Cheating with the Scale - a Mind Game

[Treadmillwalker 486]

Today I stepped on the scale and it showed I lost some weight. Instead of being excited my mind instantly thought okay I can eat this fatty food for lunch. WHAT!

My mind instantly wanted to cheat all because the scale was whispering, you lost some more weight. It is like wrestling with the devil. I won't reach my goals if I eat every time the scale shows I'm down--I will just yo yo.

Repeating to myself--Be Strong and Ignore the Scale.

Had lapband surgery 10/12/16

[blizair09 3,250]

This journey is more a mental exercise than anything else...

[Seevan 32]

The scale is just the outward condition of your choices. There's gotta be a mind change. And believe me it's a challenge to work on those thoughts.. They been with you for such a long time.. The body only takes what we give. Read the book the battle field of the mind. What you thinking.....

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[sgaddarich 17]

I'm having the same issue some times. It's all a mind game. Surgery is a tool that will def help but the mind will play with you if you let it.

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Edited December 5, 2016 by sgaddarich

[Djmohr 6,965]

I have said this at least 1000 times. Weight loss surgery is 90% head game, 10% surgery......

I literally have to talk to myself before getting on the scale so my head is in the right game.

[Aggiemae 739]

I had considered donating the scale to Goodwill but it was expensive and realistically it's a necessity for other members of my household. I have been trying to weighing once a week since my surgery 10/25.

On Friday I took the scale to my friend house to help her weigh some boxes she was shipping and decided to leave the scale there.

Now I Can't weigh myself at home and stress about every ounce.

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[ladyslim2015 74]

Today I stepped on the scale and it showed I lost some weight. Instead of being excited my mind instantly thought okay I can eat this fatty food for lunch. WHAT!

My mind instantly wanted to cheat all because the scale was whispering, you lost some more weight. It is like wrestling with the devil. I won't reach my goals if I eat every time the scale shows I'm down--I will just yo yo.

Repeating to myself--Be Strong and Ignore the Scale.

Had lapband surgery 10/12/16

I totally know what you mean if I go to the gym and did a two hour session I lose all sense I want to eat the house down so suffice to say I'm gaining instead of losing.

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[ShelterDog64 2,364]

I see a lot of posts here about 'don't look at the scale' and 'the scale is not your friend', but my relationship with my scale is very different. Maybe it's from years of Weight Watchers, but I NEED that daily/every other day check on my WL progress. I'm motivated by seeing a loss and more determined to stay the course when I don't see any change. The idea of NOT weighing makes me anxious! Maybe I'll drop to once a week in maintenance, but for now, me and my Aria are best buds

[blizair09 3,250]

I see a lot of posts here about 'don't look at the scale' and 'the scale is not your friend', but my relationship with my scale is very different. Maybe it's from years of Weight Watchers, but I NEED that daily/every other day check on my WL progress. I'm motivated by seeing a loss and more determined to stay the course when I don't see any change. The idea of NOT weighing makes me anxious! Maybe I'll drop to once a week in maintenance, but for now, me and my Aria are best buds

I'm the same way.

[this sucks 557]

I see a lot of posts here about 'don't look at the scale' and 'the scale is not your friend', but my relationship with my scale is very different. Maybe it's from years of Weight Watchers, but I NEED that daily/every other day check on my WL progress. I'm motivated by seeing a loss and more determined to stay the course when I don't see any change. The idea of NOT weighing makes me anxious! Maybe I'll drop to once a week in maintenance, but for now, me and my Aria are best buds

That's how I see it too. I have weighed myself almost every day for almost four years and I've recorded it in MyFitnessPal.

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[Babbs 14,681]

Yeah, it just depends on if someone can handle to normal fluctuations without it completely ruining their day. I was that way at first, but then I got used to it. During the losing phase it may not be as important as I feel it is during the maintenence phase. I don't know how people can avoid a scale and at the same time hold themselves accountable? After all, avoiding a scale is what got me to 235 pounds!

[j16 166]

I've weighed every day for years. I find it very motivating. If my weight is going up for a few days I try to eat less or make sure my sodium intake is lower.

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