90 lbs. down, 8 scales can't lie

Nov 09, 2009

So I went scale shopping at Bed, Bath & Beyond on Friday. Well, it was part that and part to see what I weighed. I am thinking I need a scale, now that I'm almost at 6 mos. and the numbers will be less dramatic than they would have been at first. So I won't get all disappointed if I "only" lose a pound a week. Still not sure if I will be able to maintain that attitude in the presence of an actual scale.

But, the first scale I got on said 260.0. Serious to God. My jaw literally dropped. I knew I had lost some, but I really didn't think it was quite that much. That's 12 lbs. since the last time, which was, er, end of September? I think. Not shabby, not shabby at all for month 5. I proceeded to test about 8 other scales, 2 of which read like 262 or 263, the others all said 260 or less. So I'm claiming 260, baby, and heck since I did this in the middle of the day, maybe my actual weight is less. Though let's get real, all my dr. weigh-ins are after coffee and breakfast at a minimum, so I doubt I would see much difference on their scales v. the ones at BBB.

I do think that cutting down on the chocolatey carb goodness has probably jump-started the weight loss again. Damn, I hate it when I discover I had a problem I didn't think I had. I really thought I was doing OK on carbs, and that those Hershey Dark nuggets had only small carb content. Which they didn't, at 5 carbs per, and eating easily 10 (or more) daily. Now I'm feeling the carb cravings much more sharply than before. Totally sucks. I keep hoping it's just a bad hormonal month and that it will improve next month, but that's probably grasping at straws. Still, a girl can dream.

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