Switched my scale to kilograms, which means nothing to me

[randompersonrandom]

Got the idea from member @EchoPale , who mentioned weighing in stone and kilograms. I am a product of public schools and really only understand pounds in a way that is real to me, though I do use grams for cooking and making soap and such.

I tend to "stick" at 5's and 0's on the scale in pounds. It's purely psychological; I identify those as milestone weights, and I get all hyped up to break down to the next 5 set, and then end up bouncing up and down on it and making myself crazy, AND self sabotaging by eating a little too much to easily break the next set. This happened at 170, 165, 160, 155, etc.

I switched my scale to kg at 66.5 kg. I am now 65.2kg. I have no idea what that is in pounds, and I will thank you not to tell me. I am no longer driving myself crazy with certain numbers in mind, because none of these numbers mean anything to me except that I know my goal is 56.7 kg (125 lbs, which would put me smack in the middle of healthy BMI.)

 

[EchoPale]

Really glad to hear the swap around has helped you it did the same sort of thing for me as both pounds alone and Kilo have never been people weighing measures in my head.

 

[ambot88]

solid idea! may give it a try

 

[randompersonrandom]

Really glad to hear the swap around has helped you it did the same sort of thing for me as both pounds alone and Kilo have never been people weighing measures in my head.

I am so glad you mentioned it. It was such a simple little swap that took so much of the stress out for me.

 

[byefatlicia]

I celebrate every single lb as a milestone and at my current rate, it's a good amount of time between celebrations

 

[Enyola]

I also used this changed-units-method for a while, just the other way round. For me, kilos are what I understand and what is emotionally charged. I tried pounds, but didn't like the high numbers and big jumps. Stone & lbs was better, but a bit complicated.