I did. Not with my weight but with my foot. I stomped on them in frustration after they gave me three different weights with a 5kg fluctuation. 5kg is a lot and I am not in the mood to have my head messed with BY SOME STUPID SCALES. So I broke them properly. That’ll teach them.
For many years I didn’t have scales. Somehow some came into our house – and they were those tricky ones that measure your BMI etc. Useless when they toy with your emotions by 5kgs. I don’t think I’ll replace them.
Scales are evil things, really. A few weeks ago, I was feeling OK about myself. Positive about my new curves. I decided I would treat my post-baby body like a new haircut. Wear my curves for a while like a kind of costume. I thought I’d lost some weight since giving birth although it was hard to be certain because I was so scarred from the last time I tried on my jeans, I’d returned to the security of elasticised waistbands.
Then I went to the doctor for a check-up which included being weighed. The number on the scales (which I sadly couldn’t break because they weren’t mine), was a good 5kg more than the number I had in my head. And suddenly, I felt crap. Fat. Ugly.
Why does a number hold such power over us? It’s the same with clothing sizes. Having said that, I bought my first pair of pants since having a baby. They were two sizes larger than usual but I didn’t care. I was so excited to be able to do them up, I felt like I’d won pants lotto.
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Oh no, I feel total opposite with what Erin says about smart, intelligent women feeling crap about themselves. It helps me realise that just because someone might seem like they have it all, they still feel as crap about themselves as the rest of us! It's a relief!
Erin - most women don't have a negative attitude towards scales and body weight. It's more like a love-hate relationship :)