Obsessed with the scales

[Bex19999]

Hi

I have come to a point where I feel I am totally obsessed with my weight and weighing myself and it’s all i can think about.

I’m 30 5,3 i have always been curvier.. I have big boobs bum and thighs and I always have done even when I’ve Been a lower weight.. I am happy with being more curvier and wasn’t. A problem as my stomach used to be quite flat..

I’ve always hovered around 13 stone - 13.7 for the last 5 years .. I wasn’t happy with this and I got down to 12 stone doing SW but put it back on.. However fast forward to last Xmas I weighed myself in jan I was disgusted I weighed 14.9 stone! I joined exante which is not for the faint hearted ! And I got back down to just under 13 stone .. slowly over the last year with lockdown etc I am back up to 13.13/14 stone.

I’m not dieting atm but I will weigh myself basically daily.. if I go over the 14 mark i will then try and be more be more healthy for the next few days.. I’m not happy being in the high 13s however i Just cannot accept being in the 14s.

But I feel I am now obsessed with this, I stepped on the scales tonight don’t usually do this at night but my weight was on my mind.. and to my horror was 14.5 .. then took off my clothes went toilet ( soz for info) and was 14.3 .... I always go by my morning weight and know i weigh more at night so I know tommorow I’ll probably be 14.1 /14.

I realise I probably sounds mad and I think I should throw away the scales but I feel like I need to weigh myself everyday to see if I’m gaining weight.

I really don’t want to go back on exante it’s very hard and your social life is none existent but the results are quick.. I’ve always done slimming world when I have dieted and this has worked for me.

I just have no motivation and now with Xmas and it’s also my bday I have quite a lot of plans that Involve food but my body disgusts me yet I still eat.

I wouldn’t say I eat a badly everyday but my diet could definitely be improved . but I do drink maybe more often than I should

Sorry just had to get this all out !

I think it is fine to weigh yourself everyday if it keeps you on track. I weigh everyday and if I am over 9.5 stone I know I need to watch what I am eating more closely. I think it stops my weight spiraling out of control. I also did Exante and lost 2 stone and have managed not to put any on by weighing daily as I don't want to go through that again!!!

I was weighing myself daily.
Diet wise I was just logging everything on My Fitness Pal after working out my TDEE & reducing the maintenance calories by 15-20% to get my daily calorie target to lose weight.
tdeecalculator.net/
Now at target weight after losing 3 stone I still weigh myself a couple of times a week to make sure I don’t get complacent. I also still log everything I consume so, if I give in to temptation and have too many calories one day, I know how much to rein it in by the next day to compensate.

I have quite a lot of plans that Involve food why if your body is making you so unhappy? It seems as if you are purposely sabotaging your own efforts in a way. Could you change the plans to not involve food? Or else go ahead with the plans and don’t beat yourself up about eating the food, don’t make yourself miserable.

Sometimes the harder you try the worse it becomes.
Maybe you need to put weight loss on the back burner for now and try and focus on other things.
At the end of the day no matter which plan you use you kind of need to stay on it. Reverting back to old eating habits is always going to result in gaining the weight back.
If I was you I would forget all about weight loss for now. Focus on all the other wonderful things and people in your life.
If you still want to loose weight embrace it in the new year