Sunday, February 13, 2011

Great Weight/No Scale

i feel like i'm at a great weight, but i wouldn't know. i haven't weighed myself in over a week!!!!!! i don't own a scale. YAYYYYYY.

i can't remember the last time i went more than a couple of days without hopping on that digital monster. and during those days, i was really kinda nervous. now, well, i have some brand new trust that things will be fine.

i was up 8 pounds when i moved out last Saturday. i'm assuming i'm somewhere in that range now, but it doesn't seem to matter.

as i make lists of what i need in my fabulous new home, every once once in a while i'll think, "oh, maybe i should get a scale." but then that thought drifts out. in truth, i really need to watch my pennies and i certainly don't NEED a scale. toilet brush - yes. vacuum - yes. tampons -- yes, a true necessity. Scale -- uh, if i have a couple extra bucks, i'd rather have a latte.

isn't it nice that the scale loses? ha ha!

let freedom ring.

10 comments:

  1. It's a good feeling. Those scales are just not that important in the scheme of things are they?

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  2. I'm so happy for you!!! You sound so good and I am so proud of how far you've come.

    I still have a scale, but I banished it to the closet. I just check once in a while to make sure I'm still at my healthy weight (like when I was sick last week.) I plan to burn it in a bonfire this summer.

    *Hugs*

    Angela

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  3. awesome!!!!!

    Isn't it nice to not be hopping on and off that thing all day?
    I didn't have a scale at my old apartment because every room in the place was carpeted (even the kitchen, eww). When we moved here I saw that the bathroom floor was linoleum and I thought "hey I should get a scale". BIG mistake. That thing terrorized me for several weeks before I threw it out in the dumpster where it belonged. You are right, it was a total waste of money.

    I am so happy for you! So sound free-er that I can ever remember since I have been reading your blog. Whatever you are doing (or not doing), it's working!

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  4. woohoo!! scale free! i've smashed mine 3x but have always given into buys a new one so there $200+ down the drain. that's a lot of lattes! or clothes! or toilet brushes (i'm just setting up my apartment and had to get one too lol)!

    so proud of you.

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  5. Linda; no, they're not very important. i can't believe that i just had no idea, especially since my old scale was so inaccurate and gained and lost weight on it's own, but i sure gave it a lot of power. i am thrilled to have this realization

    Angela; a bonfire sounds wonderful. wish i lived closer to you, so i could come. and we could get some of our friends to join -- doesn't it sound great?!hope you're feeling better than last week!

    lisa; thanks, i really appreciates the comments. i don't see all the changes in myself. it's nice that you notice that i'm freer, and i am. i love my new home so much. i have almost 5 months sober. i have an interesting job interview tomorrow. things truly can get better

    flaweddesign: it's taken me decades to not have a scale. this is the most time i've been scale-free since i was pre-teen. and i'm almost 47.

    good luck with the apartment. there sure is a lot to do, isn't there. and money does manage to slip away.

    i hope you love your apartment as much as i love mine. take care of yourself!

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  6. I don't think I could live without a scale. How else can I maintain a healthy weight? I am intrigued with how you do this, and very happy for you that you are so happy and positive about taking this step!

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  7. Sweeet...reading this post made me so happy for you! Awesome awesome. I hope everything is going well with getting settled into your new place. You rock!

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  8. You are wonderful :) I'm so glad for you!!

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  9. Harriet; i don't really know why things are different now -- i was such a scale-aholic. maybe because my weight doesn't matter so much, at the moment? i wonder what will happen with my weight without a scale. it's been a week and a half now and with time, i'm almost forgetting that there was always a daily weigh-in. i feel pretty good. i really thought i wouldn't be able to last, actually.

    Cammy; thanks. it does feel awesome not to weigh myself. very, very, very liberating. and it's weird, but it really is becoming more of a vague memory. the day is much nicer not knowing what some dumb (often unreliable) gadget says i weigh. i think being in my own place has something to do with it. i am free from many things, i suppose

    S.A. well, thank you very much. it's been such a long time of being such a slave to the scale. i guess i almost don't have patience for it anymore. i don't know why, but i just don't even care what i weigh so much, at the moment. may it last

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