Weighing In

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:27 pm

I've owned a bathroom scale before but never used it. I tossed it the last time I moved. I get glazed over eyes when people talk about calories, tracking weight loss by the pound etc. I guess we all have things we spend time on that astounds someone else.

My daughter is very much into working out and watching her weight. She's quite happy we don't have a scale. I suggested she gauge her success on how she feels instead of what a bunch of numbers say and it seems to have worked better for her.

Do you think scales are a good thing?

I stopped wearing watches because I found myself looking at it every 2-5 minutes. I think weight scales have the same kind of effect.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:06 am

I did away with scales years ago when I was slim. So pleased I haven't got any now, I don't want a daily reminder that I've still got my baby fat over a year later. I'd rather be back to nearer what I was but I have no motivation to do much about it at the moment. I know at some point I will sort it out though, but it won't involve buying a set of scales.

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:35 am

I think feeling healthy is the prime goal. After that, you should like what you see in the mirror, but not in comparison to the anorexic models in advertisements.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:13 am

koan;1403375 wrote: I think feeling healthy is the prime goal. After that, you should like what you see in the mirror, but not in comparison to the anorexic models in advertisements.

I'm just carrying a bit extra all round, along with a belly that makes people think I'm pregnant again lol although I seriously do have a 'bump' that's solid :wah:

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:20 pm

I have a friend who takes the scale thing to a new level of absurdity. Her scale speaks bluetooth, so when she weighs herself it automatically gets logged on her computer, which compiles charts and graphs of dates and time of day and even where she is in her menstrual cycle. Good grief!!!

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:39 pm

Me being awkward, I do find it helpful to track my weight.

My tendency (like most people) is to slowly put on weight and if I didn't watch it I'd balloon so the scales help.

As my weight can vary by up to four pounds between one day and the next, weighing once a week does very little good so I weigh each morning. As I'm anal I chart what the scales tell me - I've a log going back over the past sixteen years with trend lines and year on year variances :wah:

Happily it works for me - I'm the same weight now as I was when I was eighteen and have not gone over my weight when I started the chart since I started it.

The scales are my friend

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:05 pm

I'm glad the scale has been helpful for you over the years, Bryn Mawr. Same weight as 18, eh?

Those of us females who have been pregnant and given birth over the years envy you. :wah:

Nope, I don't use scales anymore. I just watch what I eat, do some exercise everyday, and try to wear clothes that flatter me.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:14 pm

along-for-the-ride;1403449 wrote: I'm glad the scale has been helpful for you over the years, Bryn Mawr. Same weight as 18, eh?

Those of us females who have been pregnant and given birth over the years envy you. :wah:

Nope, I don't use scales anymore. I just watch what I eat, do some exercise day, and try to wear clothes that flatter me.

That's a problem I could never blame so I had to do something about it - still need to lose a stone though.

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:04 pm

Bryn Mawr;1403440 wrote: I've a log going back over the past sixteen years with trend lines and year on year variances :wah:

Why am I not surprised?

BB, some people think a bump is sexy.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:25 pm

I never use scales.... and my weight does go up and down. It's when my brother sings ' who ate all the pies, who ate all the pies' to me that I think hmmmmm time to cut back.