Throw the scales out the window (4/20)

Today, I want to draw your thoughts to the humble set of scales.

Or, to be more specific I have renamed them to the "this can't be right's" cause that what everyone says when they get on.

Jumping on the scales is a very emotional thing for a lot of people, in fact I am sure just by reading this some people are conjouring up negative thoughts in their mind.

But why is standing on a stationary machine such a bad experience?

Does it move about and make you feel queezy?

Nope.

Does it have a built in voice box that says stuff when you stand on it.

Nope.

Does it send through electric shocks if you go over a certain weight?

Wrong again.

So what does the scales do that is so bad?

What does it do that causes millions of people across the globe to run in the other direction screaming "get that thing away from me" when they set eyes on it?

I have come to the conclusion that the scales isn't the one that has the problem, rather we are.

Let me throw this situation at you:

You realise you are carrying excess body fat and you approach the local fitness centre to make some changes.

The personal trainer tells you to exercise 6 times a week and switch to a calorie controlled food plan.

You immediately get stuck into it.

You train the house down, working your butt off (literally) and eating perfectly.

Every time you get dressed in the morning your clothes are falling off you, you are feeling better than ever and you have had to move your belt hole in 3 times!

People don't recognise you in the street because you look so much better.

Every where you go you have a spring in your step!

The trainer contacts you and says it is time for your monthly weigh in.

At this point, do you think your thoughts would be of dread and despair of yet another negative experience on the scales?

Or, would it be a feeling of achievement, a feeling of all that hard work paying off!  Would it be that you couldn't wait until that monthly weigh in so you can jump on the scales and share a high five with your trainer!

Scales aren't so bad after all.

My thoughts are when  you jump on the scales you already have a fair indication in your head of just how good (or bad) the numbers are going to be.

A set of scales is not like the Las Vegas roulette table, you can't jump on the scales, cross your fingers and hope that the number is just going to (magically) be 5 less than when you jumped on a month ago.

I couldn't tell you how much I weigh because it has been so long since I was on a set.

What I can tell you, is that training regularly and eating well (most of the time) is the key to LONG TERM health and fitness.

Not just for a couple of weeks (or until your holiday to Spain) but for the rest of your life!

If you stick to these two rules, you have the answer!

And if you stick to these two rules, I really don't know what use you would have for a set of scales?

Because it wouldn't matter what your weight, you would just stick to the two rules, right?

I would love your thoughts.

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Keep intensty high and excuses low

Matt Collins