tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20595227.post3727594272953279104..comments2024-03-28T17:49:22.207-05:00Comments on Belief in myself!: Down but not outMaryFranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02507347923712459651noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20595227.post-13987004302884572992016-01-15T21:28:52.470-05:002016-01-15T21:28:52.470-05:00Binges happen...just put it behind you! I know you...Binges happen...just put it behind you! I know you will. :-) Listen, I don't usually like to offer advice, but I have to tell you I really, really think daily weighing is not a good thing. I know some people swear by it, but so much affects our weight – how much sodium we've had, time of the month, etc. The diet program I followed and keep going back to doesn't allow weighing more than once every six weeks. Nowadays I try to keep it to once a month. I think it's OK to do it oftener, but once a week is enough to tell if you're on a downward trend or an upward trend. And to stay accountable! You don't want to give power to that box of metal and plastic and springs. Staying away from it completely gives it power, and using it too frequently also gives it power.<br /><br />I'm sorry; feel free to blow this off – we all have to do what works for us, and the heck with what anyone else thinks. But from my own experience, daily weighing is a recipe for impatience and discouragement, and to tell the truth I don't really need the scale to tell me how my weight is – I can tell that from my clothes! Besides, it gives me a bigger "lift" to see a more significant loss after a couple of weeks than the dribs and drabs of ounces on a daily basis.<br /><br />Hang in there. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20595227.post-45701420125448936382016-01-15T21:26:24.379-05:002016-01-15T21:26:24.379-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20595227.post-87845172104582897792016-01-14T19:19:47.934-05:002016-01-14T19:19:47.934-05:00I need to get back to weighing myself every day - ...I need to get back to weighing myself every day - I do well when I do, but work has been so stressful for the last year that I am convinced I will have a horrible day if I am up. But it really is the 1 thing that keeps me honest (and since I haven't been weighing everyday, hello gain of 30 lbs in 16 months).jesseybellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058891441606968579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20595227.post-81186938587638542612016-01-14T14:23:17.342-05:002016-01-14T14:23:17.342-05:00Oh those scales and their crazy fluctuations! I w...Oh those scales and their crazy fluctuations! I weigh every day too. I have to for my own accountability. Most of the time, even the unexplained blips don't bother me. Sometimes it does and it is so hard to break out of that mentality when it happens.<br /><br />Today, right now, is a fresh new day. Embrace it and move forward.<br />LoriLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06348740719854853661noreply@blogger.com