Scales work for politicians!!!

I am absolutely positively convinced the above statement is true! I have on in my bathroom....some days I step on it, some days I ignore it's existence, and some days I just plan ole don't care one way or another. The days I despise it is on weigh in days for whatever facebook challenge I am participating in to keep me motivated and that is the day that it tells the biggest lie and puts up numbers that have me scratching my head...seriously I gained 5 pounds over night???? (Haven't been that bad but if you have been reading from Blog 1...you know I am sarcastic and a pro at exaggerating) Anyway I digress as usual. So it tells lies and stories and if it had a nose it would have grown a lot at that moment. But as a woman and as a dieter I see the number and I panic and I run to GNC and I ask for all the diet products and I hit the gym and then I come home with a pint of Ben and Jerry's Ice cream and wallow in that fact the scale lied. STOP!!!!

When I started my journey I was all about the scale. I never once put another thought into anything else could measure weight loss or anything it was all about that number...well if age is but a number so is weight. Don't get me I want to see that number go down and it does and then it sneaks back up again. Just like age it sneaks up on you but now as I am wiser and almost a pro at this whole dieting thing I have also determined that yes the scale tells only one side on the story. The tape measure, your clothes, how you FEEL tell another. So this morning I weigh in for my weekly stuff on Facebook and the scale says you are 2 pounds heavier then last week....okay scale is in the corner all ready and there it will stay. Then I bust out the tape measure and OH YEAH I lost 3 inches this week. Clothes fit me better this week then they did last week too and I am enjoying the fact that my husband has to follow me up the stairs because yup you guessed it he wants to watch my ass. These are the moments to celebrate!


Now I will not suggest fully ignoring the scale. The scale can also tell the truth and it can give you clues as to what to expect in the coming days. I know with my gain that the give me chocolate and no one dies days are coming and I can prepare for them. It is also can set a pattern...one week up one week down....watch this and watch your food intake...remember we track that for a reason. I can look back at my tracker for week tomorrow and I can see well I ate more sodium this week and didn't stay on track with my water...OHHH I can fix that. Yes at this stage in the game I am still learning and changing habits. I was a fat girl who didn't care for 20+years who three years ago said yup enough is enough! But again I digress....

The scale is not your friend, it is not your enemy, it is an object in the corner of your bathroom that can be utilized in your fight against the bulge. By giving it the power to make or break your day you are giving it a life. Just like when politicians speak during election years we hang on words and are filled with promises of a better tomorrow...the scale in the bathroom promises that it will change everything....but if we don't follow through and do the work it is not gonna change.


So on a final note....Once a week meet with your scale, make some notes, and leave it alone for the rest of the week. Celebrate when it works with you....learn from when it works against you. But remember at the end of the day it is just a number.

Happy Dieting!!!

So a summer series....

is what I think I am gonna do. I have hit a lot of topics over the last few years that everyone has been kind enough to read along and now that I have a nifty new computer that won't crash on me or blink out every five minutes it is time to get to writing. It is kinda a two part thing...part one is gonna be a small blurb on women that inspire or lift others up. In this day and age we spend a lot of time tearing women down because of whatever twisted reason we have in our head. Women are gonna talk...I am guilty of it. But I have a few people in mind and it will take a blog a day all summer to really honor everyone individually so I will be doing a few at a time. The second part is I am going back into the research side of things and have a few new books I am reading and pulling from. Now this year I am taking a family vacation from July 1st-mid July so I will be taking a break from this. My husband and I are putting the non argument marriage to the test and taking a road trip with our two year old.

My first part is I am gonna send a shout out to Army wives...we all do our part and we hold it down when ever we need to...but there are a few that really stand out to me...I am not really gonna name names but I am going to include website links at the bottom if you wanna check them out further. These three women have gone above and beyond the call of duty and put themselves out there to help others lose weight and get all fit and healthy and hot. I have personally not met two of these women but I am honored to call them friends. While husbands are or were  halfway across the globe they have taken on the tasks of raising children and being there for others. These selfless women have or had a goal and either have crushed it or working on crushing and have encouraged me even on days I don't wanna push play or push it a little farther. The third I know personally and she took it to another level and recently became a Zumba instructor. She will always check with me before she sets out for Zumba. Because of her I actually bought the game for the Wii U so I have no excuse as to why I can't.  Please let me reiterate that this is a journey that is not to be fully travelled alone. We all need battle buddies and someone we can call and say I really need a friend to push me today. These three women do it and do it well. Don't forget to check out the links of the bottom of the page.

And let me just say I LOVE Zumba...it is not pretty when I am doing it and please don't try and follow me because I honestly have no clue what I am doing but I keep moving and I can see the results and the Monday/Wednesday instructor here on post does an amazing job. I tried the Tuesday and Thursday...had a blast and enjoyed it...but this fat girl needs some more time and some more stamina before I can fully get the whole benefit of that Class...she is a little more difficult on these joints that normally don't like me anyway.


I have a few books I am reading and working on the research side and I have a few more women I want to lift up before the summer is over. But for now I am gonna end this one and do some of that research so I can start the next blog....

Until next time....
Happy Dieting

https://www.facebook.com/pages/GlamFit-Fitness/1454042001506800
http://www.beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/SEEGREEN
http://melissaspratt.zumba.com/