Comments on: Meaning in Numbers & Why My Scale is My Friend http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/ My journey from obese to healthy, served up with a side of snark Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MamaBearJune http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 MamaBearJune Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:45:24 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2413 Great post! Regarding the article on lowering sodium - my cardiologist said that unless someone does have high blood pressure, they should NOT reduce sodium. I have low blood pressure and he wants to see it higher, so he advised me to take in MORE sodium. He said that most people are walking around dehydrated because they don't get enough sodium! Great post!

Regarding the article on lowering sodium – my cardiologist said that unless someone does have high blood pressure, they should NOT reduce sodium. I have low blood pressure and he wants to see it higher, so he advised me to take in MORE sodium. He said that most people are walking around dehydrated because they don’t get enough sodium!

]]> By: Danica http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2412 Danica Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:35:40 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2412 You are such an amazing writer. I LOVE everything about this post and found myself nodding all the way through reading it. It's all so true! I am still amazed as your awesome weight loss and the fact that you maintain it. In the end, it doesn't matter what the scale says - what matters is how you feel about how you look! The scale is merely a number and I am reminded of that when I think of an article I read that had Gabrielle Reese in it (the super tall volleyball player). She weighs 200 lbs and you know what - if I weighed that much and looked like her, I wouldn't care at all what the scale said :) xoxo, Danica You are such an amazing writer. I LOVE everything about this post and found myself nodding all the way through reading it. It’s all so true!

I am still amazed as your awesome weight loss and the fact that you maintain it. In the end, it doesn’t matter what the scale says – what matters is how you feel about how you look! The scale is merely a number and I am reminded of that when I think of an article I read that had Gabrielle Reese in it (the super tall volleyball player). She weighs 200 lbs and you know what – if I weighed that much and looked like her, I wouldn’t care at all what the scale said :)

xoxo,

Danica

]]> By: Special K http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2411 Special K Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:52:27 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2411 The thing is, that sometimes numbers comfort us and sometimes they agitate us. Sometimes they rule us, and sometimes we direct them. It's about your spirit. It's about honoring your own I AM HERE NOW, WHAT AM I BEING that is the essential part. We need precision in numbers to make bread, but maybe not to listen and say, even though a serving is one cup, I am content right now. Even though the number is 10 pounds higher, I am more of my authentic me. Great post! The thing is, that sometimes numbers comfort us and sometimes they agitate us. Sometimes they rule us, and sometimes we direct them. It’s about your spirit. It’s about honoring your own I AM HERE NOW, WHAT AM I BEING that is the essential part. We need precision in numbers to make bread, but maybe not to listen and say, even though a serving is one cup, I am content right now. Even though the number is 10 pounds higher, I am more of my authentic me. Great post!

]]> By: Abby http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2409 Abby Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2409 Excellent and insightful post! I'm struggling with these same questions.... Excellent and insightful post! I’m struggling with these same questions….

]]> By: Miz. http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2408 Miz. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:40 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2408 LOVE THIS. it is a tool and so many can use it in a healthy manner and simply take the numbers as more information (you know, if they dont have a magic speaking scale like yours :)) some cant and need to never weigh again and choose/find other barometers to measure if they are sliiiiiding back to old habits. I love that we all carve out our own unique path but end up the same place-----HEALTHY. LOVE THIS.
it is a tool and so many can use it in a healthy manner and simply take the numbers as more information (you know, if they dont have a magic speaking scale like yours :) )

some cant and need to never weigh again and choose/find other barometers to measure if they are sliiiiiding back to old habits.

I love that we all carve out our own unique path but end up the same place—–HEALTHY.

]]> By: Quix http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2406 Quix Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:02:54 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2406 I know I'm about 20 lbs away from where I want to be (when people said the last 20 was the hardest, now I know they are SO RIGHT). I'm about 5 lbs up from my low weight of 150 in the spring. At first it was marathon training and then over the summer I just couldn't get it together and then it was wedding stuff and now... I either need to make it a priority or just put it in the back of my head for now and pull it out when I'm ready. And I'm a project manager. You can pry my numbers and statistics away from my cold dead hands. Even if it makes me a little crazy, I love it. I know I’m about 20 lbs away from where I want to be (when people said the last 20 was the hardest, now I know they are SO RIGHT). I’m about 5 lbs up from my low weight of 150 in the spring. At first it was marathon training and then over the summer I just couldn’t get it together and then it was wedding stuff and now… I either need to make it a priority or just put it in the back of my head for now and pull it out when I’m ready.

