Gotta Love Those Old Analog Scales!

It's a sinking feeling when the scale doesn't reach up to the number that you weigh...accountability should be what starts BANGING in your ears but my first thought was pure sarcasm and the words were "well I guess I don't weigh more than 300 lbs, the scale just said so". I am great at kidding especially about myself! However that doesn't help much at the end of the day when you get to be that size and over 50 years old! Not to mention you limp, your back aches more than it should and you have ONE place to shop for clothes. This is my story and having gone from a size 5x to a S-M, I still dread putting both feet on the scale. I do though because it is a MUST. I do not buy into all that "it's only a number hokum" because that number did define me. I still lived a very happy and successful life at 300+ lbs but never once did I forget the weight I was carrying, because if for one moment I did, society was sure to remind me of it Pretty Damn Quick!

Personally I think it's how we choose to use the number. If we can take it and use as a guideline or personal yardstick not as a punishment then we are making steps in the right direction. Medical charts and insurance company directives (where BMI originated) tell us where we should be weight wise but again I say it's just a yardstick. If you are wanting to change the 'skin you're in' for whatever reason then use the number on your scale to be your starting point and the vision you have for yourself to be your goalpost. Don't be afraid of it, because one day that starting point that you so dreaded will be a badge showing how far you've come and how strong you've been - your resilience! So embrace the number, it's yours whether you like it or not right now and remember it is in your power to change it and that is something to write home and blog about!