Scales and Losing Weight

I mentioned in a previous post that I have decided I will not step on a scale to determine my weight loss unless it's Friday. I started that plan this week. After routinely weighing myself every morning now for about two months, not doing so has been like breaking routine. I look at the scale every morning and I'm tempted to see if the scale moved, up or down, I almost don't care. I just want that reassurance or that feedback, if you will, that tells me that whatever I'm doing to lose weight, it's either working or not.

Well, I am determined to get to Friday without that feedback. After all, weight is only a number, right? How do I feel? How do I look? How do my clothes fit. These are all indications that I'm either doing my body good or not. So, it's Tuesday and I've been back on task now for two days. I hope I've lost some weight, or if not, at least maintained. I want to start doing some Yoga. I got a Yoga DVD for beginners. I'll tell you how it goes. It seems doable.

But going back to that dumb scale, maybe I should just put it away until Friday, huh? LOL! It's just a machine. Who'd have thought that it would control my day. Have you ever decided that your day was going to be good or bad based on the number you saw on the scale? I know I have. When it's in the downward direction, I'm in a great mood, feeling energized and ready to continue. When the scale doesn't move at all or goes in the wrong direction, I'm bummed and feel like I need to do more. I'm basically dissatisfied with the world - well my own little world in my head. I try to dissimulate when I'm with the kids or my husband and for the most part, I forget that I've gained or that I feel frumpy.

I know I'm not alone in this. Just remember, weight is only a number. Your health is extremely important and determines your future in some way. Just try your best to eat right and get up and move, dance, walk, clean the house. Get away from the T.V. and stay far away from those sweets. It's doing the trick for me, at least when I stick to my own advice. Happy weight loss!