Guest guest Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I know I have told you all about my battle with the scale. It has been going on for as long as I can remember and that is quite a while. I decided to move my scale into my basemet away from easy access and I have found I am still compulsed to go and use it. Not as much as I used to but still at least once a day. I figure it is good exercise going down and up the stairs. :-) All kidding aside, I did find out I have lost 7 pounds since my near meltdown email to the list professing "the number". I am so proud. I haven't exercised as much as I should so I am sure if I put a bit more time into exercising I could lose a bit more but I am not going to force myself. I have listened to my body and I have fed it when it has needed fed and it feels good. I just wanted to share this "breakthrough" with you all. I am sure the road ahead is going to be bumpy but I am looking forward to the challenge. Michele Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Glad to hear it , I got rid of my scale. Hope to hear more good news soon! I know I have told you all about my battle with the scale. It has been going on for as long as I can remember and that is quite a while. I decided to move my scale into my basemet away from easy access and I have found I am still compulsed to go and use it. Not as much as I used to but still at least once a day. I figure it is good exercise going down and up the stairs. :-) All kidding aside, I did find out I have lost 7 pounds since my near meltdown email to the list professing " the number " . I am so proud. I haven't exercised as much as I should so I am sure if I put a bit more time into exercising I could lose a bit more but I am not going to force myself. I have listened to my body and I have fed it when it has needed fed and it feels good. I just wanted to share this " breakthrough " with you all. I am sure the road ahead is going to be bumpy but I am looking forward to the challenge. Michele Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. -- .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hi Michele, I'm glad to hear that you are making progress and that your body is feeling better. At the same time, I want to give you this CAUTION. When you give the scale the power to make you feel good or proud, you also give it power to make you feel bad. The number on the scale is not something to be proud of...it's just a number if it goes UP or DOWN or stays the same. What you should be proud of are the things you are doing to make yourself healthy. Keep up the good work fueling and exercizing your body. Amy > > I know I have told you all about my battle with the scale. It has been going on for as long as I can remember and that is quite a while. I decided to move my scale into my basemet away from easy access and I have found I am still compulsed to go and use it. Not as much as I used to but still at least once a day. I figure it is good exercise going down and up the stairs. :-) > > All kidding aside, I did find out I have lost 7 pounds since my near meltdown email to the list professing " the number " . I am so proud. I haven't exercised as much as I should so I am sure if I put a bit more time into exercising I could lose a bit more but I am not going to force myself. I have listened to my body and I have fed it when it has needed fed and it feels good. > > I just wanted to share this " breakthrough " with you all. I am sure the road ahead is going to be bumpy but I am looking forward to the challenge. > > Michele > > > > > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Thank you Amy, I know I am giving the scale that power and that is something I am working on fixing. Right now I think it is better than giving the food the power it does not deserve. I want to be able to have the power to control the way I am going to eat and the way it is going to make me feel, but until I am able to get it for myself, I am going to have to rely on the stupid scale. So far I have said to myself every time I stepped on the scale, it is just a number. I am sure there will be days when I can't be rational about the scale and days when I will rely on it more than I should, but until I can get a feel for my body I will have to keep it around and use it when the time arrives. I know it needs to be thrown away but I need it right now. It is my security blanket. Michele amytherrien wrote: Hi Michele,I'm glad to hear that you are making progress and that your body is feeling better. At the same time, I want to give you this CAUTION. Recent Activity 24 New Members 1 New Links 1 New FilesVisit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 I'm always torn on this issue. On the one hand, I was discussing my weight with my doc and he said I was doing EXACTLY what I should be doing and had no worries, and he instructed me to go home and LITERALLY throw my scale away! Ask me if I did? Of course not. But the reason I didn't do it is I've discovered through the years that I have something like " REVERSE ANOREXIA " - I look at myself in a mirror and just do NOT see when I'm putting on weight. It doesn't register with me for whatever reason. So I still weigh but I've learned to put a different emphasis on it. I'm no longer concerned with the number itself - I keep an eye on it only because I acknowledge that I'm somehow incapable of noticing when my weight starts to climb. So stepping on there a couple times a week lets me know if I'm heading up, even though I've quit obsessing about the actual number. If I see it go DOWN, well that's just terrific. If it stays the same, also a victory. If it fluctuates a pound or two, well whose doesn't? It's only if I see it going up by more than that on a consistent basis that I use it as my signal to change something. Other than that, I'm just not getting caught up in the number. Hope that makes sense and helps some. > > i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i > weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does > anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 I'm always torn on this issue. On the one hand, I was discussing my weight with my doc and he said I was doing EXACTLY what I should be doing and had no worries, and he instructed me to go home and LITERALLY throw my scale away! Ask me if I did? Of course not. But the reason I didn't do it is I've discovered through the years that I have something like " REVERSE ANOREXIA " - I look at myself in a mirror and just do NOT see when I'm putting on weight. It doesn't register with me for whatever reason. So I still weigh but I've learned to put a different emphasis on it. I'm no longer concerned with the number itself - I keep an eye on it only because I acknowledge that I'm somehow incapable of noticing when my weight starts to climb. So stepping on there a couple times a week lets me know if I'm heading up, even though I've quit obsessing about the actual number. If I see it go DOWN, well that's just terrific. If it stays the same, also a victory. If it fluctuates a pound or two, well whose doesn't? It's only if I see it going up by more than that on a consistent basis that I use it as my signal to change something. Other than that, I'm just not getting caught up in the number. Hope that makes sense and helps some. > > i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i > weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does > anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 I'm sorry; I know this is probably silly, but I just read my own post and noticed I typed " way " instead of " weigh, " and it was just driving me crazy. So, I had to point it out even though I'm sure it was obvious what I meant to type...I'm just neurotic. > > I have the same problem. My first month w/ IE, I made it about 25 days > w/o weighing. But, then my therapist wanted me to way (so we could > make sure my weight was stable). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 This is my issue as well. I weigh myself many many many times a day. It is an addiction for me. I used to keep track of my weight every time I did weigh but that got to be too much for me so I stopped doing it. I wish I had the answers. I have learned to rationalize the fluctuation in weight and I know that isn't a good thing either. Sorry I don't have any answers. Michele jcb5050 wrote: i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? MicheleCR: Dream Mender Sherryl Woods RR: You've Got Male by Bevarly 3/5 Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 In my Eating disorders program I was in, some of the ladies turned in their scales. I would recommend this option the most. Although it may be one of the toughest things you have to do, it's probably better to get rid of your safety net, because in the same respect I feel like a cigarette addict must get rid of the cigaretttes and an alcoholic must get rid of the alcohol in order to learn how to live without it. thanks. > i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i > weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does > anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? > > > > > > > > Michele > CR: Dream Mender Sherryl Woods > RR: You've Got Male by Bevarly 3/5 > > > > --------------------------------- > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 In my Eating disorders program I was in, some of the ladies turned in their scales. I would recommend this option the most. Although it may be one of the toughest things you have to do, it's probably better to get rid of your safety net, because in the same respect I feel like a cigarette addict must get rid of the cigaretttes and an alcoholic must get rid of the alcohol in order to learn how to live without it. thanks. > i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i > weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does > anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? > > > > > > > > Michele > CR: Dream Mender Sherryl Woods > RR: You've Got Male by Bevarly 3/5 > > > > --------------------------------- > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 When I first read Geenen Roth's books, I 'tossed' my scale and didn't weigh myself for YEARS. Of course I wasn't practicing IE so the 'freedom' I thought I found = a license to EAT and I gained weight A while back my hubby started recording his blood pressure on a weekly basis so I made us a chart which we added weight on as well so we could have a (gentle?) reality check on a weekly basis. This is working for us. > > i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i > weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does > anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 When I first read Geenen Roth's books, I 'tossed' my scale and didn't weigh myself for YEARS. Of course I wasn't practicing IE so the 'freedom' I thought I found = a license to EAT and I gained weight A while back my hubby started recording his blood pressure on a weekly basis so I made us a chart which we added weight on as well so we could have a (gentle?) reality check on a weekly basis. This is working for us. > > i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i > weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does > anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 When I first read Geenen Roth's books, I 'tossed' my scale and didn't weigh myself for YEARS. Of course I wasn't practicing IE so the 'freedom' I thought I found = a license to EAT and I gained weight A while back my hubby started recording his blood pressure on a weekly basis so I made us a chart which we added weight on as well so we could have a (gentle?) reality check on a weekly basis. This is working for us. > > i am relatively new to intuitive eating. my problems is the scale. i > weigh myself daily and sometimes twice or three times in a day. does > anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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