No More Weigh-ins

[Guest guest]

I've read the book Intuitive Eating and now I think I'll focus on one

of the ten principles it talks about each week for the next ten

weeks. I've just re-read the chapter about rejecting the diet

mentality. I think I will try to just focus on this, this week. There

is a lot of info in that chapter.

I'm going to stop weighing myself every morning. Why do I do that

anyways? Every morning I step on the scale with anticipation to see

if it's up or down. The result doesn't make or break my day, but it

does change my mood. Why should I care what it says? What am I a

piece of beef whose value is decided by a number?

I'm not going to go on any more diets, EVER. So who cares what I

weigh? It just doesn't have any relevance. Most mornings I look in

the mirror and think, " Oh my, I've got fatter. " Well, I'm not going

to step on the scale anymore to see if it's true or not. I'm just

going to tell myself, that if my perception is true or not, it just

doesn't matter. I'm still the same guy I was one minute before I

looked in the mirror and I'm not going to try to lose weight anyways,

so what difference does my distorted perception make anyways.

When I look in the mirror I need to start seeing something other than

just making a visual judgment about how much fat is on my body. But I

think that's dealt with in another chapter.

Arnie