Weight can easily become an obsession.
Living a healthy life and losing weight is something that takes time and energy as you count calories, plan out healthy meals, and exercise daily . . . and that is ok. But what most people don’t realize is that losing weight to live a healthy life can soon be tossed out the window and the numbers on the scale can start to define you.
It amazes me how a scale can dictate the mood someone is in or consume the mind day in and day out. The scale starts to define one for who you are… one day they are thin and beautiful because they lose a few pounds. The next day you are fat and ugly because you went up 1 pound.
A piece of metal has so much power and control in one’s life… Don’t let the scale define you!
I challenge you to copy this picture for one week and seek out what defines your life. Living a health life is so much more than numbers… it’s about feeling great, living longer, being able to run around with your children or grandchildren, or gaining confidence in your self.
What defines you?
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Great advice! Thanks for the reminder that we are so much more than what the scale says
I LOVE your blog!! this post really moved me
i think i am going to definitely save the picture of the scale
you are so right!
This is a fabulous post. We all have our ups and downs, but they are most likely related to how we feel about ourselves and should not be about a metal object! Thank you for the reminder!
Love your Blog!! So interesting! Yeah – I just wrote a post about this a day or two ago – about how we take stuff to such extremes and need to lighten up and live a little!! (Actually a book out about it now). Check out my site if you wish /add me to your Roll !! Great way to get my readers to check out yours!! Cheers
The scale is too finicky to rely on. You are so right, you cannot let it dictate you or your feelings.
What defines me is how good I feel after a workout. How I love my family.
Great post! I completely agree on letting it define you – there’s SO much more to who you are an what you do and bring than the # that pops up that day!
that picture is so true.. copying and pasting it now onto my computer. great post
Thank you for this post. It’s so true!
so true! thank you for this…a number does NOT define who you are!
This post literally put into words everything I’ve thought about. I used to weight myself a lot (back in the day) but I can honestly say I have no idea how much I weigh right now…nor do I care
I watched the most interesting documentary on BBC today. It was about 2 girls trying to lose weight so that they could become a size 00 as an experiment. Once girls with healthy body images, the act of weight loss and calorie counting began to consume them. It was fascinating!
You are right. The line between living a healthy life and being consumed by the number on the scale is very fine. And I think it’s easy to worry too much about the scale without noticing it (at least at first)…
I love this post so much it hurts a little.
Love it. A number does NOT define us. And we can learn a little something about ourselves from the reaction that we have to that number too, I think… and what we plan on doing to improve our relationship with ourselves.
Great post!! Every woman needs to read this. we are SO much more than numbers, and each and every one of us has a special life to us…a life that is so much more meaningful and eternal than temporary vanity weight!
Great post! I got a little choked up when I read the note on the scale. Hmmm. It really makes a girl think! I am totally guilty of this. Just this morning I was beating myself up, feeling like a fat pig for not sticking to my “points” yesterday. I stepped on the scale and it was lower than I thought. Immediately, I felt light and beautiful. I must admit, I had a little spring in my step for a good part of the day. Ridiculous! Anyway, thanks for the reminder… and the picture!
We actually don’t own a scale – we both eat healthy, exercise regularly and have never dieted and are happy with our weight and lifestyle – so we don’t want to start paying attention to numbers and lose the focus on how we’re eating and feeling!
I stopped weighing myself for about six months or more. I judged my weight gain or loss by the way my clothes were fitting me. Then I decided to lose weight and I had to weigh myself to see how much I could lose while still being healthy. I stepped on the scale, knowing what would happen. It never fails, once I start weighing myself I just can’t stop. I’d do it every day, maybe even three times a day if I didn’t tell myself not to. I’m not sure why I do that. I usually just get off the scale, shrug and say, “whatever,” anyway.
I love this post so much it hurts a little.