Sometimes it saddens me to read about a research study that has extremely boring results. John M. Grohol breaks down one such study on PsychCentral. Basically, researchers wanted to know if frequent self-weighing is linked to depression. The answer? No.
But they did find out that women who weigh themselves frequently tend to have a lower BMI. So go crazy, gals! Weigh away!
Frequent Weighing Not Linked to Depression
liz | 1:23 PM | Uncategorized
Liz Spikol was born in Philadelphia sometime in the 20th century. She started writing about her experience as a person with mental illness in 1999, while employed at Philadelphia Weekly as the paper’s managing editor. Aside from serving as that paper’s web editor, music editor, staff writer, senior editor, executive editor and a host of other random roles that she couldn’t make up her mind about, she has also worked as a Spanish teacher, as a Certified Peer Specialist during Philly’s system-wide transformation and as a communications specialist for a prison reform organization. Currently, she works at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and writes book reviews for PW. This blog — named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 and 2008 by PsychCentral — is about medications, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, SAD (and many other acronyms), mad pride, Big Pharma, celebrities, hospitals, stigma and the recovery movement. And other stuff.
I weigh myself everyday, I go crazy if I can’t..the weight will creep back up when you look away. I also go to them gym pretty much everyday.. Maybe that’s why I’ve never gained weight on Serequel (anti-psychotic) and other anti-depressant and anti-anxiety drugs. Jeeze you would think I’m playing poker..anti-up!
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