To think that people who weigh themselves in times of trouble are a bit odd?

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I see it a fair bit on here and irl. . . "My husband left me for the bin man, I can't eat and I've lost 14 stone in a day" etc. Its just so far removed from anything I've ever done during traumatic times and always makes me feel a bit for some reason

Perhaps the weight loss gives them some comfort? Most women like seeing the scales go down and not up.

I think some people just have the scales in the bathrom and weigh themselves habitually.

Maybe they noticed their clothes are loose so weighed themselves? Maybe they weigh each morning?

Weeeeell, I think quite a lot of women try to control weight/eating/exercise when they feel they have lost control of other aspects of their life and I guess weighing oneself is just part and parcel of it.

I'm not saying it's right, btw, just quite common. If I'm struggling mentally, I can become obsessive about exercise/restricting my calorie intake or sometimes go the other way and become a binge eater. This type of behaviour can be common in women with general anxiety issues/OCD type behaviours, in my experience.

I find it a bit odd that you've noticed

AFAIK people's lives don't grind to a halt when most disasters strike them (excluding the death of a loved one) and like yuno says lots of people weigh themselves out of routine, I do.

Apparently, so 'they' say, people who weigh themselves every dayish are more likely to stay within 5lbs of their 'normal' weight, probably because they notice if it's going up or down.

This isn't another fat bashing thread by stealth is it?? Don't mention the weight

If they only weigh themselves in times of trouble, I'd say that's pretty odd. But, as others have said, many people weight themselves regularly anyway, so it would be more odd to stop weighing themselves!

I know how it comes about - well for me - when I was about 21 my boyfriend at the time cheated on me. I would weight here and there from time to time - but basically I was so upset with that and the subsequent breakup that my appetite dissapeared for several weeks. At some stage I thought, jeez, I feel really "thin" and like a previous poster said my clothes were starting to feel very loose so out of sheer curiosity I jumped on the scales when I was next at my mothers house.

Similar for many people I would have thought.

i think YABU, its not a case of 'oh the dog died i best weigh myself' its as sloany says, you notice your appitite goes and your clothes loose so naturally you wiegh yourself

i think for some it's kind of a measure of how unhappy they are - extreme weight loss indicates extreme unhappiness & inability to eat. other people might say 'i haven't slept for x nights'. it's kind of a way of backing up how much their life has been affected.

It may be odd that I have noticed :o I am not denying that - also two of my close friends have had long and short term relationships break down and almost seemed proud of how much they have lost :o

Never thought of the daily weighing thing, I have no clue what I weigh, we don't have scales in the house!