Weighing In

This is a picture of the scale I have. I bought this scale as soon as I got up to Clemson this year because I knew that I desperately needed an accurate scale. I decided that I wasn't going to worry about how expensive it was because I would have it for a long time and I see it as investing in me. So I went to Walmart and literally pulled every single digital scale out of the box to check several things 1. to what decimal place it weighed you, 2. how large the foot area was (although I'm not a giant my feet are a size 9 so those little scales that required your feet to be the size of a babies to fit entirely on the scale, do not work for me) and 3. I wanted to see how big the display was because I like to weigh every morning after I get up and pee (sorry if that grosses you out, just being honest) and that early in the morning I definitely do not have contacts in so the display needed to light up and be big enough that I could read it with out contacts.



I really love my scale, would you like to know why? Well I'll tell you, when you first purchase this scale you stand on it until it says 1 then you get off and it does this weird thing...with like lines and zeros...I always stand there and make noise like a robot like "beep, bloop, beep, processing" during this process, then it zeros out and you stand on it. Well my friend you have just set your starting weight on this scale. This is not just a Health o Meter oh no, this is a Guilt o Meter and I'll give an example from yesterday. My pervious weight before getting on the scale was 160, I stood on the scale and it weighed me at 164, then across the big digital screen, an arrow pointing up appears and it says : "Up 4.0 pounds" that's pretty much enough motivation for me to never want to eat again. I think of it as having my mom here pretty much to motivate me and when I see that on the scale it is like my mother saying "Mandy have you gained some weight?" or "is that a muffin top over those jeans?"

So I strongly encourage anyone looking for a good scale to purchase the one I have. It's great and it's motivating especially when it states the obvious (btw, this scale is not one of those scales that talks... I just make up the voice in my head but those work well too because they say your weight out loud)

Today I got on the scale, I am now at 163 which means I have lost a pound since yesterday. I'm going to try to eat a little better today though. I am not sure how much exercise I am going to get today because I am currently not wearing contacts because my eye has decided to get some sort of infection, therefore I can't see too well and I lost my glasses. I will probably do my Jillian Michael's 30 day shred or whatever it is called that way I can just stand really close to the TV and do it. Also anyone looking for a good video to do at home I would suggest the Slim in 6 DVDs. My mother purchased them and I did them for a while when I was at home. I didn't do the program that came with it because I'm already doing weight watches but it is a good way to burn calories and build up strength.

So what's on the menu this weekend? Well some friends and I are going out to a micro brewery on Friday for dinner. I can usually eat out for about 13 points and at my meetings for weight watchers they said that just pretty much always assume it is 13 points even if it is less, that way you don't have to worry about calculating it, and I have found with most meals it is usually right at 13 points. I will probably get a hamburger just because if you know me that is a staple in my diet, but I won't get cheese because that saves a point (and 10 grams of FAT) and I'll drink water...or unsweetened tea yum! Sunday I am not going out because unfortunately I am not part of a couple :( but that's okay I'm happy being a me.