16/11/2021
It's taken me awhile to write this content because there are so many variables to consider. The dreaded scale! A heavy topic!
Is weighing ourselves just weighing us down????
I've had to reflect on my own relationship with the the scale. Depending on my age and life circumstances, my weight has fluctuated....welcome to this thing called life, right.
The question is... was I weighing myself and how did it make me feel?
I avoided the scale for awhile in college because I was drinking tons of beer followed by taco bell runs on repeat. 25 pounds later, I was like that happened fast! No it actually didn't, I just didn’t want to know.
So I cleaned up my act and lost it BUT then my "goal weight" became a moving target!
I weighed myself everyday and based my food, activities and mood around it.
Just like the number on the scale, we all change as we are supposed to. As I grow healthier as a person both mentally and physically my desire to even know my exact weight diminished naturally.
This is not to imply that I do not care because I would be lying to say it's totally irrelevant. I just know that my weight is most likely within my range of comfort based on my nutrition and lifestyle choices! If I have reason to think otherwise then I hop on the scale.
Weight indoctrination is very hard to break in our society just as the size of our jeans.
If you clearly need to lose excess weight and weight check ins are a temporary tool in assisting you to meet your goals then hop on! But if you have found yourself obsessing over the number on the scale then it might be time to ask yourself ...
What are you really weighing????
