At my morning bootcamp today my trainer brought out the most horrible machine. When he took it out all the women in my class rolled their eyes, moaned and backed away. Yup, you guessed it he took out a scale. I couldn't believe the reaction that some people had in this class to a scale.
"No way am I getting on that THING!"
"You want to weight us?"
"My sneaker are too heavy, I can't do it today"
"I am not mentally prepared to do this"
Our trainer than said "None of you guys are going to weigh in?"
I stepped up and I was like "Sure why not" I had weighed myself before I went to bootcamp for the first time in a week or so. I was nervous that my 4th of July bender that I went on (btw there is no need for a almost 30 year old woman to live it up like she is in college EVER) would have made a huge difference but I was actually back down to 241. So when I stepped up at bootcamp I was confident. I really didn't see the big deal. We are all signed up for a bootcamp to exercise. Why wouldn't these women want to weigh themselves? The reaction I got when I was quick to volunteer was also priceless.
"You're really going to weigh in?"
"Yup"
When the scale said I had gained 5 pounds back, I was kind of shocked. I immediately started making excuses for my weight.
"I have my sneakers, I weigh myself in the buff."
"I just drank a ton of water..."
In my defense all of those things are true HOWEVER when I got back home I ran to the scale, threw off my sneakers and everything else and weighed myself and saw that I lost about . 4 from sweat.
The scale is your worst but best friend to have along your journey. It tells you when you are doing well. It will show you the reality of not keeping to your plan. Love your scale even on the hard days. So you've gained weight, it happens. You didn't loose a single pound and have been working your ass off just know the next time you get on the scale it will be better. So don't let your scale sit in the corner in your bathroom or hide it in closet. Spend some extra money on getting a good scale it will be worth it in the end.
Remember your scale is the first thing to tell you how well you are doing on your good days. So scale I promise to love you a little bit more each day along the journey. Have you loved your scale today?
I just have to congratulate one of my readers and childhood friends Lindsey Carney for her tremendous weight loss of 29 pounds. Keep up the amazing work kiddo so close to 30!
Like I always say, better to know than to not know and completely go off track! Dee, you're such an inspiration to me. I love reading your blogs, whether they talk about recent success or set backs, they are realistic and encouraging. It is a struggle to lose weight and to stay motivated. We have our on days and our off days, and even if we have a week where we gain, we are better off than how we were before even starting the process! Thanks so much for your support as well and for the shoutout. It made me smile to see that as I read your blog here at work. Love you! Keep it up! You've done SO well and I know you will continue to. We can motivate each other. xoxo
ReplyDeleteThe above comment was from Lindsey Carney :) Sorry, I forgot to mention that LOL xo!
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