I have never wanted this ‘getting more healthy’ business to be all about the scales. I have shunned scales in the past because I didn’t want to get obsessed. I woke up to the sound of my mum getting on and off the scales every morning as a child… didn’t really do her much good- she would go off and on fad diets etc.

When I saw the endocrinologist in May, she suggested that I weigh myself weekly. I really respect her and was prepared to think about her suggestion. She quoted some research that suggested weighing weekly helps is a useful tool for people trying to lose weight. It’s interesting that I have been opposed to scales, because whenever I went to the Doctors and they weighed me, I would often get a massive surprise at how much heavier I was- if I had reliable scales at home, I would have potentially been able to monitor myself better (and not got such a rude shock!).

So, I have purchased reliable digital scales and am now weighing myself weekly. I think it will be a good accountability tool. Also, as a size change reflection, I am going to measure myself every four weeks. I am doing Michelle Bridges 12wbt (google it, if you want to know more about it- but basically it’s a 12 week online fitness/ nutrition plan) and this (weighing, measuring) is part of the program.

I had the standing on the doctors scales experience this week. I last saw the endo on May 12th, 16 weeks ago, when I got on her scales I was 14 kilos lighter. It was a happy ‘scales at the doctor’ story. It was great for me that these were her scales and she had written down my initial weight- it was all very objective. I keep thinking, now that I am consistently losing weight, getting fitter, gaining health- ‘is this a trick, am I going to wake up one day and find out that the small changes I am making aren’t really having such an effect’…but, slowly, slowly as time goes on, I stop that thought, remind myself that I can do this, I am worth putting the effort in and it’s going to be worth it.

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