Comments on: Facing the scale, fighting the past. http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Better Body Image, Obsessed With Weight No More http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-975 Better Body Image, Obsessed With Weight No More Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:12:09 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-975 [...] and her housemate has a set of scales in the bathroom… Melissa, in a moment of weakness, hopped on the scales and was instantly zapped by the number that showed up – and immediately the obsessive [...] [...] and her housemate has a set of scales in the bathroom… Melissa, in a moment of weakness, hopped on the scales and was instantly zapped by the number that showed up – and immediately the obsessive [...]

]]> By: Amanda http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-974 Amanda Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:47:16 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-974 Wow, I could have written this post, right down to the daily calorie limit. Eerie. Even though I was similarly not as obsessed with the number on the scale as I was with other things, I hate having a scale in my house. I used to live with roommates who had a scale but now I just live with my boyfriend and I refuse to let us have a scale. Never thinking about how much I weigh is bliss! If you are healthy, a scale just breeds weight-obsession and insecurity, encouraging you to freak out at every upward fluctuation and to always wonder if you should try to go down. And if your weight is truly unhealthy, well, you probably know it, and you don't need a machine making you feel like crap about it in your own home - the rest of the world already does that. Scales suck! We should all just do our best to have healthy diets and to exercise, and screw the numbers. Wow, I could have written this post, right down to the daily calorie limit. Eerie.

Even though I was similarly not as obsessed with the number on the scale as I was with other things, I hate having a scale in my house. I used to live with roommates who had a scale but now I just live with my boyfriend and I refuse to let us have a scale. Never thinking about how much I weigh is bliss!

If you are healthy, a scale just breeds weight-obsession and insecurity, encouraging you to freak out at every upward fluctuation and to always wonder if you should try to go down. And if your weight is truly unhealthy, well, you probably know it, and you don’t need a machine making you feel like crap about it in your own home – the rest of the world already does that.

Scales suck! We should all just do our best to have healthy diets and to exercise, and screw the numbers.

]]> By: Bella http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-973 Bella Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:22:04 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-973 Thank you so much for this post. I am a teenage girl who advocates body image like you do, and only my closest friends know how dissatisfied with my weight I am. Sometimes I want to diet like you talked about SO BADLY, but I know that I should not hurt myself that way. This reminded me of that and made me feel so much better about myself... Thank you. Thank you so much for this post. I am a teenage girl who advocates body image like you do, and only my closest friends know how dissatisfied with my weight I am. Sometimes I want to diet like you talked about SO BADLY, but I know that I should not hurt myself that way. This reminded me of that and made me feel so much better about myself… Thank you.

]]> By: Obsessed with Weighing on Scales http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-972 Obsessed with Weighing on Scales Sun, 02 May 2010 23:14:02 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-972 [...] and her housemate has a set of scales in the bathroom… Melissa, in a moment of weakness, hopped on the scales and was instantly zapped by the number that showed up – and immediately the obsessive [...] [...] and her housemate has a set of scales in the bathroom… Melissa, in a moment of weakness, hopped on the scales and was instantly zapped by the number that showed up – and immediately the obsessive [...]

]]> By: Amparo33Silva http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-971 Amparo33Silva Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:39:50 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-971 I had got a desire to start my firm, however I didn't have enough of cash to do that. Thank God my close mate advised to use the <a href="http://lowest-rate-loans.com/topics/mortgage-loans" rel="nofollow">mortgage loans</a>. Hence I took the credit loan and made real my dream. I had got a desire to start my firm, however I didn’t have enough of cash to do that. Thank God my close mate advised to use the mortgage loans. Hence I took the credit loan and made real my dream.

]]> By: Tessa http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-970 Tessa Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:16:46 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-970 Great post! I think many people feel the same, and I know I definitely feel the same way. It's hard to be so conscious of all the issues surrounding weight and body image, but yet still fall back into the same patterns. Thanks for bringing this issue to attention. Tessa Great post! I think many people feel the same, and I know I definitely feel the same way. It’s hard to be so conscious of all the issues surrounding weight and body image, but yet still fall back into the same patterns.

Thanks for bringing this issue to attention.

Tessa

]]> By: Chani http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-969 Chani Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:14:46 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-969 I agree with Kristen, a very well written and inspiring post. I think the most important message in the post is that things like this don't go away completely. My struggle is not with food or weight but with people-pleasing...the same kinds of intrusive thoughts will creep up on me every now and then. I hope everyone who has struggles that reads this will come away knowing that you are not broken because you haven't "beaten your scale" (or whatever metaphor fits), it just takes time, after so many years of training yourself how to think a certain way. I agree with Kristen, a very well written and inspiring post. I think the most important message in the post is that things like this don’t go away completely. My struggle is not with food or weight but with people-pleasing…the same kinds of intrusive thoughts will creep up on me every now and then. I hope everyone who has struggles that reads this will come away knowing that you are not broken because you haven’t “beaten your scale” (or whatever metaphor fits), it just takes time, after so many years of training yourself how to think a certain way.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.about-face.org/facing-the-scale-fighting-the-past/#comment-968 Kristen Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:29:09 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3152#comment-968 Beautiful post, Melissa - and an inspiration for anyone who hears the voices of fear whispering (or shouting) that starvation is the road to freedom. I was a secret calorie counter, too. More than a decade has past since my darkest days, but there are moments when the shadow of my old self sings her siren song of black coffee for breakfast - a walk and two cigarettes at lunch time. Thank god for the love and support of smart men and strong women who kindly lash me to the mast until I can walk away. It takes time and practice. But we do not walk alone. Thanks for putting into words a challenge so many of us face. Beautiful post, Melissa – and an inspiration for anyone who hears the voices of fear whispering (or shouting) that starvation is the road to freedom. I was a secret calorie counter, too. More than a decade has past since my darkest days, but there are moments when the shadow of my old self sings her siren song of black coffee for breakfast – a walk and two cigarettes at lunch time. Thank god for the love and support of smart men and strong women who kindly lash me to the mast until I can walk away. It takes time and practice. But we do not walk alone. Thanks for putting into words a challenge so many of us face.

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