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By: Isabelle White

Isabelle White — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:20:49 +0000

Hey guys, where do you buy some of the best bathroom decors?’*~

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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:34 +0000

[...] I didnt say weight. Not only because Im not a fan of the scale but because muscle weighs more than adipose tissue. Suffice it to say Miz is ALWAYS a winner at [...]

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:40:30 +0000

What a great post. I responded on my blog as I have a tendency to hop on and off the scale on a somewhat regular basis (bad Erica!).

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:32:28 +0000

I’m with the daily weigh crowd.

If I don’t weigh, the weight creeps on. I am large at over 200 pounds… and frankly, tend to wear stretchy style pants, lose T-shirts. You can gain and lose quite a LOT without noticing much in the way of clothes fit!

Let’s just say that I have lost nearly 40 pounds over the last year and a half and I STILL WEAR THE SAME SIZE 2X PANTS that I wore at my high weight! They are just a bit more comfortable now, whereas before, they were getting tight. I still wear the same 2X swimsuit size as well. Again, the suit is not loose yet, but is a little easier to get into. I tried a 1X suit… still in danger of busting the seams, so not quite there yet.

If I went by clothes size/fit, I’d go MAD, stark ravin’ CRAZY, I tell you! My body loses inches first around my extremities and slowly at that! By the time you can tell anything on my hips, lots of time and pounds have gone by! For me, the scale shows the creeping progress and I stay motivated. Clothes DON’T show it. If anything, they make it worse, because they tend to tighten in the dryer, so they still feel tight when I put them on, it’s just that now, when they relax a bit after I’ve been in them an hour or two, I can tell the difference in fit. I’d say the clothes lie way more than my scale does! This may change, as I continue to lose weight, but for now, I prefer a way to see some progress versus a way that simply leads to frustration.

Those scale numbers are data, only data. I don’t fuss at all when I see a high number after eating something salty or carby. It’s just a reminder of where I’m at, that’s all. And I look at the month to month picture really.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:10:58 +0000

Late comment here, but that’s okay because I have nothing pertinent to add. I just wanted to say, “Yeah! What you said!”

By: Diana the Scale Junkie

Diana the Scale Junkie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:57:50 +0000

I was such a Scale Junkie but I finally broke free from its clutches!

Honestly, I’ll tell everyone, the SCALE LIES!! The hunk of glass and metal is a LIAR!! My weight remained unchanged for a whole month, thankfully I took my measurements because I had lost 3 inches from my hips and a few inches else where too…yes my weight was the same but my BODY wasn’t the same.

I could go on and on until I ran out of space in this box but I just have to say to everyone…limit your scale time.

By: Mallory

Mallory — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:05:17 +0000

I’m a once a week girl, but its also part of my training, track my progress. I also go my body fat % and clothing. Although I also like to go by fitness test. I may gain 2 pounds in a week but decrease my body fat % and increase the number of push-ups I could do, sounds like a fair trade to me. No one measurement is a good indicator of progress or hours of blood and sweat left on the gym floor!

By: WeightingGame

WeightingGame — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:50:21 +0000

I just realized yesterday, while walking to the therapist’s office (fun!), that I haven’t stepped on the ginormous Toledor scale at my gym (or any scale) since December. Four months might not seem huge, but I’m really happy. Body image expert or not, numbers can still get to you and I just got sick of feeling “bad” if it showed I gained a few pounds overnight…even tho logically, I understand it’s water weight and even if not, what’s a few pounds, really? Now, I don’t even need to worry about it. My pants still button (altho whenever my jeans come out the dryer, there’s often a quick moment of “WTF?” as I need a pliers to zip them. But overall, it’s so freeing and yesterdy I actually thought, “What if I never weighed myself EVER AGAIN?” How amazing would that be? Impractical, perhaps. But the thought made me smile.

By: MizFit

MizFit — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:37:35 +0000

suze/debra—
might I implore you to change up your thinking to:

DAMN I look GOOD. Ive worked my ass off (literally) and Im healthier and happier and more energetic to boot!

Im so excited to now shift what I have around a tad and pack some muscle on my frame.

I cant WAIT until next week when MizFit rambles at us about protein shakes and her love o’her chocolate one!

a shake mightcould be a tasty alternative in the summer heat and I KNOW when Im lifting (since I SO DO now that I have joined the Bumbling Band) I need more protein to CREATE the muscles Im working so hard to get.

I LOVE ME already and I cant wait to see my next incarnation o’fabulousity.

By: Suze

Suze — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:30:44 +0000

Great discussion…I refused to weigh myself for years–then realized I had gained 30# when I finally did step on the scale. Since I’ve been losing, I weigh myself every day, in the morning. *BUT* I only count the number for Monday. I fluctuate day to day as others have mentioned, so I find that counting the once a week number helps me see my progress as I lose.

Debra, I agree with you, even though I lost weight my body is NOT toned or good-looking at all. On to more squats!