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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:46 am
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:56 am
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 10:07 am
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:38 pm
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:15 pm
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Not surprisingly, you're getting conflicting answers. Different methods work for different people - it might be a good idea to try out a few different methods to see what works. Now for a biased opinion - I tend to quantify as many things as possible. Points counting, weighing myself every day, counting grams of fat, etc. provides a sense of relief in that I know for sure what I'm doing works. Also, there's a certain amount of safety in weighing oneself every day - usually the scale won't show a drastic change. For me, the scale is a healthy motivation. There have been days where cheating sounds extremely tempting, then I get on the scale and see a small loss, which brings my mind back to my goals. The lack of motivation is understandable. At your highest weight, things are looking pretty bleak - you're thinking about where your body and health will end up if you continue doing what you're doing. If you're 60 pounds below your highest (and congrats for losing it!), it's easy to not make a big deal out of five pounds because your weight is still nowhere as bad as it once was. What I do is use a really unflattering picture at my highest weight to remind myself what will happen if I slack off for too long.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:03 pm
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C r i p t i k a But yes, I should really get a scale but I'm afraid of becoming obsessed.
I have the same fear, honestly. Because of that, I only weigh-in once a week. If I know I'm carrying around some water weight (my period makes me retain water), I might do a second weigh-in the next day, but that's it.
I broke that rule recently and went about a week where I was weighing myself every day. For some reason (I'm blaming water weight) my weight really dropped early in the week and then climbed back up over the course of the week. Even though I was still "ahead of the game" seeing the numbers go up crushed me and killed my motivation. Now I know not to do that again.
You still have the power to lose weight. You did it before and you can do it again. The obstacle now is finding a way to be accountable to yourself. Some people do it with journaling or blogging, some people like meetings (like WW), some have a diet or fitness buddy, etc. The important thing is just to try something and if it doesn't work, try something else. Keep going until you figure it out.
I keep a spreadsheet for tracking my daily WW points and weekly flex points. I set it up to have a spot for what I've already eaten and how many points I have left for the day. Seeing what I've got left encourages me to plan a little over the course of the day. Like, if I have a cookie or other sweet for a snack, I know I'll have to have a smaller dinner and then I can decide whether or not that sweet is worth it.
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