My name is Jen and I'm addicted to...

[*slim* 2]

scale Addict here.

I honestly cannot even go pee without checking the end results on the scale afterwards. Who knows how much extra pee weight you could have been carrying around in there! :thumbup:

I've always been like that though. Even before banding. Back then it probably was bad because if the numbers were up I'd think "oh screw it" and order a pizza because what's the use, but now I don't think it's such a terrible habit. I'm working in stages though so right now my goal is to get out of the 8's. Before that it was to get out of the 9's etc...

I could have written this myself. Right down to the pizza!

More days I just see it move back and forth. Such a waste of time. Once a week would be a good thing.

I really hate it when that happens.

[*slim* 2]

Yep! Guilty as well. We are band sisters... I was banded on the same day as you. I now have 2 scales in my KITCHEN, of all places!!! Because you know the digital scale didn't always give me the same weight each time. So I now have an old fashion dial scale right next to it. And I get on both of them at least 3 times each, you know to compare numbers. I do this when I wake up, when I come home from work, after I eat dinner, when I happen to walk through the kitchen, before I go to bed I think you get the picture. ha ha ha I think most of us have wanted to be thin for so long, or at least I have, we just want it to melt away.

I have asked my husband for one of the fancy doctor scales for Christmas. I think he is a little concerned about contributing to my addiction...

I'm buying a regular scale to go next to my digit scale. I have wondered if I was the only one that could step off the digital scale then step back on the weight would be different! That is so frustrating! Thanks for the idea!:thumbup:

[Jodi_620 37]

A bit off the subject, but you have done so well. Could you post a couple day samples of how you eat and also how much you exercise? Congrats!! I hope to do well also!!

Sure,

I typically have an Egg Beater omelet for Breakfast, with 1/2 cup eggbeater cooked LF ham, cheese, spinach, mushrooms...whatever I have in the house.

If not eggs then oatmeal with Flax seeds cooked in skim milk, love this on sunday morning with blueberries. :tongue_smilie:but I find that it does not keep me full as long as the eggs do.

lunch varies, my current favorite is to have a salmon pattie with LF miracle whip spread on top and shredded lettuce and diced Tomato sprinkled over it. (I make them on the weekend and freeze them, thaw one out every day)

Or some chicken salad on 1/2 slice of whole grain Carb Countdown flatbread with diced tomato and shredded lettuce.

Sometimes I have some leftover Protein from the night before with a little salad greens.

Chili is another good lunch

For dinner I have whatever I am cooking. I cook low fat and try to stick with fish and chicken and limit beef to once a week (hubby has to watch his cholesterol)

I have two prunes with lunch and two with dinner. My day starts pretty early so there is a six hour gap between Breakfast and lunch. I have a small serving of fruit between breakfast and lunch. 1/2 banana w/peanut butter is my fav. I avoid white carbs (pasta, bread, crackers, rice, potato,sugar), I do have whole grain bread once or twice a week and as you can see I do eat veggies and fruits so I am not an extreme low carber.

I am not much of an exerciser. I don't sit around and veg on the couch, I keep busy with projects around the house, yard work, cleaning the car...basically find a active project every day. I also have a big old German Shepherd who keeps me walking and as the weight has come off the walks have gotten longer and more intensified. (At around 100 pounds of energized muscle, he offers great added resistance to my walk :thumbup:)

Now that I am getting smaller I am starting to identify areas that need toning and am trying to decide what I will do with that. I have considered Curves and I have been wanting to get the Total Gym. I just don't feel like a gym membership is for me though...

Edited November 12, 2008 by Jodi_620

[Jillbeme65 1]

Hi my name is Jill and I to am a scale addict. I weigh myself before bed and first thing after the morning pee . Everyday, and every night. But my true day it on Monday. I am involved with the weight loss challenge and I only post Monday's weight whether it be up or down... I too change my eating though if I notice I am up in the evening to much.. Usually I weight 1.5lb more at night than mornings... So if its really up at night I know the next day I am going to have to re adjust my eating...

[Loulou_k72 0]

Guilty tooo ,,, I m also a scale addict ... 3 - 4 times a day and several times every time ... and I take the lowest everytime ... I love the forum and it feels like I m not alone ... :-)

[jms462001 9]

Sure,

I typically have an Egg Beater omelet for Breakfast, with 1/2 cup eggbeater cooked LF ham, cheese, spinach, mushrooms...whatever I have in the house.

If not eggs then oatmeal with Flax seeds cooked in skim milk, love this on sunday morning with blueberries. :tongue_smilie:but I find that it does not keep me full as long as the eggs do.

lunch varies, my current favorite is to have a salmon pattie with LF miracle whip spread on top and shredded lettuce and diced Tomato sprinkled over it. (I make them on the weekend and freeze them, thaw one out every day)

Or some chicken salad on 1/2 slice of whole grain Carb Countdown flatbread with diced tomato and shredded lettuce.

Sometimes I have some leftover Protein from the night before with a little salad greens.

Chili is another good lunch

For dinner I have whatever I am cooking. I cook low fat and try to stick with fish and chicken and limit beef to once a week (hubby has to watch his cholesterol)

I have two prunes with lunch and two with dinner. My day starts pretty early so there is a six hour gap between breakfast and lunch. I have a small serving of fruit between breakfast and lunch. 1/2 banana w/peanut butter is my fav. I avoid white carbs (pasta, bread, crackers, rice, potato,sugar), I do have whole grain bread once or twice a week and as you can see I do eat veggies and fruits so I am not an extreme low carber.

I am not much of an exerciser. I don't sit around and veg on the couch, I keep busy with projects around the house, yard work, cleaning the car...basically find a active project every day. I also have a big old German Shepherd who keeps me walking and as the weight has come off the walks have gotten longer and more intensified. (At around 100 pounds of energized muscle, he offers great added resistance to my walk )

Now that I am getting smaller I am starting to identify areas that need toning and am trying to decide what I will do with that. I have considered Curves and I have been wanting to get the Total Gym. I just don't feel like a gym membership is for me though...

Thanks for the sample!! I eat quite healthy like that now......just way too much!!!!!! Plus my physical problems don't allow for much exercise. All that will change soon!!

[Wendys81963 0]

I too am addicted to my digital scale; I weight myself probably twice a day with mornings being my favorite weigh-in.

I don't dread weighing myself anymore since lapband! I even want my doctor's office to weigh me!!!! Haven't lost all of my weight yet but am so happy with what I have lost!

[maguirre67 0]

im also a scale addict i weigh in the morning also at lunch time after dinner and at bed that weigh i can see if im eating too much at night you weigh 2 pds more than when you wake up so i usually know if im going to lose in the morninig sometimes it drives me crazy but since may ive lost 42 poundsand four sizes

[willowcat 93]

I have tried to put it up, but so far I haven't been able to last even an entire day. My husband refuses to get involved with me and the scale so he won't hide it for me. What is a girl to do?

Put it in the trunk of your car.:thumbdown: