Is it Thursday already?? I meant to post this on Monday, but we have all been sick around here this week, so I am way behind on things.
I don’t have too much to report on the October Weight Loss Challenge.
I decided that I would not weigh myself until the end because the scale is too self-defeating, so I have no numbers to report. I previously posted about my scale abandonment in, The Scale Is Not My Friend.
I did not start reading Thin Within right at the beginning of the challenge, as I had planned, but I am reading it now. Interestingly, the book also encourages “putting the scale in its proper place,” meaning, away where it cannot control me.
As for exercise, I did not start that right away, either, but I am doing it now.
I am, by nature, a procrastinator. Not such a good idea when my goal is to lose 10 pounds this month, though.
Oh well, I am on the right track now, and that is all that matters.
I hope to have a more inspiring post next week, when I am (hopefully) feeling better.
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Hey, a start is a start right?? It doesn’t matter what you do as long as you do SOMETHING. What you don’t wan to be doing is NOTHING. If starting means reading a book – then that’s something.
I agree with the scale thing. I don’t weigh myself everyday. I did once, just for the sake of observation, I weighed myself everyday for a couple weeks. Your body naturally goes up and day every day, throughout the day. So weighing too frequently is just asking for frustration. So I’m weighing once a week. And every now and then in between I’ll be walking by the scale and think, “Hey – I hope I haven’t GAINED any!” So I’ll stand on it and sigh a sigh of relief. But other than that – the scale is just there. It is not my judge.
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I hear you about not feeling well all week. I had myself diagnosed with stomach cancer or pancreatic cancer earlier today, but finally decided I’d stick with cold symptoms exacerbated by pregnancy. Don’t ask. The scale is not your friend and Google is not mine. It comes up with the most bizarre diseases to match my symptoms.
Dana,
That’s funny about diagnosing yourself w/cancer. I’ve cost us a pretty penny lately by doing the same thing.
On the upside, I can say I do not have the following cancers: lung, stomach, liver, pancreatic, and colon. All along, Charity was saying it was job related stress. Who knew!!
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