Today I had a wonderful day! 
You may wonder why?
I hopped on the scales this morning and was two kilos lighter than the last time I weighed myself.
I realised that what the scales tells me has a huge effect on my state of mind.
The past few weeks has been difficult because I hit a bump in the road. My weight stayed the same or crept up a little. Each day I weighed myself and the numbers had not moved or had crept up, I found it harder. My mood and motivation had fallen. It was a self perpetuating cycle.
So I stopped weighing myself every other day and am now limiting myself to twice a week. It was too depressing.
I started to forget to weigh myself in the mornings. I just got on with it and the number no longer was an indication of how my day was going to progress.
So.... this morning I got up, had a shower and realised I had not weighed myself since Tuesday... 5 whole days! Normally I would not weigh myself after a shower (all those drops of water must weigh something, right) but I jumped on anyway and I weighed 105.6 kg.. sorry, that can't be right... I hopped off and hopped on again.... same result. That's almost two kilos less than last weigh in. To say I was surprised is an understatement considering how my last few weeks have gone. (BTW. it is about bl**dy time!)
Anyway... today I have had more energy and my mood has been up. For the most part I think it has to do with the surprising result on the scales. The sun was also out today and the weather milder than the past week (cold, rain, hail and wind) too. I was able to go for a bike ride and achieved all my movement goals for the day, which I have not come close to all week.
It is great that I was in a great mood today but I really need to not let the number on the scales effect me so much.
I will continue to limit the amount I weigh myself. I have found it is much better to do so.
You may wonder why?
I hopped on the scales this morning and was two kilos lighter than the last time I weighed myself.
I realised that what the scales tells me has a huge effect on my state of mind.
The past few weeks has been difficult because I hit a bump in the road. My weight stayed the same or crept up a little. Each day I weighed myself and the numbers had not moved or had crept up, I found it harder. My mood and motivation had fallen. It was a self perpetuating cycle.
So I stopped weighing myself every other day and am now limiting myself to twice a week. It was too depressing.
I started to forget to weigh myself in the mornings. I just got on with it and the number no longer was an indication of how my day was going to progress.
So.... this morning I got up, had a shower and realised I had not weighed myself since Tuesday... 5 whole days! Normally I would not weigh myself after a shower (all those drops of water must weigh something, right) but I jumped on anyway and I weighed 105.6 kg.. sorry, that can't be right... I hopped off and hopped on again.... same result. That's almost two kilos less than last weigh in. To say I was surprised is an understatement considering how my last few weeks have gone. (BTW. it is about bl**dy time!)
Anyway... today I have had more energy and my mood has been up. For the most part I think it has to do with the surprising result on the scales. The sun was also out today and the weather milder than the past week (cold, rain, hail and wind) too. I was able to go for a bike ride and achieved all my movement goals for the day, which I have not come close to all week.
It is great that I was in a great mood today but I really need to not let the number on the scales effect me so much.
I will continue to limit the amount I weigh myself. I have found it is much better to do so.
