Veggiegirl
Full Member
I have after YEARS of daily weighing ditched my scales. They were really expensive so Ive given them to a lady in my class who lives ages away and who I dont know mega well so I wont be able to pop round and get them - I didnt throw them away as they cost alot and I didnt trust myself not to get them out of the bin!!! Ive tried hiding the scales, the battery, getting someone else to hide them etc but it just hasnt worked, Ive always retrieved them again. Ive removed them completely for the following reasons:-
I was weighing myself more than once a day - obsessive.
I was happy/sad/angry with myself/disheartened/pleased etc at the start of each day, based on what the scales said - I want those emotions to come from "proper" reasons, not numbers!
It left room for leeway - eg a good result after a couple of days meant relaxing a bit, a bad result meant "trying harder" - there shouldnt be any of that, I should just be trusting and following the plan every day, not altering each day depending on my weight.
I want to see past the numbers and embrace the fact that most of the time SW means Im eating extremely healthily AND Im exercising a lot more.
I want to treat the "off days" and times off plan as blips which in the long run (ie a whole lifetime!) are just part of it all and not something to beat myself up over just because Im 2 lbs or whatever up from yesterday.
I want to go to my weigh-ins not having a clue what my weight change is going to be, rather than having got on the scales at home already that morning and therefore already knowing exactly what Id done (and sometimes a gain means I put of going to group....).
I want to see the big changes all at once - eg, on my really good weeks when Ive lost 3 or 4, Ive seen a gradual lb every couple of days come off, rather than a nice big 4 lbs all at once.
Finally - Im a person with good sides AND faults and my worth is NOT in how much I weigh - I want it to be a weekly check up, a tiny part of the week just to make sure all is going well on my weight loss journey and not the major stress that it is at the moment.
Sorry for the long post and I know this topic has been covered lots but this is a momentous step for me and Im sure there may be someone else out there who may decide to ditch their scales too or who has done so in the past and can maybe give some encouragement?!
Next Tuesday will be the first time in years that I will be completely blind to the result all week! It WILL be the first of many!!!!
Thanks for reading! xxxx
I was weighing myself more than once a day - obsessive.
I was happy/sad/angry with myself/disheartened/pleased etc at the start of each day, based on what the scales said - I want those emotions to come from "proper" reasons, not numbers!
It left room for leeway - eg a good result after a couple of days meant relaxing a bit, a bad result meant "trying harder" - there shouldnt be any of that, I should just be trusting and following the plan every day, not altering each day depending on my weight.
I want to see past the numbers and embrace the fact that most of the time SW means Im eating extremely healthily AND Im exercising a lot more.
I want to treat the "off days" and times off plan as blips which in the long run (ie a whole lifetime!) are just part of it all and not something to beat myself up over just because Im 2 lbs or whatever up from yesterday.
I want to go to my weigh-ins not having a clue what my weight change is going to be, rather than having got on the scales at home already that morning and therefore already knowing exactly what Id done (and sometimes a gain means I put of going to group....).
I want to see the big changes all at once - eg, on my really good weeks when Ive lost 3 or 4, Ive seen a gradual lb every couple of days come off, rather than a nice big 4 lbs all at once.
Finally - Im a person with good sides AND faults and my worth is NOT in how much I weigh - I want it to be a weekly check up, a tiny part of the week just to make sure all is going well on my weight loss journey and not the major stress that it is at the moment.
Sorry for the long post and I know this topic has been covered lots but this is a momentous step for me and Im sure there may be someone else out there who may decide to ditch their scales too or who has done so in the past and can maybe give some encouragement?!
Next Tuesday will be the first time in years that I will be completely blind to the result all week! It WILL be the first of many!!!!
Thanks for reading! xxxx
