Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Scale: Agony or Ecstasy?

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the scale for most of my life.

For years, the scale wielded enormous power over me. The scale controlled whether I had a good day or a bad day. The scale dictated whether I was happy or sad. The scale determined my level my self-esteem and self-worth and self-confidence. If the number on the scale was a number I liked, I was happy. If the number on the scale was a number that I didn’t like, I was sad, or depressed, or frustrated, or hopeless, or angry.

That scale was my sovereign. I was its servant.

And the scale determined whether I was winning or losing the battle of the bulge. Usually, I lost.

As I began to transform my thoughts about my body, I began to transform my thoughts about the scale as well, and I found other ways to measure my progress.

I knew I was doing well when I began. . .

. . . to measure my success by considering how I felt rather the number of pounds I weighed.

. . . to feel like I was brimming over with energy and vitality.

. . . to eat when I was hungry and stop when I was satisfied.

. . . to move a little bit more than I had been moving.

. . . to feel my clothes getting a little looser.

. . . to take pride in the number of fruits and vegetables I was eating each day.

. . . to look forward to my daily walks (which morphed into daily runs).

. . . to receive complements from my friends on how I looked.

. . . to tie my esteem to my inherent spiritual core rather than an external physical measuring device.

. . . to feel good about myself because I was alive!


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Kristin Heslop, DMA, has gained and lost over a thousand pounds throughout her life. A musician by trade and training, Dr. Heslop attended Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. She holds a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Heslop has taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Concordia University, Union College, Wichita State University, and Enterprise Academy. She has performed on the flute, piano, harpsichord, and organ throughout the Midwest. In addition to music she derives great pleasure from political and environmental activism, creating visual art, and hearing her cat Lukas purr.