Me vs scales

All my life scales & I have had disagreements over my weight. I remember when I was a late teenager doing dragon boating & I had to get weighed. You then had your weight called out, everyone looked at me & said "you don't look like you should weigh that much!" I suppose I should have been pleased that I didn't look heavy but I was mortified.

I also remember the doctor saying my weight range for my height should be 60 - 69 kilos & never to go above 70. The only time in my adult life I have been in that range was when i was following the Atkins diet strictly & exercising about 2 hours a day, 7 days a week. I was young, single & was about to get married. The weight I got married at, the doctors would have been thrilled, but I think my body was taking a hammering. How the heck could exercising for 14 hours a week, for nothing but to loose weight be good for you. I would do it for an Olympic medal but you know I am not that good at any sports discipline to get one.

Of course married life led to more commitments & it is commitments to other people in your life that stops you exercising 14 hours a week. In reality it is unfeasable & I don't think I will ever get there again because I am just not that selfish any more.

So the scales went up & I agree with them on that point but I started arguing with them about 2 years ago. I was training for a duathlon & even after months of training the scales wouldn't budge but more clothes fitted better & I went down a dress size. The problem is of course, you end up wondering why the scales don't budge, you start getting depressed about it & then the food goes in. So of course the scales were right I did put on weight.

This year I have decided to measure myself & see what the measurements say as opposed to what the scales say just to see who is right.

I would like you all to know that this month I AM RIGHT! I have lost SOMETHING but it isn't kilos. I've lost inches. I've lost an inch from each arm, I've lost an inch from my chest & waist. I've lost 1.5 inches from my back & hips. My thighs are a bit strange, 1 thigh has lost 3 inches & the other has only lost .5 inch. But who cares I AM RIGHT, the scales are wrong. I am losing something from my body even if it is not kilograms.

This month I won! Hopefully next month the scales might admit defeat & move down & then I'll be a very happy girl. Still I'm not a bikini body yet, so don't get too excited Scott!