For many years, Paula lived with a scale obsession that often left her feeling depressed and hopeless after weighing herself.
Then she decided to disconnect from all of the crazy thoughts and behaviors she’d struggled with for so long.
Instead, she began thinking of her scale like an email. Each day, it gives her a little input. But once she steps off, she never gives it any more attention and mentally walks away from the numbers. Here is her story: [Read more…]
Did you know that the barometric pressure or high ocean tides can influence the numbers you see on your scale? Or that stress can make your body refuse to lose weight?
I’m sure you’ve had times when it seemed as though your scale had gone crazy. Some days, for absolutely no reason, your scale number will bounce around like a ping-pong ball. Or your weight will suddenly drop several pounds when you haven’t changed anything in your routine. [Read more…]
Suppose you pick up a new diet book that includes a week’s worth of menus. As you plan a grocery list for your program, you are horrified to see that Monday’s menu contains spinach, which you hate.
Would you throw the book across the room or yell about the stupid meal plan that contained spinach? Of course not. When Monday came, you would substitute a different vegetable and continue to follow the plan. [Read more…]
When you start any kind of diet or weight-loss program around the first of January, you tend to stay very strong for the first month.
The second one can be a little tougher, but you probably pulled yourself together and stayed with it.
But for some reason, the last week in February is when dieters begin to falter. [Read more…]
The kids have been asking this forever when you go on a road trip. But lately I’ve started asking it as well.
Is the heat ever going to stop? Have I exercised enough? And why does the scale creep down so slowly? [Read more…]