society is killing me...

[mandabear]

I am sooo tired of this. Struggling with the different food temptations, pressure from society to be thin, always hearing about who is anorexic, who's gained weight, who needs to lose weight...always weighing myself. It's got to stop.

There is no need to read all the stories in the magazines about who's pin-thin, gained weight, or any of that. So why do I always do that? And then waste my money buying them? That just makes me upset with myself for being fat, gets me depressed, and supports the magazines who always always make stories about that.

I can't keep eating the way I have been eating. (SAD) All of this junk is not giving me what I need. It's dragging me down and doing exactly the opposite of what I want to do. I am only hindering myself. I should really focus on what my body needs and not what my taste buds want. I went through my kitchen today and threw out things that are cooked and specifically bought for me. (ie, boca burgers, pita bread, etc.) that I am the only one that eats it in my family, that way I wont be tempted for those foods.

And...what is with me and the scale? I do not need to weigh myself every morning, night, before and after i eat, after i go to the bathroom? I must be crazy. I am ditching my scale. I will weigh myself at the most, once a week. I will weigh myself next friday morning (ONCE! not twenty times that day) And then not weigh myself until my 30days are over. It was really liberating experience when I put my scale away in my cupboard (on the top shelf in the back) I feel like I am freed from it. I don't need it. I am going to focus on getting healthy, not weight loss.

[sweetgoddess]

yeah`you tell yourself! ;) Very good points which I am sure all of us understand manda.
Two and a half years ago my husband and I decided to get rid of television, newspapers etc. I cant tell you what a huge difference that eventually made. I was no longer bombarded with advertising trying to sell me on a twisted ideal of perfection. It was a sort of freedom. All those ads and images we see everywhere from tv's to papers, to magazines to billboards-we store all that subconsciosly if not consciously.
So its no small wonder you are fed up! Good for you, dont buy into it anymore. Thats not who you are.


I feel like I am freed from it. I don't need it. I am going to focus on getting healthy, not weight loss.

3 cheers for you! \ :) /\ :D /\ :p /

[vegggeeemom]

Hey, I'm doing the same thing, putting my scale away!
I think we ought to have an official scale putting away party!!!
There are so many on this board that would greatly benefit from it.
I start my 30 day challenge September 1st. Well, I've actually been 100% raw now for 4 days and my energy level is something else!
I feel like I've taken something to make me so "wired". Wow! It's amazing what live foods will do for you!
Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I totally agree about the whole scale issue! I struggle with that as well!

Pam

[Jamie]

I am starting my 30 days raw on Sept 1st also... I am hoping it is my first month to a raw life!!!! I have been doing really good until last week at our county fair :(

There was a thread about scales and how they totally sabotage us!!!! I decided to weigh myself on Sept 1st, then not until the 30th day!!! That takes alot of burden off and I think it makes us more in tune with how we feel. For example I would step on the scale feeling great,, until I saw the number go up a lb or 2!!!! Then I would be depressed for the rest of the day!! And sometimes even venture back to cooked to make me feel better.

[Sicilian Girl]

Count me in on the scale boycott! I will put mine away until the 30 day mark as well!!

[WinterSun]

WOW! How liberating, I'll put my scale away for the month of Sept. too! :)

[sport]

The scale is an inaminate object and should not be blamed for our weekness. It is there as a tool and should be used as such. It has it's uses. Trowing it away is just turning a blind eye.

[Punky]

Hey, I'm doing the same thing, putting my scale away!
I think we ought to have an official scale putting away party!!!
Pam

count me in! i'll put my scale away for 30 days
;)

[Sweet lips]

The scale is an inaminate object and should not be blamed for our weekness. It is there as a tool and should be used as such. It has it's uses. Trowing it away is just turning a blind eye.

Blind eye to what Sport? I am sorry, but I agree with the folks who have posted here, that if it is necessary for them to put away the scale, to limit their times on the scale and if the scale has become there "god", then it is something that is needed to be eliminated from their lives at this time. Each one walks a different path to get the results that are needed for them, and unfortunatley when one uses a scale to measure progress they are actually limiting their scope - so for those of you who are putting them away - Good for you!

[vegggeeemom]

I don't think that any of us said that we are throwing our scale away. Just putting it away. Yes, it is inanimate object. Sometimes things that we wish did not have a hold on us do!
Many many successful people that have lost weight and kept it off, have put their scale away for a certain period of time until they didn't feel so compelled to weigh daily and for some on here who weigh daily.
Then it's a cycle for them, they feel down because of the numbers on the scale and then some have said they have turned to cooked foods.
Again, it's all what works for each individual! If putting a scale away for 30 days is going to give someone a very strong start, then I am going to stand behind them and cheer them on!
I will be the first to admit, I am a very weak human being! There, noone or nothing else to blame! It's all me!
But, you know what! I am going to do WHATEVER it takes to get myself healthy. If that means putting the scale away, I will be the first to say I am gladly going to do it!
Just my .02 cents!

