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Im addicted to weighing "/

I actually think I have a problem. I have my routine. 7 am I pee, strip and weigh. If the number is good, I think about that all day and smile to myself. If there's no loss, especially for days in a row, I start wondering if I'm not Exercising enough, if I'm exercising too much, if I'm eating too many carbs, if I'm eating to many calories or not enough. It's crazy making.

Thing is though, I'm not sure I want to stop. I live for those loss days, they're a high for me.

But in all actuality, I'd really like to be free from this. I don't know if I can do it though.

It's like when we had mini snickers in the house and I wanted them really bad. I didn't want DH to hide them but he did and I lived. I was also really happy he did that and still am. I'd probably be happy if he hid the scales.

But then I wonder how ill know if something is amiss? What if I tell him I want to weigh once a week or Maybe even once a month? What if I don't lose for that entire month and I don't know because I'm not weighing? See how my mind works?

Did anyone overcome this?

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    I may put my scale up on some blocks so I can burn some extra calories stepping up on it so many times.

  • Butterthebean
    Butterthebean

    I can't find the link at the moment, but I just read a great study that demonstrated that people who weighed daily were more likely to lose all their excess weight than people who weighed weekly or le

  • LipstickLady
    LipstickLady

    I weigh myself every morning and log it into MFP. I accept the number and I might beat myself up a little from time to time, I can guarantee you it's not anything like the beatings I used to give mys

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Lipstick lady you brush your teeth in the middle of the night?! O.O

I may put my scale up on some blocks so I can burn some extra calories stepping up on it so many times.

Put some music on and pretend its a step class!!

Are you familiar with the term "enabler"? :lol:

You're preaching to the choir.....but, on a side note. At night, it's a game Curt and I have played for going on three years......at night we GUESS what I'll weigh the next morning!! I know.....crazy!!! BTW, I LOVE Butterbean!!!! LOL

My personal trainer told me she would rather me weigh everyday than avoid the scale like I did for years. It holds me accountable :)

I weigh every morning but only record once a week.

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My husband and I play games at night.....

Guessing each others weight is not one of them...

LOL at Laura-ven

I was hoping that I get out of this phase myself. Smh it's a little stressful but I want to make sure I maintain this lost I worked so hard for. I guess this will be my life lol but I'm fine with that as long as I don't gain anything that will be a change in dress size

Lol

Oh Sweet Amytug- I'm not even going to tell you how many times I weigh myself......Dr. told me to throw the fricken' thing away! Umm yah, NO!

My husband and I play games at night.....

Guessing each others weight is not one of them...

Oh wow...this reminded me of a tshirt I used to have back in my trailer park days. It involved playing carnival and guessing of people's weights and sitting on faces....oh dear.....I'm gonna get banned soon.

Oh wow...this reminded me of a tshirt I used to have back in my trailer park days. It involved playing carnival and guessing of people's weights and sitting on faces....oh dear.....I'm gonna get banned soon.

Bingo!!! :P

At least if you get banned for it you'll go out with a bang!!! Well....Kind off :D

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Yup. Some people get up to pee' date=' I get up to brush.[/quote']

Lol

I'd never be able to get back to sleep after waking up to do something that requires any more thought than sitting in the dark and emptying my bladder. Fuzzy teeth it is ;)

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Ftr, today's weigh in was a happy one. ;)

I don't think daily weighing is bad at all; it's the emotional attachment to the number that can be a problem. It's just data, not a judgment (ideally).

I go in streaks; sometimes weigh daily and then skip to weekly and back again. I agree it helps to troubleshoot the process and keep one accountable.

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