Measuring success by the scales

[Big Bird]

Thank you, having recently lost the 1lb and been 100% this has hit the target spot on :0) XxX

[Dogtanion]

I am that person - I put on this week yet had stuck 100% - I know I am close to BMI 25 so just have about 10lb to lose - I put a lot of store on the scales - but measuring helps too - depressing when they don't move but I know I am in control of what I am eating so it will shift.

[emma237]

Thank you i have also needed this post. I have recently joined the gym and gone up a couple of plans to the 1000 cals. Although i have been 100% and feeling great the scales have been going up, so thank you for this post. x

[MunchMarie]

thank you KD you put a great point across really well x

[susan70]

thanks KD this is great.xx

[spooky]

Fab post, KD.

Can I add though - Sticking to the instructions (books etc) whatever diet you are on will yield the best results.

[whi5tler]

Great post..reputation added. Aces *****

[thinkthincd]

Thanks KD, I've been really down this week as i've been used to the 3-4lbs a week losses, and so when i lost 2 this week i couldn't understand it, i've been 100% since day one and you are right i MUST be losing weight even if the scales are a touch stubborn. So thank you again for brightening my day.
xxx

[Mary Poppins]

Fabulous thoughts!!!and so well put!

[Alexandria]

Thank you so much KD. I was just about to post on here, as my weigh in is tonight and I know that I haven't lost anything. I was so worried that a no loss, or horrors of horrors, a gain, would send me back to the biscuit tin/wine bottle/anything I could lay my hands on. But, I will think of your words, and hopefully be strong.

[AG1981]

Great post KD.
I'm another stikler for getting annoyed if the scales haven't moved as much as the effort i've put in.
Dam you scales, you can not beat my success. lol!

[Diet4-40]

Wow what a great post and so true!!!

I too have a love / hate relationship with the scales - I will read this often.

Excellent KD

[Angela1]

Today my CDC made me get on the scales carrying the weight I have lost so far. I couldn't lift it! Even smaller losses are adding to our totals.

[Big H]

Originally Posted by KD

Fact: Stick to the plan and you definitely lose weight
Fact: You can control what you put in your mouth
Fact: You cannot control what the scales say.

So what do you celebrate? The scales showing a loss, or the fact that you kept to the diet all week?

What if you stick to the diet, but the scales don’t reflect your effort? Will you be disappointed, even though you have done everything correctly and couldn’t possibly do any better? Knowing that you will have lost weight…but it didn’t mean anything because the scales are giving the wrong result?

What if you ‘cheat’ and the scales show a big loss…does that mean you’ve succeeded and need a pat on the back?

Or even if you’ve been 100% and the scales are showing a loss? Does it mean more to you? Does that mean you’ve done even better than 100%?

I think the scales are a wonderful tool. I weigh daily, and love seeing them give the same reading day in and out, but that’s not what I really celebrate.

I celebrate being in control of what I put in my mouth, because that’s what I have done. I don’t celebrate what the scales say.

So if you’ve stayed the same one week, or just lost that one pound….if you’ve kept to the diet 100%, then be proud, because that’s what it’s all about. Stick to the diet and the weight is coming off….whether or not the scales agree. And you’re worth the same amount of applause than those who have lost more.

1lbs, 1 stone, it doesn’t matter. You can’t do better than 100% after all

So do me a favour, and next time you go to your CDC for a weigh in, if you’ve been 100%, go in rejoicing.

Tell him/her you are going to be one of their success stories, because you were in control this week and will be next. If the scales reflect this, that’s just the icing on the cake. You’ve lost weight anyway. You don’t need a mechanical instrument to tell you whether you are in control or not

Oooh. A nice big font....cos I think this is important

That is inspirational!!!!!!!

[Surfhunny]

I've just re-read this post because this week my scales are not co-operating!!! I was starting to feel really down about it when I remembered that i'd read this post a few days ago. Thanks KD it made me feel better.