Seriously...think about this. When we're born we get a social security number. If you play on a team or try out for something, you are given a number. Then we get phone numbers, account numbers, number of children we have, salary numbers, house numbers, age numbers. Numbers. And we get "numb" to all these numbers, its a way of quantifying and organizing life. But the one that gets us ladies, the one that can ruin or make our day, is the number on the scale.
Those bathroom scales, with their little orange or red marker lines to really highlight which number you're at. Those doctors office scales, which are always 2 or 3 lbs more than that nasty bathroom scale. Those gym scales, that may or may not be in an open area, but always differ from the two mentioned already. How do they make you feel???
While knowing an approximation of your weight is beneficial for getting an idea of health, it should not run our lives. And what I see more often than not is women devastated by the lack of change or the slowness of change in a NUMBER, rather than looking at the change they feel and see in their bodies. The change in how their clothing fits. The confidence in being strong and healthy and fit that they've gained from working out and eating right and being educated about their health and fitness. All of that out the window when we step on the scale and don't see the number we want. Then we regress and "back up to the kicking machine".
When you see a girl or woman you deem to be beautiful, do you notice or wonder her clothing size? Not likely. I bet you notice her skin tone, her radiant glow, her confidence, her fitness, her inner beauty that shines outward. You also notice the way she treats others, the way people feel around her. Sure, she may look the way you think is "beautiful" but you don't define her beauty by a number. So why do you define yourself that way???
Be more than a number. Sure, have an idea of where your weight is at, staying within a range of sorts, but that number will fluctuate within days/months/weeks and depend on many variables (fat mass, muscle mass, water mass, bone density). More importantly, take stock in how you feel. Do you FEEL good? If not, take steps to change that. Eat clean, smaller portions, get a good sweaty workout in, take time to stretch and relax. Take stock of where you are and make appropriate moves to get yourself balanced mentally, physically and spiritually. Look at what you're measuring yourself against and investigate whether its healthy or not (most likely not).
A number isn't capable of doing what you can do, of being who you are. Don't give that number power over your life. Discover what is beautiful about yourself and own it, no, ROCK it! And then throw your scale away....you are more than a number, and you are amazing!
