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| At my "perfect" weight |
If you have been following this blog for anytime you know the issue of loosing weight has been a topic of discussion. I am still trying to drop as much as 20lbs! wow why does that look so large in type. Probably like many of you I have counted every bite that has gone in my mouth, exercised an insane amount of time only to step on the dreaded scale and see no change! Recently I had to do a hard amount of soul searching and admit I had a unhealthy, and as a Christan, unbiblical mind-set about my weight. So with Gods help I'm focusing on being healthy rather than focus on a number on the scale. One thing I stopped doing was weighing myself regularly. So yesterday I decided since I had not weighed myself in about a month I wanted to see if my weight had dropped. At the same time I knew I needed to be careful with my attitude no matter what the scale read. In my mind I thought if I don't know the
exact number it wouldn't be as hard. So not wanting to see the number I thought I would be clever and ask my daughter for some assistance. I told her I was going to step on the scale and only wanted her to answer one question. The question was
"is my weight below ___lbs?" (y'all didn't really think I was going to tell you the number now). All I really wanted to know was had I gotten past this particular number that my body seems to camp on. So I step on the scale and ask the question at which time she replies
"well (long pause) it's not below____lbs but you are only about 6lbs away" ha ha ha! Okay 6lbs+___lbs= no weight loss!!! hilarious! I forgot to tell her this was a yes or no question-lol. Although I was not crazy about finding out I had not lost weight I had to laugh at my daughters attempt to make the news brighter. As a mom with two girls I want them to have a healthy mind-set about weight and not be defined by the number on a scale. I hope in some small way the laughter we shared yesterday conveyed that message clearly. I am thankful today that I can continue to move forward in becoming a healthier me both inside and out!
Do you have number in your head that says this is my "perfect" weight?
8 comments:
Weight is such a strange issue... like you, I have an idea of my 'perfect' weight and can get frustrated if I'm a few pounds above it, but I know no one else would be able to tell. Silly... but I hope you continue to get closer as you keep a healthy mindset!
yes, i have that perfect number in my head, and i'm not there. it's definitely harder to lose weight the older i get. i very rarely weigh myself, or else i start focusing on that too much.
I have a goal number, and a goal look, and goal feel which all correlate. I'm up AGAIN. I don't have to step on the scale to know this. I feel it constantly. My issue is, when I'm not at my "happy" weight, I'm not happy. I feel yucky and bloated and my running suffers, and if I'm being totally honest, I feel like a failure in some ways. so then I wonder what is wrong with me that I do not STAY AT, my happy place. Urgh! it's a curse, I swear it is....but life goes on, at happy weight or over. God grant me the power to get to, and stay at my happy weight.
Nice post about a common topic. I know my "number": it is 64 kg and the "deadline" is 66, when I reach the second I begin to eat less. Now I am 64.
awww, it's so easy to beat ourselves up over the #. i know this to be true. but i truly do feel it's so much harder to get at the # when we are older as genetics, metabolism, and life in and of itself just changes. just keep eating healthy, getting out there and doing what you love to do (run), and don't let the scale rule you! (at least that's why i try to preach to myself!!!) :)
Your daughter is an encourager! Really sweet!
I definitely have a number in my head and really want to reach it but without driving myself crazy. I think losing weight is an epic battle! it's not easy so we need to celebrate little successes in the meantime. You didn't lose weight but you didn't gain any either ;)
Oh girl, I'm sorry!! that is really funny, though. I totally understand. I have a number that I'm about 7-10 lbs from and I've been getting down on myself about it. I too, want to be an example to my daughter of being thankful for the body that God gave me and not obsess about numbers and love handles. We are beautiful women no matter what our 'size'.
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