Sunday, May 6, 2012

Weigh Yourself

The following are direct quotes from the book.

Krista Vernoff; Az Ferguson. The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own. HarperCollins.
The Rule: Weigh yourself on the Monday morning you start the game, within 10 minutes of waking. Then, weigh in once a week on the morning of your day off. Weigh yourself Saturday morning if Saturday will be your day off. Weigh yourself Sunday morning if Sunday will be your day off. (The point is, you don’t want to weigh in the morning AFTER your day off!)
Each week, you must lose 1 percent of your body weight to earn a bonus that equals 20 percent of your points scored for the week. Calculations: Your weight x .01 = The number of pounds you must lose to earn your bonus points Your points scored for the week x .2 = Your bonus points if you make weight! If in any given week you do not earn your weight-loss bonus (lose 1 percent of your body weight), you lose your alcohol privilege on both your free day and during your meal off for the rest of the game. Note: If weight loss is not a goal, you can set yourself a fitness goal instead. Penalty: DO NOT WEIGH YOURSELF MORE THAN ONCE A DAY. IF YOU DO, YOU LOSE A POINT EACH EXTRA TIME YOU GET ON THE SCALE!
Having all the information is empowering. And weighing yourself once a week is how you get all the information. What do I mean by that? Well, the first week he played this game, my husband gained weight. Why? He wasn’t paying that much attention when Az explained the rules and important little things like portion sizing. So he went from three relatively large meals a day to five relatively large meals a day. Had he not weighed in, he might have stayed on that path and gotten the opposite result that anyone is hoping for.
Let’s just let weighing be a tool—one tool in a big toolbox of health. Just get up, pee, and then get on the scale. Naked. And remember, the number on the scale is just a starting point. A fact. A number. It’s a number just like the number in your car that tells you how fast you are going. It’s not a giant sign that says “you’re a big fat-ass loser.” So for the length of the game, take the emotion out of the number. For four weeks, give up making that number mean something bad about you. The number on the scale tells you where you are today and in four weeks it will tell you how far you have come. To help, we’ve implemented a penalty for getting on the scale more than once a day. This is designed to help you let go of the unhealthy obsessing and embrace the health of having all the information!
Remember that the weigh-in is designed to be a feedback tool that helps you see your progress and educates you as to where you may need to make some adjustments. If you weigh yourself more than once a day, you lose one point for every extra time you get on the scale. Remember that the number on the scale is just a number. It empowers you by giving you all the information you need to succeed in meeting your fitness goals. For the length of the game, try taking the emotion out of the number on the scale. Give up making that number mean anything bad about you. Studies have shown that those who weigh themselves daily have more success with weight loss.

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