Learning not to trust the scale...Its an evil box!

I had a blog post but my daughter got to my computer and accidentally deleted it. Thanks for everyone that commented. So here goes putting it on the success thread for the first time. Please be kind!

This is me before at my highest weight 171.5 lbs and of course now! Edited to add: I am 5'1 So I am definitely short with big hips and thighs.

I am like your typical girl here. I was skinny fat in high school 115-125 lbs till the last year of high school due to stress I got up to 135 lbs. I then had my son and I stayed around 145 lbs. Then after having my daughter, I went up 188 lbs pregnant with her. I managed to lose some baby weight and get to 171.5 lbs. Its been a slow progress these last 1.5 years but here I am now 139 lbs and I am loving my body again. I feel so much better in my own skin ad I certainly feel better than I did before.

So you can do it. Work it and don't look back and do it the right way. No magic pills, no diets, no anything and I still eat what I want in moderation.I don't believe in diets but just hard work. I DO NOT deny myself food. I have done the 30 Day Shred (everyone starts somewhere :blushing: ), Insanity and Asylum, weight lifting here and there and now T25.




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I will admit, I step on the scale first thing in the morning. Actually, the truth, I am obsessed and I weigh myself several times a day. Why? I simply do not know why, I guess to torture myself. LMAO
So yesterday, I went to eat at my in-laws house because husband's grandparents were in town. First thing out of their mouths, you look like a Barbie. lol I was like "oh Thanks!" Last time they saw me was around March. Since then I have maybe lost 5-8 lbs. Grandma asked me if I was back to 115-120 lbs when I met their grandson.
I chuckled and I said no way, I wish. Both of them said well we saw a picture the other day of you and you look skinnier now. I was still in denial. There was no way. So this morning, I started browsing around my photo album. And to my surprise, they were right. I am in better shape now then I was in high school even at a lower weight after having two kids. Soif I can do it so can You!
So I am here to motivate others, to get off that scale and trust pictures and that tape measure. The scale does not measure your fat nor muscle. So keep moving and exercising. Do it the right way and fuel your body. MFP has changed my life forever.

Sorry for the blurry before pictures. They are pictures of pictures.:laugh:

This was my senior year of high school. I was 123 lbs. And I am now 139 lbs. Wearing the same exact shorts.



This next one was at the end of high school where I ate pretty bad and gained some weight. I was 135 lbs here. The right was me, a few days ago, also 139 lbs.



I put this one up a week or so on my profile but its still shocking to see. This was after my son was born and I was 145 lbs here. I remember seeing this picture and stepping on scale right after this vacation. I was disgusted. Well I am wearing the same shorts at 139 lbs. Only 6 lb difference.


This next one was last year around this time. I weigh 141 lbs then and now 139lbs. In my opinion very big difference. Especially in my face for just 2 lb difference.


So stop trusting the scale and trust the mirror, pictures, and clothing and those measurements. Because the scale is evil and its a LIAR!!!
I am by no means done yet. It has only began. But for the first time, I don't want to be a specific goal weight but just be the best I can be. This isn't just about weight loss but lifestyle!