The Dreaded Scale

Friday, December 12, 2008

One thing that I have always been bad at is not weighing myself, and just focusing on how I feel, how I look, how my clothes fit, etc. I own four scales. Yes, four. It's a bit of an obsession, and one I am trying to break. I feel unsettled if I don't weigh myself every day - and it's because generally, when I don't weigh myself every day, I gain weight - I think I am doing fine and then a week later, I check and I have gained.

I feel like I need the accountability, but then I also agree with my trainer that weighing yourself and putting too much into the numbers will just drive you crazy. And at the end of the day, not weighing myself is not what made me gain weight all those times - it was my diet and exercise.

So (I feel like I am trying to quit smoking here), lol - I have switched from every day to about two times a week. I am trying to get down to doing what WW says, which is one time a week. One time a week is good just to get a sense of how things are going - but still, I am trying not to worry too much about the numbers. As someone who does own four scales, I can tell you that at any given moment, the lowest scale will say 5-6 pounds less than the highest - one of them is accurate I am sure, but I don't know which, and it doesn't really matter. I have put three of them away and just keep the one out - because whether it is 5 pounds too low or too high, I can at least track my progress.

All that being said, after proudly abstaining from weighing myself for the last 4 days, I lost 2 pounds since the last time I checked, so yay :) I am also very excited to see how my measurements have changed when Kerry takes them again this week!