And I’m a project manager. You can pry my numbers and statistics away from my cold dead hands. Even if it makes me a little crazy, I love it.

]]> By: Weighing In « Will Work For Peanut Butter http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2404 Weighing In « Will Work For Peanut Butter Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:55:51 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2404 [...] really hit a chord with me. Today the post that really got me thinking was Annabel’s post on The Scale. Kath over at Kath Eats mentioned Intuitive Eating, and how she’s gained a few but it’s [...] [...] really hit a chord with me. Today the post that really got me thinking was Annabel’s post on The Scale. Kath over at Kath Eats mentioned Intuitive Eating, and how she’s gained a few but it’s [...]

]]> By: Sugar-Free Cupcake http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2403 Sugar-Free Cupcake Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:46:48 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2403 I agree with you in so many ways. I am not sure what my healthy weight is...I want to believe its my current weight but I suspect its 10lbs less than that. I stress about what it all means but its important for me to weigh myself because it keeps me honest. If I gain 10 lbs in a month I know that all my justified cheat days are starting to really add up! Good post!! I agree with you in so many ways. I am not sure what my healthy weight is…I want to believe its my current weight but I suspect its 10lbs less than that. I stress about what it all means but its important for me to weigh myself because it keeps me honest. If I gain 10 lbs in a month I know that all my justified cheat days are starting to really add up! Good post!!

]]> By: Jody - Fit at 51 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Jody - Fit at 51 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:50:05 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2402 Annabel, the great thing is YOU KNOW what is going on & are not pretending it is anything else. I love that! You know it is not water weight but that you are eating a bit more. A lot of people are not even there! Yes, I am a scale person BUT I also rely on my clothes too. Being a lot of muscle, I can't freak out at 115-117 pounds when I am wearing a size 4.... BUT sometimes the clothes are too tight & not for any good reason & I pay attention to that. Right now is a bad hormone time for me with age & perimenopause so my weight is a roller coaster as well as the way my bod looks, even at the same weight, so I have been trying to chill about it & it is hard. I feel as you do.. sometimes we just get so caught up in it! You are doing great! Just keep that one pair of pants that will tell you when you have gone too far! :-) Annabel, the great thing is YOU KNOW what is going on & are not pretending it is anything else. I love that! You know it is not water weight but that you are eating a bit more. A lot of people are not even there!

Yes, I am a scale person BUT I also rely on my clothes too. Being a lot of muscle, I can’t freak out at 115-117 pounds when I am wearing a size 4…. BUT sometimes the clothes are too tight & not for any good reason & I pay attention to that.

Right now is a bad hormone time for me with age & perimenopause so my weight is a roller coaster as well as the way my bod looks, even at the same weight, so I have been trying to chill about it & it is hard.

I feel as you do.. sometimes we just get so caught up in it! You are doing great! Just keep that one pair of pants that will tell you when you have gone too far! :-)

]]> By: Bronwyn http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/10/27/meaning-in-numbers-why-my-scale-is-my-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 Bronwyn Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:04:48 +0000 http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/?p=2785#comment-2401 Wow. Annabel, your post today rings true with what I just went through today! I stepped on the scale for the first time since this summer, and yes it was only a couple pounds... But I know where those pounds have come from and I can deny it, or I can face it and do what I have to do. Thanks for putting it out there so frankly, and honestly. Not a lot of people have the guts to do that. Wow. Annabel, your post today rings true with what I just went through today! I stepped on the scale for the first time since this summer, and yes it was only a couple pounds… But I know where those pounds have come from and I can deny it, or I can face it and do what I have to do.

Thanks for putting it out there so frankly, and honestly. Not a lot of people have the guts to do that.

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