I was watching the biggest loser last night and one lady said that she didn’t know how she let her self get that way and that when she looked in the mirror she didn’t see a problem. WE FOOL OURSELVES! I did it, even people around me didn’t recognize it because of the way I carried myself and this is why I am such a huge advocate of the BMI chart and the scale. find your ideal weight according to scientific studies not your standard. I had a guy tell me once that he was going to switch doctors because he was offended that his doctor told him that he was obese according to the BMI chart. His own standard was that as long as he could stand straight up and still see his feet he was ok and yes he has some health issues. I am not saying that you SHOULD be at your BMI weight but that should be your goal and the scale, well, the scale does not lie. This is not about how you look or what society thinks, this about what is healthy for you and maintaining it so that you can have a better quality of living. If you can’t trust what you see in the mirror and friends and family are usually going to be nice and not be honest with you about your weight, unless it is WAY out of control, then what other options do you have? Find your ideal BMI, make that your goal and use the scale to measure your progress. Some people make the scale out to be a bad thing, IT”S NOT, it’s awesome to have an accurate unbiased way to measure your progress. I still weigh myself almost every day and I STILL avoid it when I know that I am going in the wrong direction. There is no secret or magic to it, set your goal (ideal BMI), proper nutrition, exercise, take in fewer calories then you burn each day and measure your progress with regular weigh ins. I am writing this to myself as well because I have managed to put 15 pounds back on and I refuse to go back to where I was. Once you lose the weight it is easy to allow yourself to eating unhealthy again, just remember what it took to get you there and let your friendly honest scale keep you in check.
