Okay, so I gained a pound or two in 2011. So what?! Lots of people did. Does that make me a bad person? No! So what if my clothes don't fit me as well as they did at the beginning of 2011?! So what if I huff and puff while walking up the stairs and once at the top I need to take a 5 minute break to catch my breath?! So what if sometimes I don't want to go out with my husband because I don't like the way I look?! And so what if I have a heart attack and die an early death? I know, a little dramatic. But it could happen, right? At least that's what I tell myself to try and get motivated. So, I bought a scale a couple of weeks ago. I hate scales as much as I hate mirrors. They are evil. Designed solely to make us feel bad about ourselves. And so I am kind of reluctant to step on it. It makes me nervous. I know I won't like what I see. And it will probably laugh at me, in that evil, wicked witch kind of way.
BUT, I must remember that my two words for 2012 are "better" and "brave." (A friend called me a cheater for having two words instead of one. But, believe me, I NEED two words.) And to make those two words have meaning and not just be a cutesy little blog post, I need to put them into action. I need to be a doer of words and not just a typer of words. I need to take those two words seriously. Because to me, they are not just words. They are symbols. Of change. I need to be a better and a braver person in 2012.
So, I will be a grown up. I will be brave and step on the scale. And if it laughs at me, so be it. It's just a stupid wicked witch laughing scale. But I will be brave. I will take the first step to becoming better. And then, you stupid evil no good scale, we shall see who has the last laugh.
I love the comic! My scale and I are now on speaking terms, but only because I have gotten back on the exercise wagon. We only talk once a week, because that's all the nerve I can muster!
ReplyDeleteI'd have a hammer in my hand, just in case the darn thing really did laugh at me.
ReplyDeleteTammy, wouldn't that be creepy??!! haha
ReplyDeletestrip first .. off everything off including jewelry .. and pee first .. thats how we did it at WW meetings .. not the naked part but the jewelry off/peeing part and most of us wore the lightest clothing we owned even in winter .. dont diet .. just eat smaller portions .. hunger causes cheating and you need to be brave to look better.
ReplyDeleteHang in there Judy - I just made the same purchase and am focusing on my word "resolve". I can maintain my resolve with regard to my consumption. I can. At least for today I can, and I'll worry about tomorrow when it comes.
ReplyDeleteYou all are awesome. I just thought of an "A" word - - accountable. That's my unofficial word - feel free to hold me accountable for my "B" words :)
ReplyDeleteAh you can do it. When it laughs at you, laugh with it. Eventually, it'll get tired of laughing, and you'll have the last laugh.
ReplyDeleteApparently laughing is considered and exercise, who knows, maybe you can turn the tables on the scale and laugh and lose weight at the same time! :P
I needed that. Maybe I'll take a deep breath and step on the ole bathroom scale. Ugh, do I have to?
ReplyDeleteSo, Judy, it's been a bunch of hours since you posted this. Did you have teh conversation with the scale yet? Just curious....
ReplyDeletesebtown, i'm doing it tomorrow morning! I'll post about it, if I survive the meeting, that is :)
ReplyDeleteShow that scale who's boss!
ReplyDeletewhat? we are supposed to be dieting? whatever happened to eating right and letting nature take its course? whoops!
ReplyDeleteCollie - diet is a bad word. I believe in exercise and eating healthy. My deal is that 2011 was a nonexercise and junk food kind of year :).
ReplyDeleteYou bought a scale that laughs? Seriously, Judy, take that thing back and get a silent one!
ReplyDeleteDon't feel greedy for taking two words--take the whole damned alphabet if you need to. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd don't even get me started on the scale/mirror issue. I haven't weighed myself since I made the "mistake" of stepping on the scale in my mother-in-law's bathroom two and a half years ago. I'm sure it shows, too, but I can't say for sure, because I avoid mirrors as well.
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