Reminder: The Scale Does NOT Define You!

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  • harlychic
    harlychic Posts: 58
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    Thank You :smile:
  • alishacupcake
    alishacupcake Posts: 419 Member
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    This is awesome.
  • SueSlick
    SueSlick Posts: 268 Member
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    Bump...I can't see the pics @ work
  • TheBiggestLosee
    TheBiggestLosee Posts: 101
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    LOL @ the kicking puppies and stealing candy remark.

    Anyhow, thanks for sharing. Point I took from this is: it's more about how you carry your weight than how much you weigh.
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
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    You are awesome, Lorina. Seriously, you're one of my heroes on this site. :flowerforyou:
  • jennykap
    jennykap Posts: 1
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    I really needed this today! Thanks!
  • tnjackso1
    tnjackso1 Posts: 312 Member
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    thanks I was pouting today about gaining 3lbs within a month...and how during that month I was on a scale challenge (not to step on a scale for a month). I was so discouraged, for I had begun lifting weights and working out really hard!! Then a co worker who heard my desparing cry says "you probably gained muscle".... Thats when a light bulb hit me lol

    I'm lifting more (not really heavy) but at the same time I'm still lifting and loving the transformation!

    Thanks for always being a bright and bubbly person that motivates! You never know whose life you will change.
  • KrissyKris10
    KrissyKris10 Posts: 68 Member
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    earlier this week i was feeling blue because i haven't lost anymore weight. thinks i'm going to measure today :)
  • ismiseciara
    ismiseciara Posts: 211 Member
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    my scale doesn't seem like me no more ..... so hearing this means I need a new friend => my measuring tape :)
  • tweetybaby69
    tweetybaby69 Posts: 258 Member
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    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.

    IMG_2839.jpg

    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.

    IMG_5213.jpg

    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: )

    This is great I try telling myself this every day!!
  • Esmeralda007
    Esmeralda007 Posts: 16
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    Amazing!!!!! Thanks for the great advice!! XOXO :)
  • soniabogonia
    soniabogonia Posts: 778 Member
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    Best post! Thank you! This really puts things in perspective!
  • harmanee2000
    harmanee2000 Posts: 41 Member
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    I love this!
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
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    Lorina, you kicked that scale's *kitten*. I can say that, I AM British :happy:
    Can I say it, too? Please? I also use git and tosser regularly.
    Well OK, but you'll need advanced training before you progress to "rubbish bin" and "buggeration".
  • ravenlaramie
    ravenlaramie Posts: 165 Member
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    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.

    IMG_2839.jpg

    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.

    IMG_5213.jpg

    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: )

    Just... thank you. Seriously! I'd been getting bummed and honestly this post has brightened my day. I owe you one.
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
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    Exactly. When I was 112 pounds I was a snug size 6. Now I'm 119 pounds and I'm comfortable in a four.
  • Saseee
    Saseee Posts: 7
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    THANK YOU!!! I needed this to keep me motivated!!!!! BTW, you look great!
  • runnermama81
    runnermama81 Posts: 388 Member
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    THis. is. awesome. My husband tries to tell me this all the time but I have a hard time believing him because I think he is just trying to make me feel better. (ya know, he's my husband, that's what he's supposed to do, right??) But it really is true. I always get upset because I weigh more than I did before having my kids, but I was not even close to being in the shape I am now before having them....I was just skinny:)
    You look Amazing!!
  • GreatSetOfBrains
    GreatSetOfBrains Posts: 675 Member
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    My new Hero!
  • wilblnd7
    wilblnd7 Posts: 10
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    needed that

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