This isn't a picture of me. This is a picture from the article. It amazed me!

This is a great article/blog entry that a friend linked me to that illustrates a very important lesson that we should all remember. Just because the scale isn't moving, it doesn't mean your body isn't changing! I know this is a message that I need to be reminded of constantly. I'm a definite scale addict.

http://primitivestim...addicts-part-2/

All I can say is WOW.

OK... so that defo proves a valid point... I like it! The scales suck big time!

Wow for me too, just freakin' WOW!

Wow, is right, thanks I needed that, my scale has barely moved inn 3 weeks but my clothes are getting looser.

WOW... I see the muscles in your abs! Lookin GOOD!

I seen that elsewhere earlier... and I really want to push the point that there are some of us that really cannot let the scale rule our lives! I let it for far too long... and I'm not sure who's seen my posts out there or not but I weigh freakin 185 Lbs... yet I'm fitting Some 6's, mostly 8-10's in pants and Small or XSmall tops. I'm only 5'6 by the way. How can this be? Well, like I said, this is how GOD made me and I accept it. As I sit here and type wearing my way too baggy size 12's... which only last week they were only a little bit baggy. They are ready to hit the donation bucket, or rather my Mom's closet... LOL

Anyway, when we allow the scale to define us, I find we can get way to enraptured in every little thing it says. I'm way beyond this and I won't let it do this to me anymore. The fact is it will NEVER match up to how I look. It will ALWAYS be AT LEAST 20-30 Lbs above what others weigh that wear my size and are my height. Oh well... I'm SUPER HAPPY with me and how I look and how far I've come. I will probably still lose more inches and fat along the way... my body will stop losing when it's good and ready. I'll never fully change my good habits. They are far too ingrained in me now, the only thing I needed to change recently is my acceptance of who I am now as opposed to this time last year.

Anyway, yes I will continue to check the scale. Not for validation but mostly for prevention.

Celebrate every success!!! If you don't you will find this rollercoaster can be no fun at all. :-) Hugs!!!!

Oh, I needed this! I've just started running and it's like the scale pushed pause. I seriously think I may print those pics and post by my scale to remind myself the while I may not be losing, I'm "polishing up" the exterior!

WOW... I see the muscles in your abs! Lookin GOOD!

Oh, that's not me! Haha. That's the woman from the article.

Wow! Great link. Thanks for posting Jackie!!!

No problem!

Great link...it also confirms what I think I SEE in my body even when the scale doesn't show a loss. I don't think I can ever really break up with my scale completely...we are just so close now!! I am going away for a long weekend and dreading being apart...LOL.:bounce:

I'm sitting here thinking WOW like everyone else. Good article. Muscle weighs MORE than fat. So if we exercise and lift weights, we will lose AND gain muscle. So we'll be physically smaller but a lil heavier than what we would like.

Thanks for sharing!

True, that's when I pull out my handy dandy measuring tape. When I wasn't losing inches or on the scale, then I got frustrated.

Good article- a great reminder to us all. Thanks for sharing!

I am sooooooooo happy you posted this Jackie. I have been at 176-179 for a month and a half now. Lost most of my weight before surgery since last june. I was getting upset and then I had hubby hide my scale and from everyones advise took out the handy dandy tape measure. I am losing inches. I do Fitness KickBoxing 3 days a week walk 3 days a week and do crunches 1 day a week. The scale doesnt move but my body is and that is what matters. Those pictures put it into perspective for me.