My scale can kiss my *kitten*. No more weighing.

NearlyJen
NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
in Motivation and Support
I'm 41, I eat well (and pizza, and drink beer), I do massive amounts of traditional kung fu, and I am done weighing. I'm 5'6", 138 lbs, a size 4/6, and my scale does not tell me anything at all. Here is the (sunburned last week in Maui) *kitten* that it can kiss on its way to the garbage. I've been trying to get to a number for so long, but now I am going to try to get to a waist size...

Thank you for listening.

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  • kimimila86
    kimimila86 Posts: 399 Member
    Kudos! You look great!

    I've started to weigh myself less and less and I know I'll probably come to the same conclusion you have the closer to my goal weight that I get. I want to go to Maui and get sunburned too!!! :drinker:
  • momof2osaurus
    momof2osaurus Posts: 477 Member
    That's a great *kitten*, AND a great attitude!! I broke up with my scale recently too. JERK SCALE.
  • fairbanksk
    fairbanksk Posts: 52 Member
    Toss that scale, you look great!!!!
  • NearlyJen
    NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
    "Scales? We ain't got no Scales. We don't need no scales!" - Treasure of the Sierra Madre (kind of..if Bogey told them they needed to lose weight.)
  • NutellaAddict
    NutellaAddict Posts: 1,258 Member
    Toss that *kitten*! Wait i mean scale.
  • mltierney
    mltierney Posts: 23 Member
    I totally agree. The scale can be a huge boost or a huge disappointment. I take my measurements once a month, that's it! I have a 'goal' skirt, when I fit into then I will know that I'm there.
  • kjsupermom01
    kjsupermom01 Posts: 17
    you look great! dump the numbers!
  • NearlyJen
    NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
    Yes! I have goal jeans - getting them zipped is one thing, but no muffin top is something else entirely :P
  • calisunrise
    calisunrise Posts: 307
    i'm actually so jealous of you. i'm the same height and 115-118 and i'm a size 6. i wish i weighed more at the same size
  • TravisBikes
    TravisBikes Posts: 674 Member
    I was all about jumping on the band wagon and saying no more scales (at least until the end of my Stronglifts program in May to check some progress to adjust TDEE).

    Then I saw the picture, and I forgot why I came.
  • smittieaj
    smittieaj Posts: 151 Member
    That scale is lucky! You are letting it off too easy, if you ask me. When I'm done dropping my pounds, I'm probably going to break my scale for catharsis.
  • NearlyJen
    NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
    Ok, this MFP validation is really working for me. I'd never posted a pic before! lol.
  • NearlyJen
    NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
    i'm actually so jealous of you. i'm the same height and 115-118 and i'm a size 6. i wish i weighed more at the same size

    And I've been trying to get to your weight for the last 20 years. (sigh)
  • sa11yjane
    sa11yjane Posts: 491 Member
    You look great just as you are. definitely forget the scales and just enjoy being slim and healthy, well done! x
  • shutterbug282
    shutterbug282 Posts: 588 Member
    You look awesome!
  • marinegirl92
    marinegirl92 Posts: 184 Member
    WTG girl! Rockin that awesome healthy body of yours!

    Amen sistah on the scale! I'm with you... not letting the scale get in my head. I'm breaking up with him for now... :)
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Good for you, but be careful. The last time I tossed the scales (in my Diets Don't Work/Intuitive Eating phase), my weight climbed more than 40 pounds. I knew it was climbing, but I had no idea it was that much.
  • JonathonMars
    JonathonMars Posts: 358 Member
    AMEN!

    I went psychotic on mine this week--these ways of measuring progress are so bad, they are almost random!

    I'm so done.

    Like, yesterday.
  • liftingcoach
    liftingcoach Posts: 65 Member
    I agree with you. If the scale could see the picture we see, it would agree too. Looking great, and you don't need the scale to tell you that!
  • Proyecto_AN
    Proyecto_AN Posts: 387
    dayum, great attitude.
  • marias2gaa
    marias2gaa Posts: 118 Member
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: lol i love this posttttt
  • ealinn
    ealinn Posts: 38
    You look fantastic! I wouldn't care what the scale said if I were you either :)
  • newmein30
    newmein30 Posts: 3
    you look great!! I too, have to stop weighing:( it does nothing to motivate me, instead it makes me feel like no matter what I do, it will never budge!
  • Iron_Maiden
    Iron_Maiden Posts: 326 Member
    GO ON GIRL!! Scales tell less than half the story!! Lying *****es they are!
  • Healthy_4_Life2
    Healthy_4_Life2 Posts: 595 Member
    YOU look amazing!! I agree that scale can be such an annoying liar at times. Stay off the scale and keep doing what you are doing and it is obviously working!!!
  • SnicciFit
    SnicciFit Posts: 967 Member
    Scales are stupid! You look fantastic!

    Proof that scales are stupid: http://everydaypaleo.com/attention-scale-addicts-part-2/
  • NearlyJen
    NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
    Good for you, but be careful. The last time I tossed the scales (in my Diets Don't Work/Intuitive Eating phase), my weight climbed more than 40 pounds. I knew it was climbing, but I had no idea it was that much.

    I absolutely hear you, but I personally don't put on weight easily...I just don't lose it either :( I've been clinging to the dream of a willowy figure for way too long!
  • NearlyJen
    NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
    Scales are stupid! You look fantastic!

    Proof that scales are stupid: http://everydaypaleo.com/attention-scale-addicts-part-2/

    That is AWESOME. Thank you for linking.
  • starcatcher1975
    starcatcher1975 Posts: 292 Member
    Funny because I told my scale it could kiss my *kitten* this morning too. I'm done with it. The damn thing is stuck in one area no matter how much I eat/don't eat/exercise/sit on my *kitten*...I'm sick of it. I'm starting to think it's broken and can't go below a certain number. (Yeah, I know it's not, I'm just fat and it is reminding me of that fact. Like I'm going to forget any time soon)
  • spirit80
    spirit80 Posts: 327 Member
    Well done... Trash it!

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