I love my scale!

I hate my scale!

On days I’ve lost weight I’m so excited to know I’m getting thinner that it puts a smile on my face the entire day (sometimes I also do the smart dieting thing and celebrate my weight loss by stuffing my face with chips and candy – yes I still have many “food” issues).

Other days, like yesterday, I got on the scale expecting to see great things but instead saw a 2.5 gain – in one day!  The day before I exercised for an hour and half, didn’t overeat, and drank plenty of water.

I literally screamed out loud “What the hell!”

Then I felt like crying.

Then I got pissed.

Then I exercised like crazy yesterday and got back on the scale 3 more times to see if it was helping which is did a little but I started to feel like a lunatic.

I absolutely HATE how much power that number on the scale has over me.  It can literally make my day great or ruin it, no matter what else happens.

So here’s my resolution:  I will not get on a scale until next Tuesday morning when I weigh in at my Weight Watchers meeting (just writing that literally gave me the shivers because it’s going to be so hard even though it’s only 4 days).

My head knows that a person’s weight naturally fluctuates up and down over the course of a day or a couple of days and that it’s the overall downward trend that’s important (a wise gem from someone else and not something I managed to realize all by myself).

I’m going to measure my success over the next several days by writing down everything I eat – even those stupid little sample bites I eat at the grocery store and even the 4 finger scoops of cream cheese frosting I had this morning while I was making a dessert for my Dad (85 years old, eats all the dessert he wants, and is skinny -seems completely unfair to me).

So, should a person jump on the scale every day?

Definitely not.

It sure hasn’t helped me get all swelte and thin.  So give your scale a break.  Hide it from yourself for at least 3 days or give it to another family member or friend to hold hostage for you with strict instructions to not give it back to you before at least 3 days have gone by no matter what you say (which means you shouldn’t give it to one of your children unless they’re already an adult because when you start obsessing and insisting you need the scale back they’ll get scared of the raving loony you’ve become and give it back to you immediately).

Stay strong even when your skinny friends insist they have to weigh themselves every day to keep their weight in check.  They’re obsessing over the scale too.

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