To Scale or Not To Scale

The scale has always been a win/lose situation. Sometimes you win. The feeling is better than anything in the world, better than a Kohls' 30% off coupon that comes maybe once a year. When the scale tells you that you weigh less than you did the day before you start jumping around the bathroom like you won Power Ball. It could be 5lbs, 1lb, 2 ounces it doesn't matter. Less is always better.

But when you gain. When you gain even an ounce, just a point on the scale, it's like a death in the family. It's like a diagnosis of a brain tumor. It can ruin an entire day. Nothing fits after the weigh in, even if it's the same clothes you have been wearing all month weighing the same amount.

So what do I do? Not weigh myself on the scale? Weigh myself once a week, once a month? Can I really resist the scale? And if I don't weigh myself how will I keep track if I am gaining any weight? I used to only get weighed and measured at Curves once a month. I want to go back to this. The problem is I am currently embarrassed at the weight I am. I want to lose 5lbs before I do my first Curves weigh in, but that seems absurd.

Sometimes at Curves you lose inches not pounds. I remember how awesome it was to lose inches. If I keep waiting to lose weight to get weighed I may never get weighed. I may never see those few inches leave my body and motivate me to lose some more.

There was a time at Curves when I lost a total of 55lbs and I never owned a scale at home. Can I convince myself to go back to my old ways?

To Scale or Not To Scale that is the question.