Reminder: The Scale Does NOT Define You!

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  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    This sounds awfully familiar.
  • SocWkrBee
    SocWkrBee Posts: 374
    BUMP!!!
  • SarahCW1979
    SarahCW1979 Posts: 572 Member
    :heart:
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Thanks, everybody. I'm glad it's helping. :smile:

    I do weigh myself daily, sometimes more than once a day, but mostly to laugh at the scale. And so I can understand fluctuations better. Pizza night will add 2 pounds the next day, and I know damn well I didn't have 7000 calories of pizza. And if I run about 5 miles, the scale will be down about 3 pounds because I sweat so much. I don't burn 10500 calories running 5 miles. :wink:
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    Thank you so much for the reminder that there's more to being fit than a number. You are as always truly inspiring. Keep posting :)
  • krizaten
    krizaten Posts: 32 Member
    Thank you for this post! You are doing awesome and the photos really help show the truth you write!
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    Thanks, everybody. I'm glad it's helping. :smile:

    I do weigh myself daily, sometimes more than once a day, but mostly to laugh at the scale. And so I can understand fluctuations better. Pizza night will add 2 pounds the next day, and I know damn well I didn't have 7000 calories of pizza. And if I run about 5 miles, the scale will be down about 3 pounds because I sweat so much. I don't burn 10500 calories running 5 miles. :wink:

    I LOVE this post! :-)
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I can't count how many threads I've seen just in the past week that were along the lines of "My clothes are getting looser and I look thinner, but the DAMN SCALE WON'T BUDGE! How can I make the number drop!?!" :sad:

    Stop it. Just stop it. Now.

    If you're getting smaller, you're doing things right. It doesn't matter what the effect the earth's gravitational pull has on you at any given moment. No one knows that number but you.

    To illustrate that point... Last October, I reached my goal weight of 126 pounds. I wanted to be 9 stones. No, I'm not British, but I like the number nine. And actually, I got to 125.5 pounds. To celebrate my victory over the bastardly scale, I bought new jeans.

    These are those jeans last year.

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    Happy camper. Loved how I looked.

    SINCE then, the scale has bounced around quite a bit. Between being on the bench about six weeks in January with a stress fracture, some trial and error with trying to find exactly what maintenance is, a few lazy weeks in June when I lost my mojo and then caught the flu... But I stuck with it, and tried to ignore the scale best I could. I eat about 2100 calories a day Monday through Friday, don't log on the weekends at all, run 3x a week and lift weights 3x a week (stronglifts 5x5, just started week 2, but I've been lifting).

    I'm currently about 132-133 pounds. And here's those same jeans today.

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    I'm about 7 or 8 pounds heavier, but I could smuggle a loaf of bread down my pants.

    And that's why I always say... Track your progress through measurements, how clothes fit, and progress photos, not just by the scale. The scale is a lying, cheating *kitten* who kicks puppies and takes candy from babies. Don't give it any power over you.

    Like I said in a couple threads today... Losing pounds is like getting a promotion at work with a big fancy title, but no pay raise. Losing inches without much in the line of pounds is like getting a big fat pay raise. Which will matter more in your day to day life?

    (Edit: I hate how the camera flash washes out all definition. :grumble: )

    First - You look amazing!!

    Second - Well written and SO true!!!!!

    And lastly - it totally drives me nuts when people say "My clothes are getting looser and I look thinner, but the DAMN SCALE WON'T BUDGE! How can I make the number drop!?!" WOMEN STOP YOUR OBSESSION WITH THE BATHROOM SCALE!! Don't let it determine how you should feel about your body and your efforts!!!!
  • o2bADyer
    o2bADyer Posts: 208
    You ROCK! Thank you!!!!!!! :bigsmile:
  • Actuate16
    Actuate16 Posts: 20 Member
    This is exactly why I don't own a scale, it can be your best friend or your worst enemy and I just want to feel good about what I am doing, eating and how I am staying on track. How clothes fit and how I feel about myself are much better indicators than a number on a scale. I used to find myself so down because the scale didn't move and it would make me want to give up. Now I just think about how good I have been doing and staying healthy and I know the weight will come off. This works better for me because my attitude stays consistently better.
  • LivingInPuglia
    LivingInPuglia Posts: 122 Member
    Great motiviation - going to print it and stick it on the fridge and on the bedroom mirror to remind me to stop jumping on the scales every day.

    Loved this comment

    "The scale is a lying, cheating *kitten* who kicks puppies and takes candy from babies. Don't give it any power over you. "
  • Lush87
    Lush87 Posts: 6
    this is wonderful :) i have been the same since june and actually up maybe 3-4 lbs....very depressing since i go to the gym 5 days a week and do bootcamp, kickfit, zumba, cyclefit and weights/machines. everytime i get on the scale it says the same thing but i feel as though im toning?! you look amazing thank you for posting this!!!
  • ShellyKay67
    ShellyKay67 Posts: 489 Member
    GREAT post! I was "stuck" on the number on the scale thing (although i do have more to lose at this point after putting 15# back on (got lazy) after losing 67#.
    I have said this time......I really don't care what the scale says as long as i can fit back in my clothes i wore 15# ago!
    You look great!
  • DMW914
    DMW914 Posts: 368 Member
    I'm with you all the way. I'm doing a challenge that requires weekly weigh-ins which is hard cause I don't own a scale anymore, so I don't have a choice but to go by clothes, and measurments... occasionaly, if I can get to the scale at work I'll step on it but of course it says the same thing for weeks at a time or very little changes with the loss. But my clothes don't lie. Things I've had in my closet thinkin' "I'll never get back into these" has made me a liar... I've even gave most of my jeans away (sigh). But I'm on a new path and nothing... includinding those damned numbers on thhe scale is gonna stop me. I'm on a mission! So thanx for the inspirational post cause I get it and you look fantabulous! Keep up the good work!
  • FammaMel
    FammaMel Posts: 293 Member
    I have read many of your posts and blogs and every time you make me stop re-think my obsession with the scale. Onward and upward. Thank you for continuing to remind us that the scale does not matter! I will continue with my cardio and my lifting schedule as planned. :happy:
  • candctaber
    candctaber Posts: 274
    AMAZING!!!
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    My two favorite quotes:

    " It doesn't matter what the effect the earth's gravitational pull has on you at any given moment. No one knows that number but you. "

    "The scale is a lying, cheating *kitten* who kicks puppies and takes candy from babies. Don't give it any power over you. "

    I love those. And I'm stealing them. Thanks Lorina Lynn. You are seriously one of my favorite people on the board.
  • ReclaimingSarah
    ReclaimingSarah Posts: 250 Member
    Wowza! You look amazing! I'm going to keep coming back to this when the scale gets me down.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    My god, woman, you are stunning.

    I'm going to bookmark this thread, to remind me how stupid my scale obsession can be.

    I'm 5'4' AND 143LB and a size 8. Last year I weighed 130 and was still a size 8. I'm still aiming at 130 but you have reminded me to not obsess over the number.
  • MissJenova
    MissJenova Posts: 258
    Best. Thread. Ever.
  • purpledelight
    purpledelight Posts: 134 Member
    bump! Bookmark! Copy paste!
  • Four_Leaf_Clover
    Four_Leaf_Clover Posts: 332 Member
    God bless you and this post. You look HOT BTW - very inspirational for someone like myself who has been doing this for 2 months and only lost 3 freaking pounds... but my pants ARE loose and my shirts fit better and I just ran nearly 2 miles today!
  • UnderConstructionLuis
    UnderConstructionLuis Posts: 331
    Great post! And you look fantastic!
  • tejasmh87
    tejasmh87 Posts: 91 Member
    Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to hear today :)
  • Dudagarcia
    Dudagarcia Posts: 849 Member
    :drinker:
  • taylorblues
    taylorblues Posts: 49 Member
    You look amazing!!!!

    I have already gone from weighing every day to once a week but think I'm going to stop right now..........I want to look as good as you!!!

    Thanks for the inspiration.
  • Lay821
    Lay821 Posts: 73 Member
    Same here 1 day the scale says I lost 28lbs the next just 20.. either way Im happy with having to replace all my size 12-14 jeans with 6-8 !!
  • Timalein
    Timalein Posts: 20 Member
    Thank you for being so inpirational! I really appreciate what you wrote & I feel recommitted and motivated :) You are an angel!
  • fatsopig
    fatsopig Posts: 10
    You look amazing. Thanks for sharing!
  • rockheart
    rockheart Posts: 42 Member
    Thanks, I needed to read this today!

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