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allison34509
allison34509
So I have been extremely stagnant in my weight due to only eating healthy about half of the time, it's so annoying. Plus I've been using my roommates old scale that just keeps displaying the same number over and over again. I don't even like the scale, so yesterday I ordered my own. I need to get down past the 150s for my weight, which I have seen on the scale so many times without changing, so I'm hoping that the new scale I ordered will be at least something new to look at, and maybe get me through this funk until I get out of the 150s and get down to the 140s. The scale should be here in a week from now, let's hope this changes it up enough to help me get into it a little more.

Anyone else have any other small differences or ways to get yourself more excited/a nice change of pace in their weightloss journey?
serenityspeaks
serenityspeaks
My scale I have to step on it with just one foot to reset it then weigh. Lol. It's a decent one. But if I don't it often registers the last weigh in.

Oh I am re starting and now hit 200. My goal is 140 so I just started back with few small changes and working out. I like finding new healthy recipes. That helps if I am bored. Wishing you the best hitting 140
chumbo
chumbo
I found it easier to lose weight without a scale to focus on. I have lost as much as 50 pounds in a few months, but keep managing to regain it after an injury or some other reason. But each time, the scale was not present. with a scale in the house, there is automatically a challenge each day and we find it consumes our thoughts. We look to the scale to reward our dieting efforts or to find out how damaging the last binge was. Without is, we can easily convince ourselves that we must do more, and do better. This way all the tricks we play to "fool the scale are not necessary. If your close become looser, its working.
TravelingEast
TravelingEast
If there is ever a lesson to be taught in the weight loss world, it is this:
Focus on the process, not the product.

The number on the scale is not the process, it is the product of either doing things right or wrong. You have to keep making right choices for a healthier lifestyle in order to get the product you want.

I can also tell you that if you are not happy with who you are now, you will not be happy with yourself at a lighter weight. I have always stated, and it have been proven time and again, that the first step in living a healthier life is to win the "battle of the mind". You have to rise up against any voice, be it your own or someone else, that tells you anything negative that will get in your way of achieving your goals.

A new scale is not going to help you change anything. Having a solid healthy vision for your live and who you want to be will be the driving force to getting you to your goals.
jbangert
jbangert
I agree with everybody else that if you focus on the scale too much it may impede your weight loss. I have had to put my scale away as I get too obsessed with the numbers not going down and then I get frustrated and quit. I am just trying to eat smaller portions and be proud that I left food on my plate most days. Also training myself not to eat until I'm full but rather satisfied.
Anyway good luck with your goals!!!
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