This might sound really silly but I'm curious about whether anyone can relate.
Since joining Slimming World I've found it really transformative. I'm down 2 stone this year so far (3.5 more to go for my GW), I have really changed my mindset about food and am finding my group to be on the whole very lovely and supportive. There is one issue I'm struggling with though. On the one hand I find the weekly weigh-ins great for accountability and that sense of clear progress. On the other, I can feel it turning into an obsession. I've been Slimmer of the Week a few times and it has put me on other group members' radar - lots of people ask me how I've done every week now as I come off the scales and when I've 'only' lost a pound or two I'm getting jokey tuts. The other week I went off plan for a few days and realised I'd put on weight so ended up starving myself for 3 days before the weigh-in to make up for it - I had this sense of fear and shame telling me I couldn't show my face unless I'd made progress.
There's this competitive element to it that is both spurring me on and also dragging me down into habits that won't be sustainable. I know I should just do it for myself and not care about what anyone else says but I am finding it hard. The certificates, the cheering on progress, the naming people during group discussion time... it's all lovely in a way but also a double-edged sword.
Obviously I should just accept it if I've had a bad day, go back to the plan without any ridiculous things like barely eating anything for 24 hours, and deal with weeks where I don't lose. I do know this on a rational level!