It's my scale.
Or scales. I have three.
Warning: This post may seem obsessive to some, funny to others, and may be relatable to most women. If you don't even own a scale, or care how much you weigh, you may want to sign off now.
If you do and you do, read on. I have not been diagnosed with OCD. This is mostly tongue in cheek.
Or is it?
So I have three scales. The first is the one I used 10 years ago when I lost 10 pounds on Weight Watchers. I was so proud of myself then. Of course to dash my victory over weight, the scale would always be at least 2 pounds higher at the doctors.
Can I get an Amen?
It is a well known fact that doctors scales weigh higher, even after I deducted for my clothes and whatever I ate that day. I actually weighed my clothes once before I went to the doctor, in the winter, and it was almost 2 pounds.
Really.
I started thinking that my trusty old school scale wasn't very accurate anymore. I bought a new digital light-up scale. I weigh myself every morning so I need to see in the dark.
Here's where the OCD starts and where my title comes from. I always weigh myself first thing, before coffee. If I use my old scale in my bedroom under the light of the window where the floors may or may not be even, I weigh one weight.
If I take my new digital scale into the kitchen where the floors are even, I weigh 2 pounds more. The time it takes me to lose 2 pounds is the time it takes me to walk from the high weight (ie. the kitchen) back to the better weight (the bedroom)....about 10 seconds.
Yup, I timed it. Just for this post.
So I started using the new light-up scale every morning.
I just couldn't keep lying to myself anymore.
And there's more.
There is a third scale.
I have been wanting an official Weight Watchers scale for awhile. I was starting to lose trust some mornings in my digital light-up, wondering if it was really telling me the truth about my weight. I found myself getting on and off 3-4 times because it was giving me 3-4 different numbers.
I believe in checking at least twice. The same number twice is the truth.
That relationship has to be trustworthy or it is just not worth getting up in the morning :-)
So back to my third scale. The Weight Watchers scale. I got it at a church rummage sale for half price. I paid $2.50.
The price does not make it less trustworthy but it weighs me the same as my untrustworthy digital light-up scale.
And it doesn't even light up!
At this point you may be wondering why I keep all three scales. And why I weigh myself every morning. I know so many woman who are flabbergasted at this and a few who get me.
The old school scale is there for nostalgic reasons. It was my friend while I was suffering through Weight Watchers.
The digital light-up scale is there because it is a digital light-up scale.
The Weight Watchers is there because it's name alone gives it credibility and worthy of more chances at weighing me correctly.
I weigh myself every morning because it has become a discipline and helps me stay disciplined throughout the day.
This is very important to a woman's well being. Or maybe just mine.
If I am at a good weight one morning, I may have the option of a peanut encrusted donut at Wegmans while I am grocery shopping.
If I am on the high side, it is a boring day of light eating, no sneaking M & M's and certainly no donuts. I know if I do this, within a few days my weight will again be where it should be.
It's the three day rule. Every three days, if you are eating healthy, your body will reset and maintain itself in keeping a healthy weight.
For example, if I eat 3 pieces of pizza and some brownies and oatmeal cookies one night, obviously my weight will be higher the next morning than if I ate a salad. If I eat light the next few days, my weight will return to it's normal weight on the third day.
If you overeat or indulge for three days straight, guess where your weight will be the fourth day??
Not pretty.
That's what vacations are made of.
I am scared of vacation eating. That's a whole other post.
Speaking of scary, this is the scariest time of the day....
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| weighing myself in the morning....in the dark |
Just to clarify.....this is MY routine to maintain my weight. It has worked so far. To lose weight is another set of OCD practices that I will spare you from.
I haven't even talked about exercise.
And I won't.
In closing, here's a tip for you that will work great with disciplining yourself throughout the day.....
All silliness aside, this discipline and weighing myself every morning stuff does work for me. I do indulge in all my favorite foods regularly and then lighten up the next few days.
I can't list what they are because then I would have to get up from this computer and go have some.
Why go through all of this, you ask?
I just HAVE to do it this way because I have a fear of waking up one day and getting on the scale only to find out I gained 10 pounds. That really happened to a girlfriend.
I kinda like my clothes right now and don't want to buy bigger ones.
At 60 I am within 4 pounds of my pre-pregnancy weight at age 25.
That has to count for something!
Bottom line, it is how you feel and how you look for YOURSELF. If you like where you are at, great!
I will love you no matter what size you are!!
AnnMarie xoxo
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