Trust In The Process

So, this has turned out to be an awesome week, one that I didn't think was going to be quite so awesome. You see, I have a set of scales at home, these are new scales, like about a year old. They are supposed to be accurate, and, they are supposed to measure body composition. They were expensive. Well, apparently not expensive enough. They told me I was only down 1 pound for the week. I know I know, one pound is good. I know this, but my brain does not. 1 pound for me at this point registers as a failure. It shouldn't, because while my goal is to lose weight, my ultimate goal is to be healthy.

That means most of the time making healthy choices, not because I have to, but because I want to. I want my body to thank me every day for treating it right, and caring for it the way it was intended to be cared for.

So I went to see my nutritionist today (not because I need her to lose weight, but because I need to learn about nutrition) and she asks be to strip off and get on the scales....I do, and she looks at me and she says, wait, step off and let me reset them, and I do the process over. She looks at me again and smiles, and says, "Down 4.9". She then looks at her paper and says, "Last week it was 4.6, that's impressive". You are doing this the way its supposed to be done, and your body is responding very well. .

So I am down 43 as it stands, and that leaves 52 to go. Almost half way home, and it feels good to have accomplished this so far. My scales are in the garbage, I won't use them any more. I will weigh myself once a week, that's it.

10 week recap
-43 pounds
45 minutes a day treadmill, at 5.5KPH @ an incline of 4.
-2 pant sizes.

CHD - Nfldman