale was not reading correctly and so I went out and bought a second one. Now I have 2 scales side by side in my bathroom. The old one told me I had gained 3lbs and since I knew it couldnt possibly be right I got a taylor which should I was the regular weight before the old scale told me I gained 3lbs.

    Problem is now I weigh myself on both each day. On my depressed days I probably step on the thing 10 times in the morning alone. Ugh I have issues.
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 624 Member
    i weigh every morning as part of my maintenance plan.
  • keenabunny
    keenabunny Posts: 6 Member
    im horrible with it.
    seriously horrible.
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