First thing every morning I get up, go pee, get naked, and walk over to my scale. Its a good scale, its new, pretty even, Biggest Loser endorsed. I stand there for a second or two contemplating how I'm going to feel about this. Sometimes I think "i really don't want to get on there" those are usually the days where I overindulged the night before, other times i think "i feel good about seeing a lower number" those are the mornings after I had a couple really good diet and exercise days. My scale sometimes is evil, other times a goddess. I'm so torn.
Lately my scale has been my nemesis...stuck at 222.2 - those damn twos...what's the deal with the twos. Are my scale and the numbers conspiring against me during the night?!
Some people weigh themselves daily (I do, it helps keep me on track), some once a week or every other, some people do it when they think about it and some people never weigh themselves regardless of whether or not they have a scale at home.
I wonder...are the non weighers happier than the weighers? And if they are, is it because ignorance is bliss or because they don't care about the conspiring numbers?
I ate too many carbs today...tomorrow morning the scale and I will have a stand off - the scale will win and I'll step on it...the conspiring numbers will pop up and then I will have to decide how I feel about it; and go forward from there?
Hey Becky
ReplyDeletehere is what I have learned. Weight does not define who we are. If I don't like what the scales tells me I just try to focus on some good qualities I Have. I hardly weigh myself though for personal reasons. But get high anxiety when I do or a doctor weighs me. It's just silly. ;) if my husband still thinks I'm hot then I'm good. Lol. But I think you looked beautiful.
Whoops that last line is supposed to say, I think you look beautiful! Stupid phone ;)
ReplyDeleteWell first thing I will say is you are already limiting yourself by saying you'll prob never get under a size12-14. What if everyone thought like that, what if I did?? You can do ANYTHING you set your mind to!
ReplyDeleteAs you know womens weight fluctuates so often that daily weighting wont give you a consistantly accurate number. Just make you feel bad. All the fad diets, exercises and diet pills wont make a damn bit of difference if you don't address WHY there is over eating.
Just someones 2cents whose been there! Love ya, stay strong!
I would have to agree with Jen. You are putting some pretty big limits on yourself with saying you won't ever get under a certain size. Also, some big expectations with daily weighing, hoping the number will read something lower than it does and then being discouraged when it's not a number you want to see. I may have my head up my a** because weight loss is not an area of expertise for me, or even something I've had to deal with. To me, I know some people weight themselves everyday but weighing in weekly may loosen up the expectations and increase the results? Does that make sense?
ReplyDeleteyou are already limiting yourself by saying you'll prob never get under a size12-14. What if everyone thought like that, what if I did??...daily weighting wont give you a consistantly accurate number. Just make you feel bad. All the fad diets, exercises and diet pills wont make a damn bit of difference if you don't address WHY there is over eating.
ReplyDeleteJen...I feel this comment is a little assumptuous. First I don't think I'm limiting myself, I am ok with size 12/14, I was there at my lowest and surprising I was happy with that. Second, everyone weighs themselves on a schedule that works for them; I NEED to weigh myself everyday because that is what helps me stay on track; knowing i'll be getting on the scale the next day...I am fully aware that it is entiring accurate, that women's weights fluctuate and that the numbers ARE NOt going to go down every day...but I need something to help keep me on track that is what i've found for myself. Third, I'm not doing a fad diet; i haven't done a fad diet since prior to my surgery, I know the supplements I take aren't going to make me loose weight but they do help me control my appetite which I need and actual help increase my energy because of the green tea extract and hoodia in them. FOrth, who said i overeat? I physically CANT overeat. My problem as i stated is not always choosing the right foods and eating when I'm not hungry/emotional eating.
I am sorry if this reply comment sounds defensive but I was slightly offended by your comments and assumptions. I appreciate suggestions and talk but to me your comment came off as if you are "telling me" i'm doing everything wrong...and that bothers me.
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ReplyDeleteAre you going to take those pills for the rest of your life?? Because when you go of them and haven't learned to control your eating the weight will come back. Overeating.....yes that means consuming too many calories weather it be in one sitting or throughout the day. If we are being "honest and blunt" here I do believe that even after that procedure it is possible to stretch the stomach out so that overeating is possible.
ReplyDeleteI was trying to give my opinion, which I thought was a goal of this blog thing. When you read words on a screen it can be interpreted incorrectly.
I don't think you would've been as offended if the person posting wasn't your sister.
Actually what bothers me most is someone who when I once asked them "how did you loose your weight" and replied "you don't want to know" implying to me that it was an unhealthy way (starvation, over exercise, and purging) and who uses diuretics to loose water weight...in addition if I'm being blunt...you are skinny yet you freaked out about 10lbs for months constatnly talking to me about it while I'm actually fat and trying to loose weight to be healthy....was that blunt enough? BTW this isn't the "tell it like it is" board...this is about weight loss and supporting people not being rude, or aruging for God's sake.
ReplyDeleteYes you can overstretch the stomach to overeat after gastric bypass...i know my stomach as streched since the time i had the surgery (6 years ago) but I am still unable to eat even a "normal" amount of food without becoming sick.