The scale is my best friend and worst enemy. It is a tangible was to see success or failure. Sometimes, when I know I've gained a few pounds, I can go for weeks without stepping on the scale. But when I'm dieting, look out, baby - I am on that thing morning, noon, and night!! I weigh first thing in the morning - before coffee (I'm sure that cup will show on the scale!!), after peeing (because pee pee is so heavy, you know), before the shower (wet hair is heavier than dry hair as we all know!). When I've had a good day I lie awake in bed and I'm excited - I'm a kid at Christmas, unable to sleep because I'm SURE I've dropped at least a pound while sleeping!! Sometimes I have, but often I'm disappointed. And often I weigh several times per day. In the morning, in the afternoon. Before lunch, after lunch - how much did that food weigh? With clothes, without clothes... And so on. It's a sickness, I'm sure. But anyway ... I just weighed in this morning for a contest I'm doing - more in a minute - and I lost 5 pounds in one week!! Woooo hooo!! Very exciting for me. Now I know that the first week is always water weight, it's always a big week followed by a not so good week. And I'm okay with that!! And now comes the weekend .... pray that I can stay strong while not running around at work!
Now, the contest: I am doing one at work called "Pray 'n Weigh." Every week we all weigh in - there's only 5 or 6 of us - and everyone puts in $1 except for the person who lost the highest per centage of weight (and yes, "per cent's" preferred spelling is two words, people). Meanwhile, we're all praying for each other. It's good motivation for me, so I'm happy. And at the end of it all, the person who lost the most total weight gets to take home the envelope of one dollar bills. If five of us put in $1 per week and we do it for a month, there should be $20 at stake. I didn't win the lat time we did it - didn't even come close. So I'm going into this knowing I probably won't win... but ... what if I do????
Ongoing Observations on the Coupon Trail
13 years ago
"They" say you are only supposed to weigh yourself once a day first thing in the morning. Why "they" whoever they are say this I don't know but that's what I do and "they" say it's good to weigh yourself regularly because you are more likely to catch a 5 pound gain and do something about it before it becomes a 20 pound gain and then you are like, hmmm where did all that come from??? Don't be so hard on yourself about the scale thing and remember just becuase the number doesn't change it doesn't mean you haven't lost inches. Pay attention to how your clothes fit too. Also don't go into it with the mind set you probably aren't going to win. Positive thinking!!! Go into it saying I'm going to win this thing!
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