Finally ditched the scale

I am scale free now. I cannot begin to express what a weight that is off my shoulders. I was really letting the number on that stupid thing control my life. I knew something had to change when I went to my support group and got so depressed I left before it even began.

I was sitting there listening to everyone talking. Hearing things like: "I'm a month out and I've lost 41 pounds" and one woman telling another how the shirt she was wearing that day used to be too small to wear, and that it was actually loose now, and how happy she was. I was just sitting there and tears started rolling down my face. I knew I couldn't stay. I got up and told the girl running it (while sobbing hysterically) that I couldn't stay.

The next day I asked Ron to hide the scale (he had hid it before... but not very well. Then one day it just showed up again... and stayed). The next day it was still there. So I asked him, again. The next day it was still there. I waited another 2 days and told him the day before garbage day "I swear to God, I am going to take that lying piece of electronic crap and throw it off the deck" His answer? "Just don't step on it". Really???? If only I had thought of that... if only it were that easy... if only pigs could fly. I told him that I was going to take it out and throw it in the garbage (and he knew I would do it... then go out and buy another expensive one to replace it). So..... he took it downstairs and that's the last I saw of it.

What a relief.

I have been weighing myself on the Wii every couple of days. But, it is so great not to have that obsession to step on the scale 10 times (minimum) a day. It's so terrible to have something as stupid as an inanimate object like a scale rule your life.

Oh well, I am an addict. A food addict. That was just another part of my addiction. Never seen a scales anonymous meeting begin offered though. Hmmmmm, pity.

I have actually lost a bit since the great banishment of the scale, I'm quite happy to say. Other than that just keepin on keepin on.

Later....