Friday, January 6, 2012

Die, Lying Bastard, Die!

Before you start trying to gather bail money, I have to tell you that I'm not going to kill my lying bastard scale; although I really should. His metaphorical death will come to pass instead of his physical one. I plan to put him away in the storage area in my apartment and forget about him. His grasp has been much too tight over the past year and I decided to pry his bony, taunting fingers from around my ankle. By doing that, I think I'll be able to make progress so that 2012 can be my year. My year to reach my weight-loss goal. My year to transition into a career. My year to treat myself better than ever before.

When I went to my Weight Watchers meeting yesterday, I found that I had gained. It was no big surprise because I ate a lot of junk and got very little exercise. Yesterday's meeting dealt with the things in our life that block us from weight-loss success. Someone mentioned the fact that the reading on their scale is always different from the readings at WW. Because a person's weight can fluctuate throughout the day, WW recommends that members only weigh themselves once a week, preferably on the same day of the week around the same time. That's so that life becomes less scale-centric, drawing the focus to other things. For the first time since I started the program, I'm only going to step on the scale once a week, at my WW meeting.

5 comments:

  1. Free yourself! yay grate dasizhun. Herz duzn't even own a skale!

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  2. When I saw the title to this post I thought "Yay she's going to take a sledgehammer to that bastard scale!" If you ever do really kill him, I want pics posted. You're right though, being a slave to the scale can place mental strain on you. You've come so far with your weight loss and have made permanent life style changes. I hope 2012 is a great year for you. Love and prrs from me and Toki xxx

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  3. TW never looks at the home scale but then she eats and eats and eats, etc. Just don't do that last part. HAH! Hope you reach your goal and stay there.

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  4. Good for you! Show that bastard scale just who is boss in your house. You are girl - you rule! (well except maybe for your cat).

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  5. I agree 100%. I refused always to be ruled by the scale. meaning daily weighing is a waste of time because you retain water/don't retain water/ate something/didn't eat something/ and it's all ridiculous to weigh every day. Once a week is more than sufficient. If you go to WW, let that be your weigh-in. Their's is at least accurate. Ours at home is frequently off a few pounds too much or too little.

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