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By Groovybabe • Nov 5th, 2007 • Category: diet management, life, weightloss rulesAfter the lengths my instructor went to to find out when I would next be in I was unable to make it to the gym today. I didn’t have any gym clothes to wear (I rely on my mum to do my washing and she didn’t… ) plus my leg was hurting again today. This coupled with the fact that I still couldn’t stay away from the scales and they didn’t tell me what I wanted to see meant today was never going to be perfect.
I know I was 15.10 on Friday and I was 15.7 today but mentally I was/am 15.6 and yesterday I did see 15.6 briefly so I tried not to let 15.7 get to me but it did. I wasn’t going to get on the scales but I couldn’t help myself. Whenever I have been good all day the next morning I feel like a martyr and feel I deserve to see a lower number on the scales so it is hard to avoid them. In the past I was much more able to manage the scales but I just don’t seem to being doing such a good job these days. So I have made an executive decision!
I have sent the scales to my mums. She took them an hour ago. I no longer have weighing scales in my house! So no weighing until Friday now! Unless I have a sneaky look at the gym…
As the day wore on I was becoming a bit down (I think I may be suffering from SAD) and I knew it was because I was sat at the computer working and not out and about. I’d had about 900 calories by 11am! But I was still counting and this was the main thing!
I then went and picked up my son, which gave me a 20 minute walk (I knocked another 5 minutes off my time!) and this really helped buck up my mood and lessen my appitite. We got back in and I did some more work but after an hour I just had to get out so my son and I went into town (another 30 minutes worth of walking).
WLR is not really working for me. I am spending far too much time thinking about food and feel I need to go back to basics. For a few days I have been thinking about getting another pretty pad and just writing down what I eat in there and estimating my calories. It worked a lot better than any weightloss programme online I’ve used so I figure I should just keep to what works.
So that is why we went into town. I went and bought a pretty pad (Betz, its the same monsters design as the pad I bought you but a much bigger pad) from my stationery favourite shop and picked up some bits for the school lunch and then came home.
I’ve probably gone about 300-400 calories over (I stopped counting at dinner) but I am not bothered. At least I am not hungry for once and tomorrow is another day. A day I can start using my pretty pad and get back to basics… and go work out!
Groovybabe is 14.11 stones today and has lost 6lbs at her last weigh in.
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You know I never used to weigh myself when I was losing weight more than 1 time a week…I think because I knew I would send myself in a tizzy about it all! Now a days, I don’t weigh myself at all because it makes me nervous to know…I feel better about myself no knowing! Sounds crazy huh?!?! I think weighing yourself every friday would be a great idea…not more than once a week because otherwise it works us all up mentally and we get down on ourselves!
You are doing great Groovybabe…KEEP IT UP!!!
I think you are being too hard on yourself sweetie - look at the bigger picture, you have come so far and are doing so well, if you have to change the way you monitor your food intake thats not a problem, you have to do what works for you at any given time.
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Jenny - Yeah, weighing daily used to be something I needed to do in order to keep up my motivation but it is doing more harm than good at the moment. I agree, it is a positive move that I have sent the scales away. I feel a new stage of my weightloss coming on…
Jo - Yeah I realise I probably am being but I didnt loose 3 and a half stones going easy on myself! I’ve come so far and am feeling much more normal these days but I know I have to do what I’ve done once again to achieve near what I want to achieve and that will be done by reminding myself of my priorities. I think if I had more to do in my life at the moment it would be easier.
If you’re going to stress out about a pound, it’s good to be rid of your scales. If I stressed like that I’d have a heart attack because my weight fluctuates so much. You’re going to see it more the more weight you lose, so prepare yourself!!
1 pound can be a glass of water or a pinch of salt! Unless you’re only trying to lose a half dozen pounds, 1 pound fluctuation isn’t a realistic cause for concern unless it goes up a pound daily and never comes back down.
Time to step away from the scale. Not completely but do other things right and the rest will follow. I’m the same, I can’t think about food too much or I obsess. I try to plan meals in advance so I can’t obsess I just eat whats planned and thats it. With that being said, I need to get back to planning…I’ve been a human hoover/dyson/vacuum for almost two days. Time to take my own advice! We will get there!!
Betz - I’ve always been like that about a pound, its just I’ve hidden it better in the past! I don’t know what it is but I’ve just been going into self destruct mode lately. But I am over it now.
Diana - We will!