's motd Saturday July 21, 2012

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A SCALE OF A TALE

Saturday, 21 July 2012

It's a love/hate relationship sometimes,

isn't it? I'm talking about that love/hate affair you

have with...your scales! I'm glad to say, I

have a very good relationship with my own scale so...tell

me about yours.

In fact, that was the homework assignment I

posed to my Clubhouse members during our

last weekly chat. I asked them to tell me what the

relationship was like between them and their scales.

We had such a good time discussing the subject and

I've just got to share some of their thoughts with

you.

It's easy to love your scale when you step on

and see that you've lost at least a pound over the

course of a week.

For those folks who were having a good relationship

with their scales, it was because they've been seeing

the numbers on their scales go down over the past few

weeks. Hey, it's easy to love your scale when you

step on and see that you've lost at a pound or two

over the course of a week.

But one of my members told me she was so angry at her

scale that she literally threw it

up against the wall! Oh, my. Hey, that ain't

no way to treat your scale! But, believe me, I can

understand her frustration. She'd been doing

everything right but her scale "lied" and said she

wasn't.

Then, talk about love! One of my

Clubhouse members had been doing so well, seeing the

pounds go down, she wanted to pick up her scale one

morning and kiss that spot where the red little

digital numbers came up! Oh my, lipstick

on her scale! LOL.

Another member said she keeps her scale...next to

the fridge. Boy, if I did that, I don't think

I'd ever eat anything. Not

with that scale staring at me every time I opened the

refrigerator door, LOL!

Our relationships with our scales are as

unique as we are.

Look, our relationships with our scales are as unique

as we are. Some of us never want to get on the

scale while some of us get so caught up in losing

weight that we step onto our scales...several

times a day. Those are both extreme situations.

You should set a specific time to weigh

yourself and stick to it. Decide if you're going to

weigh once-a-day,

morning or evening. Or maybe you want to weigh

yourself every-other-day. And then, you may

even want to weigh yourself just once-a-week.

Which ever way you choose, be consistent with your

weigh-in schedule and don't drive yourself crazy

fretting over that scale every single day.

If you control what you eat, if you make

exercise a daily part of your life then you will lose weight.

You may not always see the results on your scale

immediately and that's why it's so important to pick a

certain time to weigh yourself. So you can more

efficiently chart your progress. Believe me, if you

keep working hard and doing the right things, you will see progress.

You will see those numbers on your scale steadily...going

down.

Poor-old misunderstood scales!

Poor-old misunderstood scales! Please don't

be throwing yours up against the wall. (Hey, a good

scale isn't cheap, ya' know!) Follow your food plan,

stick to your exercise program, be good to your body

and, I promise, your scale will be good to you! After

all, I want you to have as good a relationship with your scale...as

I do with mine!

Love,