Comments on: Weighing in on Weighing in

By: love2eatinpa

love2eatinpa — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:44:10 +0000

i’m just trying to stop some of the ‘controlling’ things i do in my life regarding food/eating, so that was just one thing for me to try to loosen my grip on. but you are right, sagan, we all have to do what’s best for us. i need to try to see how the monthly thing goes and i’ll make my decision of whether it works for me or not.

By: Sagan

Sagan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:44:15 +0000

I weigh in daily, because that's what works for me. If weighing in monthly works for you, then do it! I think it's important to try out a few different things to see what works best. .-= Sagan´s last blog ..The Living Healthy in the Real World Guide to Grocery Shopping, Part One: Preparation =-.

By: love2eatinpa

love2eatinpa — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:11:17 +0000

aw, thanks so much!!! i think it needed a bit of an uplift, maybe because i feel a bit uplifted. =)

By: love2eatinpa

love2eatinpa — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:10:13 +0000

thanks for “weighing-in”, holly =). i hear ya, i was surprised how easy this past month has been too. but with the stomach virus i had a couple of weeks ago and following my hunger cues (which is making me eat less somehow!) i’m really itching to know what i weigh. i don’t want to lose, just hoping i maintained.

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:54:47 +0000

By the way- LOVE the new look of your blog! I love how the comments are on the side.

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:54:27 +0000

I definitely think once a month would be okay….I am surprised at how easy it’s been for me to hop on the scale less and less! Honestly, I can usually tell what the scale is going to say – no necessarily with how my clothes fit, but by my activity level and eats. If you are just doing it to check in, I don’t see a problem with that at all!

By: love2eatinpa

love2eatinpa — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:34:16 +0000

thanks for your support, shawn. the numbers shouldn’t get me crazy, i just HAVE to know. =)

By: shawn

shawn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:08:22 +0000

go for it. nothing wrong with checking in. you know you are doing well so don’t let the numbers get you crazy. any extreme is not healthy. hope it goes well for you!

By: love2eatinpa

love2eatinpa — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:04:55 +0000

ok, you are all making me feel really good about this choice to get on the scale once a month, that it is reasonable and not a compulsive behavior, so i think the 12th of each month (unless af i visiting ) will be my day to get on the scale just to check in on things.
i’m glad i somehow helped you, jess, by bringing up this topic and if i’ve waited this long, i can certainly wait two more days. thanks!

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:29:28 +0000

Once per month is a fantastic schedule, if one can keep to it. I, alas, am a “sneak weigher” (frickin’ compulsive behaviors . . .), which I know I shouldn’t do because it derails me if I don’t get the number I’m looking for at that moment. On Monday, I sneak-weighed and it bothered me so much that I wrote a blog entry about a plateau I apparently haven’t hit, because I sneak-weighed today and found out I broke that arbitrary number I set for myself (225 lbs.).

So I would love to say I only weigh once per month, but I’ve found that I can’t keep to that when I’m close to hitting a goal mark.

Maybe you should weigh in, since you’ve been distressed since you got sick and couldn’t eat. Maybe it’ll help you feel less helpless about something that naturally changes. I appreciate very much that you’re sharing this concern, because I’m now aware that this is something I will be prone to do if/when I get into “goal weight” range.

My two cents? You have two days left and you’ve waited this long. Try to wait until Friday and treat this like any other compulsion–release it if you can and trust that, Just for Today, you are where you should be because you’re living within your food plan/abstinence.