HealthEvolution

Stepping on the scale also took some of the subjectivity out of my situation.  For so long, I’d depended on how I felt or what size I was to determine how I looked.  But, I suddenly realized that was a complete disaster – look where I’d ended up, and I really had no idea that I was as large as 300 pounds.  I figured I was big, but I still looked good.  Yeah right.  No one who weighs 300 pounds looks good.  It was all in my head and I realized that by measuring my weight on the scale, I made this weight loss an objective, measurable thing instead of just basing my success on my feelings or my ideas about what was happening with my weight.  I started weighing myself every single day, enjoying the moment when the numbers popped up and they showed that I’d made progress.  This way, every time I’d lose a single pound (or even half a pound because my scale is digital) I would celebrate it as a tremendous success and prove to myself that I was definitely making progress and moving toward my goal. 

I could tell myself that today I weigh less than I ever have before, and I knew it to be true.  This kind of thinking completely snowballed into helping me transform my mind and start to believe things like, “I’m so thin today,” or, “I’m so proud that I weigh XXX amount,” or, “I’m so small!  I’m so close to being a size XXX.”  This kind of thinking, especially when I could experience it on a daily basis, really helped align my behavior toward my goal, too.  I was compelled to engage in activity that would support these thoughts.  Things like working out and eating healthy were things I wanted to do, it felt natural because it was part of moving me toward my goal. 

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