Posted by Rachael on 11/6/2009, 6:35 pm
My scale is still having dead batteries. I am having a hard time finding replacement batteries. Last night when we were out buying groceries at Walmart and again unable to locate these elusive batteries I suggested just buying a new scale. David asked "what's the point of weighing yourself" quickly followed up by "you don't need to weigh yourself anymore." Just let it be natural, he says, keep doing what you're doing...you don't need to know the number. Ah, to have such a carefree attitude. 
Is he right? Can I continue on this journey with the same determination, yet a carefree attitude about weighing?
Back to his first question (that was more like a statement, really)... What is the point? To monitor progress, right? If I don't weigh myself at home regularly, how else do I monitor my progress? My first idea would be to report my number of days I'm ON plan, what choices I've made in that week, and if my clothes are fitting differently (tight if I'm up, loose if I'm down, the same if I'm the same). It sounds so foreign to me, on a weight loss journey without visiting a scale every week. Eventually I'd get to that point anyway though. So, why not now?
The last time I was weighed was Wednesday October 28 at my health screening, on my doctor's office scales, weighing in at 191 pounds. The next time I weigh will be at my doctor's office, and I have committed to go as long as I can without knowing.
Here's the plan, and what I think I'll need. When I report my Sunday Update I will empty the contents of my food and exercise journal into that post. Calories I ate each day, exercises I did each day including the calories burned. I wear my Polar heart rate monitor, so I know. Well, I don't know for my strength workouts or yoga. But, I do for every other activity! Now for what I'll need...If you see gaps without acknowledgment of those gaps, if you see missing updates on Sundays without a post saying I'm missing the update and why, if you see whiny baby excuse making victim Rachael making posts - you'll know things aren't on the up and up. I may not get here often throughout the week, that's always been my deal. I've been posting this Sunday Update for 22 months, missing only a few. No reason to start missing any now, only if I'm off the course.
When I track faithfully, I lose. There's no two ways about it. SO, if I'm honestly doing the work, the scale will move. And, I don't NEED to know its every move. I WANT to know, and I'm anxious about not knowing. Doing the work is the point. If I focus on doing the work, everything that is supposed to happen will happen. Trust. Believe.
And, I have an escape clause...I drive by the doctor's office every day to work. The scales are right inside.
Wish me luck...and please be the boot if it looks like I need it. I can take it.
Happy Friday!!!
Rachael
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