The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Serendipity]

With all of the talk about weighing too much, too little, morning, evening, etc., etc., I just want to say:

I believe that the single most important thing I learned while on program was to get on the scale EVERY day, weigh myself, get off, and go on with my day. Yes, that's without obsessing about fluctuations and without panicking when the weight went up. It was the most important thing.....even more important to my maintenance than learning what to eat and when!

We as overeaters tend to enter denial very easily. Getting that dose of reality every morning is what has kept me honest. There have been times in the last year I would have wanted to avoid the scale, but I haven't missed a day (unless we were traveling). I do not obsess about it, but each day I know what I should be doing to keep that number where I want it to be.

My history has been to stop weighing when I didn't like the numbers and think.....I'll get back on in a few days after I eat right.....and then that few days later never comes.

I came to this conclusion myself, but since then I have read several articles that state weighing regularly is an important habit to develop if you want to remain thin.

[lifelovinaries]

I'm with you jo but i must admit that i am JUST finally getting to the point of not obsessing over what it says. I think that comes from past experiences where there was such a daily variation in my caloric intake, i NEVER knew what the scale would say whenever i would step on. Now, with MF, i am finally learning to use it as a tool because i know that as long as i am doing the plan properly, i can't control the scale at all. TOOL being the key word here and i still struggle with that. In very recent times, i would let the scale number affect my day (not my compliance) however, slowly but surely, i am figuring it out. NSV's are nice, yes we will lose inches without the weight sometimes but i am proud to be a daily weigher. I know it will help me in the long run by allowing me to monitor myself now and look over the past few days of supplement and/or l&g combinations and just my food intake overall. Which, in turn will help me thru maintainance. (Hopefully! )

[MerryMary]

Weighing in daily is certainly one of the maintenance tools I'm using to guard my weight loss success (still maintaining under goal after 4 months!). I don't obsess over normal fluctuations nor do I live in denial.

There has been a lot written on the subject and I believe there was something posted here some months ago.

[Mike]

We as overeaters tend to enter denial very easily.

I do not.

My history has been to stop weighing when I didn't like the numbers and think.....I'll get back on in a few days after I eat right.....and then that few days later never comes.

I think I resemble that remark. I need to remember this Jo. Thanks for posting this.

[DogMa]

Yes, Mary, it's been discussed a few times. I posted an article a few months back about a study that found that people who weighed every day were more likely to maintain their weight loss. It has certainly helped me to maintain mine, and I'm about a year and a half out now.

[Serendipity]

Since we can't all go back through months of posts and since it has been in the current discussion, I thought it bared repeating.

[bikipatra]

Weighing in daily is certainly one of the maintenance tools I'm using to guard my weight loss success (still maintaining under goal after 4 months!). I don't obsess over normal fluctuations nor do I live in denial.

There has been a lot written on the subject and I believe there was something posted here some months ago.

Well since we have quite a few newcomers isn't it great that Joleen is bringing it up again? That is one of the of the many reasons I really respect her. I really don't believe I would have made it through those few months without her example and comments to help me along the way. If you have reached goal and aren't trying to help newcomer then I think you are just taking up space. That is JMO, taken from my experience in 12-step programs. I realise no one can make a life of it. Most people have jobs. But we need people to lead by example and experience. There is a great prayer called the "3rd step prayer" that reads "And take away my difficulties so that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of thy power, thy love and thy way of life." This is a way of life. It doesn't stop when we hit goal.

[Mike]

If you have reached goal and aren't trying to help newcomer then I think you are just taking up space. That is JMO, taken from my experience in 12-step programs.

I agree that Jo is very supportive and that its wonderful of her to bring up the weighing in thing, but I found this statement to be a little out there.
We all come here for different reasons, and in reality, its an open forum for support of anybody, with whatever issues they may have. Be it newcomer, oldtimer, maintainer, weight loser....we all have a right to be here.

[bikipatra]

If you have reached goal and aren't trying to help newcomer then I think you are just taking up space. That is JMO, taken from my experience in 12-step programs.

I agree that Jo is very supportive and that its wonderful of her to bring up the weighing in thing, but I found this statement to be a little out there.
We all come here for different reasons, and in reality, its an open forum for support of anybody, with whatever issues they may have. Be it newcomer, oldtimer, maintainer, weight loser....we all have a right to be here.

Exactly, it is for support. I was just stating that. It is the newcomer that so often needs the help of someone else. That is MY EXPERIENCE. I need help now, but not with the critical urgency that is going to determine if I maintain compliant today because I am unclear about information. For some reason you always tend not to "get me" Mike. Oh well, no biggie. Good luck in 2008!

[DogMa]

I'm not sure where all this is coming from. I don't want to speak for Mary, but I don't think anyone was criticizing Jo or her post. (And do all posts need to be geared toward newcomers? I think maintainers discussing their strategies is helpful to everyone. As I've said many times, when I was starting out here, I would have appreciated maintainers just having a PRESENCE here. And when I reached maintenance, I would have appreciated having other maintainers' experiences to draw on. The only person regularly on the boards at that time who was successfully maintaining her weight loss was Nancy.)

[Mike]

Biki,
Not that I don't get you, its the point that when someone makes a statement like "I think you are just taking up space", its not supportive, but hindering.
That was my point.[/quote]

[bikipatra]

Biki,
Not that I don't get you, its the point that when someone makes a statement like "I think you are just taking up space", its not supportive, but hindering.
That was my point.

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Good luck in 2008!

[Mike]

Good luck in 2008!

By the way... thank you for that. Its not that I don't appreciate your support, I do. Its that there are times when it comes off wrong. Not that I've never done that to anybody else.

[MerryMary]

Yes, Mary, it's been discussed a few times. I posted an article a few months back about a study that found that people who weighed every day were more likely to maintain their weight loss. It has certainly helped me to maintain mine, and I'm about a year and a half out now.

Thanks for the reminder, Robin! The article you posted bears repeating so I looked it up ...

http://www.makemethinner.com/forum/view ... hp?t=11651
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[Serendipity]

In all the arguing I think we're skimming over an important point.

I think everyone knows that regular weighing is necessary to keep control of you weight, but my point was twofold:

1. Weighing regularly
2. Getting used to fluctuations and accepting them as normal.

The second issue means so much. Let's not let it get lost in the shuffle.