Re: No More Weigh-ins

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Good for you!

I weigh every morning, too, and I can't figure out why I am not able

to make myself stop. Probably because for the last 10+ years

stepping on the scale has been as much of a part of my morning

routine as brushing my teeth - it feels weird not to do it.

Maybe I'll stick my scale in the closet!

>

> 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

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