A break-through of sorts...

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Again torturing myself with the scale!

I stepped on it this morning because I will be visiting my

nutritionist tomorrow and I wanted to be prepared for the weigh-in

there. (Awfully hard to concentrate on what she's saying when the

old tapes are blaring in my head over that number on the scale.)

My weight was up - 9 lbs now - which threw me for an hour or two,

until I started to question that number. I thought - but wait, my

clothes are a little snug, not TIGHT - and I was just congratulating

myself recently on how toned I am getting from walking and yoga. I

have also had several people comment in the past few days on my

weight loss (I did take off almost 30 lbs on a diet before coming

back to IE).

I think I am weaning off the scale, because it doesn't really have

anything useful to tell me. Yes, it is a number, but it is not

the " Sum total " of who I am and what I am accomplishing.

Maybe if I keep saying this it will sink in :-)