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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 20, 2020 23:39:16 GMT
Saturday, 03/21
Day 21 – Get Ready to Weigh In
In the book this is the end of the first week of actually following a diet and Beck talks about facing the scale today. She says weighing yourself is essential because:
When you lose (maintain on maintenance) you can celebrate and it builds your confidence. Remember it was your hard work that accomplished this.
If you have gained weight weighing in will keep you honest because you might need to face what you are doing versus what you think you are doing.
Weigh-ins can help you stay committed because the losses motivate you to keep going and the gains motivate you to figure out where you went wrong and what you can do to fix it.
Beck wants you to consider the number on the scale as information not as a character judgment. Use the information to plan what you are going to do. If you are disappointed in your scale number review how you are doing the plan and see if you need to improve things. If the scale didn’t go down and you did everything right, remember our weight varies by two to three pounds each week and that has nothing to do with gain/loss of body fat. Also she warns that your weight might not go down every week, and that no one loses the same amount each week therefore your weight losses will vary.
How do you relate to your scale number?
How do you handle it when it isn’t what you expected?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 20, 2020 23:39:38 GMT
I do pretty good with my scale number, but it can take me awhile to accept that is going up to the point where I need to do something about it. I weigh every day so I'm use to going up/down within a range.
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Post by luvvinlife on Mar 21, 2020 0:21:22 GMT
How do you relate to your scale number? I treat it as information. Based on what I've consumed I usually get what I expect although the timing might be off.
How do you handle it when it isn’t what you expected? I don't know the science of it all. I know what I've been told by the. scientists. Sometimes they're right and sometimes they're not. So I just keep plugging along with what works for me.
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 21, 2020 9:26:56 GMT
It depends...usually just look at the number and realize why it is up or down and move on. Sometimes seeing a higher or lower than expected number can be a good or bad thing
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Post by lani on Mar 21, 2020 15:13:42 GMT
I strive to view it unemotionally, but I will always be cheered when it goes down and have a mild negative reaction when it goes up. The only time I'm truly neutral is when I get "no change."
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Post by luvvinlife on Mar 21, 2020 16:43:46 GMT
Sometimes I believe that seeing the numbers go down gives me a subconscious cue to go off plan. Similarly, when the scale goes up I seriously rein it in. The problem is, that's fine for maintenance but not for weight loss.
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Post by surfgirl on Mar 26, 2020 18:12:08 GMT
The scale only reflects what I have been or not been doing. Period. It rarely goes up for no reason, but it does go down for good reason.
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