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January 12, 2004

The Scale

There is no worse enemy that the scale. How could it be my enemy? It is just a measuring device. Perhaps I should say it this way. The love of the scale is the root of all dieting(change of lifestyle) evil.

When I first started Atkins, I had no scale. I would go to the Doctor's office one a week and get weighed. I did this because atkins said only weigh yourself once a week and because I really weighed too much to get an acurate reading on a home scale.

After three months of trips to the doctors office, I bought myself a scale for Christmas and have avoided going tot he flu ridden doctors office since.

Before i owned the scale i used to make fun of my friend Lyle. Lyle would weigh himself all the time. I think everytime he passed his scale he stepped on it. He is a statistics freak and likes numbers and likes to record in his brain what his body is doing. But still i thought it to be a loosing battle for Lyle. The human body is always gaining and loosing weight everyday. Heck, a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds if you drink a ton of water all day you will gain weight. And once it passes you loose weight. Anyway Lyle hated to see that the scale went up and down. And I think it discouraged him.

So after getting the scale I became like lyle. The weighing freak. I now weigh myself atleast 4 times a day. Watching every ebb and tide of the scale. I actually have become pretty used to my daily weight gain and loss at various times of the day. And i picked a certain time of day I weigh myself for my 'offical' weigh in.

For the last week I have been regulary weighing myself at a specific time. And everyday I have noticed a loss in weight. This has been a good motivator. But today is not the case. Today my scale has not budged.

Now I am quesitoning myself. What did i do yesterday. I ate the same. I excercised. What could i have done wrong to cause one day to be bad. I am now the basketcase I preached against.

I think I am gonna go weigh myself now.

Posted by smitty at January 12, 2004 8:20 AM

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