[mandabear]

you know what...im going to hold off on weighing myself after the first week. i am putting my scale away to october 1. Of course, I will probably take it out then, but then I would really love it if i could pack it away for another month. :-D

[PixieGreen]

The scale is an inaminate object and should not be blamed for our weekness. It is there as a tool and should be used as such. It has it's uses. Trowing it away is just turning a blind eye.

Example: Alcohol is an inanimate object. It actually has some positive uses, but not in my house. Alcoholism isn't a weakness but a reflection of my humanity. So is recovery.

Just because something is a tool doesn't mean it "should" be used at all. One could argue that the difference between a tool and a weapon is intention. Since some of us use scales as a weapon against ourselves it can be quite empowering to banish the weapon from our lives entirely, or just for a manageable period of time.

Christa

[mandabear]

that would be such a weird feeling. to go to the doctors office in a few months, simply not knowing what i weigh when they weigh me. Weird. It just seems like I've always know how much I weigh. You know?

[rawpriestess]

Christa, I liked the way you put this.

Sweetlips, I totally agree.

I am on day 3 of 100% raw (again) yeah!!, and I put my scale away, let's just all weigh on Oct 1, and not until then,

So, count me in with ya'll. :o)

[cactus]

I have put on and taken off weight so many times its ridiculous, when I was younger I went through a stage of wanting to be stick thin, I would stand on the scales several times a day, and when I did, I would do stupid things like take off my jewlery stand on one foot and so on, just to make it weigh less and then if it did, I would be exstatic and my day would be happy, if Id gained or was the same, my day was ruined, somewhere along the way Ive learnt that it is after all just a scale, and why should it dictate how I should feel for that day, after all if you didnt stand on the scale you wouldnt know, I dont say chuck it and never care, obviously we have to care about our health, but there needs to be a balance, Im not sure how you get that balance and I dont think many people do, but I do think a healthy lifestyle, eating raw etc and caring about yourself as a person is a good start.

[GlimR]

It is always a boost to see the numbers falling......but......we each really know in our own hearts how we are doing. If we are staying true to the plan we've set for ourselves the weight will come off, be it fast or slow.
When I was 100 lbs heavier and loosing I was obsessed..........absolutely let the my use of the scale rule my day. It was insane and compulsive. Tomorrow I start week #3 of the 30 day challenge and want to weigh myself to see my progress. But I know that whatever number is reflected on the scale it will not throw me. I feel and see the changes in my body and will not let some false expectation throw me off my path.
I have a lot to loose yet but am doing this for far greater reasons than how much I weigh. That is though an awesome bonus~

[sport]

I think that my problem is that I have 6 sisters and genetically 4 of us are very alike except that the other 3 have serious weight problems and I have seen them struggling all their lives without success. I have always been aware of the fact that the road to sucess was never to put the weight on in the first place for 2 reasons.
1. It is harder to loose it than not to put it up in the first place.
2. The habits that you develop while gaining the weight will be bad habits and harder to break.
I have always used my scales and would not allow myself to put up more than 2 pounds above my standard weight because I did not ever want to have to go on a "diet" because I always thought that dieting is detrimental to my health. I think that my scales has been a usefull tool in my sucess in fighting the family weekness.

[sprstr305]

Even after loosing 35 lbs. since March I have had the worst week with S.A.D. this week. What happened? I'm starting today to get a head start on the raw Sept. I'm not going to weigh til Oct 1 also. I need to loose about 50 lbs. but my main goal in all this is to get this pain out of my body and off this bad knee. This place is so much encouragement, because I get none from my family. This has become my refuge from insanity. I love to read that everyone is seeming to have the same struggles and triumphs I am. It is encouraging to see I am on a slow downward spiral on my weight, even though I have a hiccoup now and then. They are becoming fewer. :)
Keep on the path!!! :D

[Sara81]

Well, i'm with you all on this " put away the scale till October 1st" challenge. I'm like a lot of you; i am obsessed with weighing myself and seeing the numbers on the scale drop. I am now on my 12th day raw. Yesterday morning, i weighed myself and saw that i had gained 0.6 lbs; i felt awful. I spent a big part of my day puzzling over this since my diet mainly consists of fruits and veggies. I barely consume any nuts (maybe 5 nuts on days where i am starving and the fruit/veggies don't seem to satisfy me) or i'll have an occasional banana/nut ball (raw) or raw cookie... but it's not a daily thing. So i think it's time to put away that darn scale and stop obsessing so much!!! :)

[mandabear]

i keep going instinctively all the time to where my scale usually is. I didn't realize it was such a habit. It's so automatic that I don't even think about why I do it so much. It is nice to have a break. :-)

[vegggeeemom]

Sport, I'd like to be where you're at eventually. But, it's a process. I'm on my way to optimal health!