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Good morning fellow Atkineers!
So a lot of you can probably relate to scale obsession. I know that I was totally hooked on that little square of digital h*** on my bathroom floor. Then I discovered the tape measure--well, great! Something else to obsess over.
Then last week, my husband startled me with an odd request: Would I *please* stop weighing myself first thing in the morning??? Turns out he waited with bated breath for me to come out of the bathroom each day--if the scale had gone down, I was in a great mood. If it stayed the same or--heaven forbid--went UP, my day (and his, unfortunately) started off on a bad note. So I promised him on Thursday that, yes, I would give up the scale and the tape measure for two weeks (knowing that my TOM is coming up soon, I figured that would save my sanity as well).
It drove me *nuts* this weekend, not being able to check my numbers. I mean, loony, crazy-insane, NUTS! I used the scale as a measure as to how well I had tolerated my food and exercise the previous day and without it I felt very "in the dark". I didn't know if my WOE was working. To make things worse, I HAD to go clothes shopping yesterday.
My pre-baby clothes were still too little, and my post-baby basics are now too big.
So I pick up a cute-cute-cute denim skirt in 3 sizes--10, 8 and--just for laughs--a 6. Go into the dressing room with the 8 and hope for the best. Guess what? TOO BIG! The haha-size-6? ALSO too big! I left the store yesterday with FOUR skirts--two size 4, one size 8 and a medium!!! To say that I was pleased would be an understatement.
It showed me that 1) scale and tape measure numbers for me mean crap. And 2) I am a much happier person concentrating on how I look and feel rather than having the scale or tape measure dictate my mood each day. So I am gladly sticking to my promise and not weighing or measuring myself for the next two weeks. Not even once.
Sorry for the long post--but I wanted to bring this up in case there are others in the same scale-h*** boat as me. Give it up for a couple of weeks!! Just try it! Then, before you do weight yourself, go to a clothing store and try on some new clothes. It will probably make your day
So a lot of you can probably relate to scale obsession. I know that I was totally hooked on that little square of digital h*** on my bathroom floor. Then I discovered the tape measure--well, great! Something else to obsess over.
Then last week, my husband startled me with an odd request: Would I *please* stop weighing myself first thing in the morning??? Turns out he waited with bated breath for me to come out of the bathroom each day--if the scale had gone down, I was in a great mood. If it stayed the same or--heaven forbid--went UP, my day (and his, unfortunately) started off on a bad note. So I promised him on Thursday that, yes, I would give up the scale and the tape measure for two weeks (knowing that my TOM is coming up soon, I figured that would save my sanity as well).
It drove me *nuts* this weekend, not being able to check my numbers. I mean, loony, crazy-insane, NUTS! I used the scale as a measure as to how well I had tolerated my food and exercise the previous day and without it I felt very "in the dark". I didn't know if my WOE was working. To make things worse, I HAD to go clothes shopping yesterday.
My pre-baby clothes were still too little, and my post-baby basics are now too big.So I pick up a cute-cute-cute denim skirt in 3 sizes--10, 8 and--just for laughs--a 6. Go into the dressing room with the 8 and hope for the best. Guess what? TOO BIG! The haha-size-6? ALSO too big! I left the store yesterday with FOUR skirts--two size 4, one size 8 and a medium!!! To say that I was pleased would be an understatement.
It showed me that 1) scale and tape measure numbers for me mean crap. And 2) I am a much happier person concentrating on how I look and feel rather than having the scale or tape measure dictate my mood each day. So I am gladly sticking to my promise and not weighing or measuring myself for the next two weeks. Not even once.
Sorry for the long post--but I wanted to bring this up in case there are others in the same scale-h*** boat as me. Give it up for a couple of weeks!! Just try it! Then, before you do weight yourself, go to a clothing store and try on some new clothes. It will probably make your day
I had to do this for someone. Was quite funny watching them run around moving stuff and climbing through things lol
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