{"id":41140,"date":"2014-09-08T08:54:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T15:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=41140"},"modified":"2014-09-08T09:02:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T16:02:04","slug":"and-the-scale-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=41140","title":{"rendered":"And the Scale Says…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I haven’t been weighing myself consistently this year. I had gained a few pounds over the winter due to a lot of stress eating and while I only weigh myself once a month, I even quit that. I wasn’t giving up, I wasn’t quitting what I was doing (i.e. counting calories and exercising) I just needed a break. I didn’t want to deal with it.<\/p>\n

I didn’t get on the scale again for a number of reasons. Part of it was that I just forgot. Life got busy and I missed the window in November to weigh myself and get an accurate number so I decided to just skip it. The other reason was the holidays. Blah, blah blah….Thanksgiving, Christmas, cookies, pie, candy….I just didn’t want to see that number. I told myself I’d wait until after Christmas but then I changed my mind.<\/p>\n

Denial does not work with weight loss and maintenance. Seeing the number on the scale is a (sometimes brutal) reminder of where I am at and whether or not I’ve been LAZY about my food. Those CREEPING CALORIES<\/a> add up. I finally decided to get back on that scale.<\/p>\n

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\nJust to recap my disappointing winter\/spring…January I weighed 149<\/strong>. Still under goal weight. But too high for my liking. Fast forward to April and I weighed 147<\/strong>. Some progress. I was feeling a little better about seeing that number instead of the first. In May I got down to 146<\/strong>. Feeling okay! Moving in the right direction! Then…I stopped getting on the scale. Between May and August I gained 1 pound. I was back to 147. I was disappointed for sure. I had hoped that I would get back down to 145 (how much I weighed last summer at this summer).<\/p>\n

While I wasn’t entirely focused on the wedding, it was in the back of my mind. During this last year I was engaged, I had a few ups and downs about my weight. Sometimes I felt pressure to lose weight for the wedding. Sometimes I felt okay with my body the way it is. With the wedding less than a month away, I admit I have had more of those feelings…Less than a month away! Can I lose any weight? Then I chastise myself and think, Why? This is me. Why would I try to lose a bunch of weight for one day?<\/p>\n

And to be honest, my dress fits so I am kind of ok with where I am at. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I was talking to some other weight loss maintainers on Twitter recently and both of them confessed to weighing daily. One blogger said: “it’s not for everybody… But to me just data, scale should not be a surprise to me.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I chimed in and said that I couldn’t do that because it makes me mental. Seriously. I got super obsessed at one point where I was weighing myself all the time and whatever that number on the scale said, my entire day and mood could be ruined. It held TOO MUCH control over my life and emotions. So I quit and decided to weigh myself once a month to check in. That works for me (usually).<\/p>\n

It got me thinking. If I weighed myself every day would it change my outlook? Would I think about the scale in a different way? Would it have less power over my feelings if I just sucked it up and got on the scale every morning? A few things could happen:<\/p>\n

First, it could make me obsessive again.<\/p>\n

Second, it could make me less sensitive to the number on the scale.<\/p>\n

Third, I would see massive fluctuations from day to day and perhaps that would take ALL of the power out of that number because I would see just how fluid weight is.<\/p>\n

Lastly, weighing daily COULD lead to emotional\/binge eating.<\/p>\n

So many things can effect the number on the scale that don’t necessarily indicate weight gain. You could be retaining water, you could have sore muscles that are trying to repair themselves and holding on to water. You could be dehydrated. You could be constipated. You could have eating especially carb-y foods, or foods that cause inflammation in your body. It could be anything. And, of course, weight gain.<\/p>\n

Seeing the changes every day could really take the sting out of it. I am considering trying this. Maybe for one month just to see if it changes my outlook. (Obviously not right now, maybe after the wedding.) Then I think…does it really matter? Is it an accurate gauge of your health? I mean, if you are counting your calories or points every day, eating right and exercising on a regular basis, you shouldn’t HAVE to monitor that number so closely.<\/p>\n

How often do you weigh yourself?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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