This was a little perspective of restarts for me. Each time I returned and attempted to lose weight. I was paying this company 15 dollars a week to weigh me, and then I had the choice to attend the meeting or not. Don't get me wrong this works for so many, but if it really was the answer why would I be back time after time.
I would like to say the scale doesn't matter, and as much as I tell myself that, it just is not true. I can tell you I don't care about that number but in fact I actually do. I use it as a tool, one of the many to I use to gauge my health and well being. I also use how my clothes fit, how I feel in my body, how I feel working out. So yes the scale matters to me. The times that I have ignored it completely for several months are the times that I have let go of being healthy and gained substantial amounts of weight, there are also times when I was on it each day hoping for it to move if only one tenth of a pound.
A few years ago I gave up the dieting, this was my first experience with whole30. During my first whole30 and the one I have done subsequently along with a few whole14 or 7's I avoid the scale during that time, but as I feed myself healthy compliant foods I know in the end the scale will remain the same or less. My last whole30 was in January and while I wasn't expecting to lose weight I lost 10 pounds and have kept them off since. Not dieting not restricting, eating well most of the time and mixing in those foods that I don't want to pass up or are worth it even in the moment.
I tried to tell myself that the scale didn't matter but what I discovered is it does, its not the only thing that matters but to me I have developed a way to use it to keep me in my journey and to not derail me or make me feel bad if it does not reflect the number that I like. So the scale can be a wonderful tool and with all tools it needs to be used properly.
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