Scales are Stupid
I weigh myself every day. I do it because I want to know the fluctuations. I have always had this fear that if I only weigh once a week that I’ll be having a high weight day on my official weigh in day...the one day of the week maybe, and I won’t get my true weight. I want to know if the ‘high weight’ is a one day fluke or a true weight. I also find myself panicking more if I don’t know how I’m doing.
Seriously, weighing every day shows how stupid the scales are! There really is is no rhyme or reason sometimes to what they say! I have been spot on the last few days...limiting my carbs...good level of calories...etc and the scales go up? Senseless!
In order to not get so totally bummed out with the fluctuations, I have started to look at my weigh in terms of ‘range’. I look at my low weigh fans as long as I am within three pounds of that I consider it a maintain! Monday and Tuesday , even though I was up a bit from my low, I was still well within that range. So I was maintaining even though the scales were jumping all over the place! And I am seeing the lower numbers a few times a week. And the low numbers are slowly dropping lower and lower. As in today.....today, Wednesday I saw 243.4....a new low (which means my three pound range changed...a maintain is anything from 243.4 to 246.4). So I know I’m on the right path. But seriously...scales are stupid!!!
Pictures are stupid
I wrote a few days ago that I joined an 8 week challenge As part of this challenge I had to take pictures of myself. Front view, side view and back view. I did this last night...and uploaded them. When I saw the pictures I was so disgusted! How did I let myself get here? What realm of fantasy have I been living in to think that I didn’t look ‘too fat’? It was bad. So bad that I don’t even want to post them here!
My self loathing began as soon as I saw them. Seriously bad self loathing...wondering why Jason loves me. Wondering why I even bother. Wondering what in the world have I been thinking...I am so dumb!
It has to change!!!!! I have actually changed my diet recently I am working on it… I just need to not hate myself for letting me get to this point again.
People are stupid
So this weekend we went bike shopping for me. We went into one little bike shop and he asked what kind of bike I wanted to buy. I told him a mountain bike for trails. He walked me to the cruisers and told me all about the C&O canal ‘trail’. When I corrected him and told him that I had a bike for the canal, but needed a mountain bike for real trails he just started to laugh. Literally laughed in my face. And repeated my request incredulously!!! Really? Is it that odd for an overweight person to buy a mountain bike? And furthermore...how absolutely rude are you. And it was the owner of the shop!!!! He didn’t carry any bikes that would work for me...he was primarily a repair shop....but even if he did...I wouldn’t be back. I don’t need more of his shock and awe over my fat body riding a bike! He he was stupid!!!
OK, I think all of my stupid things are out of me and I have vented enough. I actually am very proud of myself for the way I have been eating the last week or two. And I’m tickled that my weight dropped again today!! My body feels pretty good for the most part with what I’m eating. My downfall is still that snacktime right after I get home from work.But I am also working on that. On Monday I ate two big marshmallows… So I didn’t exactly eradicate the snack but I’m going to say to giant marshmallows are much healthier than a bowl of chips! So a step in the right direction.
