Do you really need a reminder that you need to lose weight now? Every day you get up, that you feel the extra pounds on your back, backside, thighs, and arms, you know you need to do something about it. Everyday you try to walk up stairs or lift a box of things in your home, you know emphatically you need to lose those pounds? Back in January, I insisted on torturing myself with the scale. I would weigh myself more than once a day. This is before I figured out .... this is a little obsessive, even for me, so I eventually stopped getting on the scale. One day my scale broke and I was so upset. I think that was a sign I needed to really stop this crazy action. Instead, when I stopped weighing myself on the darn thing, I began to focus on how I was feeling, how my clothes fit, and just taking care of my body more. I joined a gym, and said I would go work out. Instead what happened is that I began to use netflix for a lot of exercise videos. In the beginning it was hard for me to do the cardio videos since I hadn't moved my body in a while. But I made myself do that and a bunch of Leslie Sansone Walk At Home videos, which helped me a lot...
But back to the scale. I think in this country we are very obsessed with a certain or particular weight. For me, I don't care as much as I used to. I want to be a healthier and leaner me, no doubt about it. I don't want to focus on a number. I know what size I need -- a right size ME -- whatever number that is me and God will commune on it. For the moment, I'm a size 18. I will be happy when I get down in the 190's and get a little more leaner.
What did the scale prevent me from doing? Just enjoying the process of working out and seeing new miracles in the mirror when I wake up. It's not about a number, and small successes are great I'm wearing tops and outfits I haven't wore in years and that's my start.
Happy day to you!
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