I will NOT weigh today

I am fighting the urge to weigh every single day.

Those of you who have done the diet ‘thing’ in the past know about this.  It is an insane urger to jump on the scale to see if I have lost anything.  It’s been 2 days so that is really ridiculous but the scale seems to be calling me.

I have had to fight the inner ‘urge’ to not jump on the scale every day or sadly, even multiple times throughout the day.

The shift in my mindset has NOT come from being repeatedly being told by reputable online health and scientific sources that my body weight will fluctuate throughout the day and that it is not a true or accurate reflection of my weight.   I always feel like I”m just a little bit different.  That’s for them and not me.

Instead, the shift in my thinking has come from actually rebelling against that infinite wisdom and jumping on the scales daily only to be bitterly disappointed at the result – “oh my goodness, I gained 2 pounds in 3 hrs.” How can that be?  I only ate a salad.  My crazyness with the scale probably helps me to feel bad and eventually give up my diet.  I’m not going to fall this time.

Enough is enough. No more self sabotage.

I will be a once a week girl and begin to witness hopefully a slow but steady decline in my weight. I schedule a set day and time each week for my weigh in which is first thing Monday morning and it is then that I face my judgement. It is then that I can either congratulate or give myself a strict talking to; either way, I know I only need to confront those numbers once a week.

Does anyone have a lock for the cupboard so I can put my scale in there?  It’s very hard to stop. 

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