Tuesday night I started throwing up and didn't stop until sometime on Wednesday. It was that horrible stomach flu I might have mentioned 80 times already. After I stopped throwing up and could stand up, do you know the first thing I thought? Oh, I bet I lost a bunch of weight! I jumped on my scale and sure enough I lost 5 lbs.
I was so happy. My stomach flu was the start to an awesome diet, on my way to my happy weight.
This morning I jumped on the scale again and, no surprise to anyone, I gained a few pounds back because I actually kept liquids down yesterday. Instant sadness. My super awesome diet over.
Does anyone else see this as total madness??? Of course I lost weight, I almost lost an organ throwing up. Of course I gained it back, I drank gatorade and ate soup.
I have a lot of skinny friends, really skinny friends, and I know they don't have scales.
Well I am about to join my skinny friends. I am throwing my scale away, in the trash, for good.
I am done letting a scale dictate my happiness.
No longer will some form of measurement determine my happiness.
For 8+ years I have stepped on a scale every day.
If you're still reading this post, I am here to declare that I am done, done, DONE.
My scale is in the trash.
7 comments:
Good for YOU!
Very liberating!
wow! i wish is could, i step on it like 5 times a day.. not healthy at all...
Yay! I have had the same feelings, and I even have a good friend with cystic fibrosis who once wrote a post about how anorexia and cf often go hand-in-hand, because they do tend to be thinner, and then they get so much positive feedback from people about it, and it's one of the few things they can control about their health. Very enlightening. Have you ever read Intuitive Eating?
I love the new first page - the kids look great!
yay!!! scales are meant for weighing luggage and growing children!
i don't have a scale. of course you will remember that the only time i weighed myself was when i went to your house. now i have to wait until i visit my parents in charlotte every few months. which i'm fine with, b/c i def do not want to be reminded of weight everytime i go into the bathroom and see the enemy scale. cheers to you and your scale-less house!
and ps: when i got the stomach flu i did the same thing and thought it would jumpstart a diet and did get excited. so you are not twisted. or maybe we both are.
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