What a whirl wind of a week. It was just Tuesday and now it is Friday! Where did that week go????
I have been reading all of your blogs but have not had a chance to post. Sick children (nothing serious just a yucky nose and cough.) and busy with daycare children this week.
It has been a GREAT week for me with eating and exercising.
I got in 2 -5km runs, 1 -3.5km run and 2 Biggest Loser Boot camp workouts.
My body is feeling strong and firmer this week. Yeah, the firmness that I refer to can not be seen yet but soon the layer of fat will go gone and left will be some muscle. I look forward to that day!!
I have been considering getting rid of my scale after my last weigh-in in June with my weight loss ladies here in town. For those that are newer to my blog, I weigh in weekly and report to five other ladies. We support and encourage each other. We also have a little bit of a wager going...the person with the highest % of weight loss gets the money in June. Not alot of money but some. Anyway the reason I think I may lose the scale is because it controls how I feel so much.....I may be feeling great about my efforts but if the scale says I am up well to say it nicely....I get a little discouraged. Then if I have cheated a little and the scale doesn't show it then I get cocky!!! Either way I know it isn't healthy!! Stepping on the scale actually is a bit obsessive for me....don't think any less of me for this, please.
So for the next 2 months I will keep my commitment to weekly weigh -ins and then after that make a final decision.
Have a great weekend everyone!
I would never think less of you. I'm obsessed with my scale. I weigh myself weekly (Officially) but peek whenever I feel like it. While I don't let the number control me, that's easy to say since I haven't had too many WI yet that I didn't like. I try to take those as a message to shake things up since I'm a creature of habit and I know my body will get used to things. Don't fight your scale, maybe move it somewhere less in the way, or make a deal with your hubby to only use it together. I weigh myself with my hubby on Friday mornings and we encourage each other. I will say it has helped keep me from peeking so much.
ReplyDeleteTo weigh or not to weigh. It's a constant question/debate/struggle for everyone in blog world.
ReplyDeleteI have found my view about it all changes at different points in the journey. What you decided for right now doesn't have to be what remains a rigid rule for the entire journey.
Listen to your heart. Keep well!!!!!
Hi my new friend, Christine! so wonderful to meet you girl! Yay!
ReplyDeleteI hear you...oh do I on the ol' scale deal! When I first started out this journey I weighed in 1 time a month... really! It's stayed more in check.. but honestly, if you need to ditch the thing and just go by how your clothes are feeling, then do it!
Such a small object should not have so much power in one's life, right?
Big hugs... and so wonderful to meet you!
I hope the kids get better soon.
ReplyDeleteYou'll figure out what you want. Coming off this week it's bound to be hard. You'll figure out what's best.
Have a wonderful weekend.
I have those same battles and know exactly how you feel. I too let the scale dictate to me how I am going to feel for the day and it is not good. I am perfectly happy and content with raw foods unless that darn ol scale tells me that I am not. The funny thing is that we do not walk around with a number over our head from our morning weigh in that tells everyone how much we weigh. I don't know where this how much do you wiegh mentality came from. Weird huh? No one else knows how much I weigh (with the exception of everyone in blog world! LOL). I don't know why I let it bother me so much, but I shouldn't.
ReplyDeleteGood for you on your exercise this week!
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