Comments on: Why Your Last Diet Failed You – Book Tour Part 2

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:58:00 +0000

Hello – of the 3 parts presented, this one hit home for me. I am in process of losing weight and have started training for a 5k this fall. I weigh every day;I’m checking the weight, body fat, muscle mass, etc. Thank you for the words that I now speak to myself – it’s ok to skip the scale today, not 250 and that’s all that matters.

By: Janice

Janice — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:23:19 +0000

This is great advice. I am a scale addict. I am still trying to lose though but I should cut back on my scale usage to once every couple of days. I like the NOT 213 suggestion.

By: spAM

spAM — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:26:49 +0000

One thing about it……. you can be addicted to a lot worse things than weighing!!!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:38:03 +0000

That stupid scale!!!
I am totally addicted to weighing myself (when I get home from work, before bed, first thing in the morning ect). I used to get so bent out of shape when the number was higher than I wanted it to be or hadn’t moved down. Since becoming obsessed with Spin class and starting to train for a 10K my body is changing for the better even if I am not dropping pounds. Yes I do still weigh myself a few times a day but I now will judge my true weight more with how my clothes are fitting and if I am working out like I should be.
Thanks Roni and Charlie!

By: Shelley

Shelley — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:26:58 +0000

I totally agree with what McLauren said! Lately I’ve been “on plan” a lot (& weighing myself everyday), & so pissed that in the last couple weeks, I can’t seem to stop hovering around 150-152. Today was the first time I saw under 150 (149.6) in about a year! I was (& am) elated, but I know that if I see 150 or more in the coming days (totally possible – even with staying “on plan”) it will be hard to not let it get to me….

By: McLauren84

McLauren84 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:12:25 +0000

Oh, the psychological warfare that is many people’s relationship with the scale! I think so many of us are probably closet scale addicts. I used to avoid drinking liquids in the evening in an effort for the scale to be lower in the morning. What a twisted strategy! And it backfires. If you don’t drink enough water, you’ll end up retaining more water weight.

I think the problem with the scale for me is twofold–If I don’t weigh myself, it’s likely because I’ve been “off plan” and I know I’ve gained. But the longer I go without weighing myself, the more I tend to stay off plan.

On the flip, when I’m on plan and doing well, I weigh myself every single morning and beat myself up if it isn’t much of a loss. I’ve literally cried on the way to work thinking, “I can’t believe after that workout last night I was only down .2 this morning.”

I think everyone has struggled with finding a healthy balance for the scale…I’m still working on that one.

By: Charlie Hills

Charlie Hills — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:46:35 +0000

And you’re in luck, Bonnie, because there’s still one of these posts to go! And you’re going to love the twist ending. Turns out I was actually dead the entire blog tour, but never knew it!

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:34:37 +0000

Not at all, Charlie……I so enjoy your writing! Thank you! And thank you, Roni, for doing these 2 blog posts!

I’m in Maintenance, but I don’t weigh every day at home. I usually only weigh once or maybe twice a week. But because I lost my job the day before I got to WW Lifetime, I made the decision to keep going to WW every week and weighing in….just to keep accountability since my life circumstances were drastically changing all at once. And I’ve done well…staying within the same 2.5 pounds below my goal weight.