The scale is not your friend, my friend.
Too often, women just like you step on that electronic little demon and use the number that appears to measure their worth as a human being. One glance and your entire day could be ruined. It often sets the stage for what mood you’ll be in, what you can and can’t eat, and what you do and don’t do.
That one number carries so much weight, doesn’t it?
I get it, it’s excruciatingly difficult not to measure your worth by your weight since the beauty industry in the United States alone spends billions of dollars every year trying to convince you that it’s true. Since the time you started learning to walk and talk, you were inundated with messages about how your body should look, especially regarding how much you weigh. Those unrealistic expectations are heavy (pun intended).
But your worth is so much more than the number on the scale!
You’ve probably heard it before, maybe so many times that you immediately rolled your eyes once you read the last sentence but do me a favor and roll with me on this one. At the end of the day, there are dozens of other measurements that matter more than how much gravitational pull the earth has on your body (i.e., your weight).
Here are a few ways you can measure what really matters:
1) The number of times you made someone smile or laugh.
2) How many hours you’ve dedicated to taking care of people you love.
3) The number of times you’ve visited someone who was having a hard time.
4) How many meals you’ve made to feed your family and friends.
5) The number of memes you’ve sent to your best friend to cheer them up.
All those things may seem so small to you in the grand scheme of your life, but I promise you that the impact of those numbers echoes much farther than the number of pounds you’re carrying. At the end of your life, wouldn’t you rather be remembered by those measures of worth than how much time you devoted to getting/staying thin?
Where we focus our time and attention matters.
The more time we spend chasing thinness, the more time we lose upping our numbers in ways that truly matter. Instead of stepping on the scale this week, take time to measure what really matters: The number of times you contribute to the world in ways that matter to you and the ones you love. The next time you’re tempted to sneak on the scale, step back and think about how you can measure what matters.
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