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I want to make a statement on the scale. Please I beg of people, DON'T weigh yourself everyday! It will only drive you nuts and lead you to self sabotage! Once a week, same day, same time.

Our weight fluctuates during the week. I fyou weigh too often, you will think you are a failure as throughout the day, your weight may go up and down. Divorce the scale! It is NOT your friend. At one time during my weight loss, I would go weigh after every meal, every bathroom visit, every drink. It was awful! Throughout the day, I would have millions of ups and downs...way too dramatic. I don't want anyone to go through that.

So, promise me that you will have a healthy attitude over this and weigh ONLY 1 time a week. If not, I might have to come kidnap your scale. Don't think I won't do it, because I will!

Cynthia

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I must say i used to do the same until i realized how nuts i was getting!If the #'s didn't move or stayed about the same or went up a little i would tell myself it was hopeless and then would permit myself to go back to my bad eating habits(wrong choices all around!)Now i weigh on the 15th of every month,that way i have a whole month of trying to eat healthy without the scale to influence my decisions!

C

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Guest ROBERTA JONES

I have to say I only weigh myself about once every 3 months. The number doesn't really influence me one way or the other, it's looking and feeling good that makes the difference with me. I don't even own a scale.< /p>

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How do i get to Texas??haha:)

I read somewhere how someone put their scale in the trunk of the car so if they wanted or needed to weigh they would have to go outside and get the darn thing!!

C

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My husband starting singing "on the scale again, just can't wait to get on the scale again" this morning when I got it to weigh. Every morning after I brush my teeth I get on the stupid thing. But, since it didn't move this A.M. I decided the darn thing is going in my son's room in his closet. Or maybe in the trash:-)

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i weigh probably 5 times a day...:mad: i dont hold much stock in what the scale says unless its down! i almost do it for kicks and giggles..."steve i gained 5 pounds from a glass of tea and dinner" or "steve i lost 3 pounds from getting naked!!!"

someone once said dont count the gain unless its 5 pounds so thats what i do. 5 pounds can easlily be Water on any given day!

sunday when i started my period i had a rude awakening!!! NO JOKE i was 261 saturday morning and by sunday morning i was 268!!!! now that i am off the damn thing i am back at 261! i didnt get upset because i knew what it was!

the only scale i am a 'slave' to is my drs and i dont weigh there but once a month. my scale at home weighs the same so thats good! i will be checking my weight as soon as my scale says 250 at my dr's office to see thats its official!

michelle

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Cynthia -- I'm with you. As someone who has truly taken a set of scales and literally thrown them away (years ago), I find that once a week is healthy enough. Otherwise, it's kind of the same obsessive feeling I get with food -- at least for me. Taking the focus off the scales and numbers keeps things in perspective. I also went the other way where I didn't weigh at all for a long time. That wasn't good either. It created a 'who gives a flip' mentality that wasn't healthy.

Thanks for the re-inforcement.

Elizabeth

8/28/03

-45 (as of last Monday, my weekly weigh day!)

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Elizabeth, good for you! Hard to find the happy medium in weighing, but once you do...stick with it!

Cynthia

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