I’ll dare to say that your scale is one of those things that either terrifies you or simply unnerves you, right?
Your day’s happiness depends on the number you see in the morning.
Your scale tells you whether you are a success or a failure. It is brutal in letting you know whether you were a bad person and enjoyed yourself or whether you were a good person and restricted your calories, your pleasure and your fun in life, right?
I’m not kidding when I tell you that those thoughts ran through my mind every single day of my childhood. I grew up with a mom weighing herself daily and hopping from one diet to the next, never keeping the weight off successfully (not that she needed to anyway).
I saw her groan and moan and her famous sentence after a bigger meal, “starting tomorrow, we won’t eat anything anymore,” terrified me in ways that are hard to explain. Following my mother’s example, I became obsessed with our scale and soon I saw it as the end-all-be-all predictor of my future success or my imminent downfall.
Unfortunately, I am far from being alone in believing these lies.
More likely than not, you are convinced that your scale is, always has been and will forever be your master.
Well, NO. It does not have to be that way.
A scale is just a scale. It holds no power over your worth as a human being. It does not determine whether you’re a success or a failure. It is just a way of measurement. {Click to tweet}
The scale was invented way earlier than 2000 BC in order for merchants to make money exchanges. Only in recent history did humans start to weigh themselves in order to determine health and – most of all – self-worth.
The human race has been able to survive for hundreds of thousands of years without the daily terror of stepping on the scale and I am pretty sure that it will do so for many hundreds of thousands of years to come.
That is, if we let go of this dumb idea that it is healthy to live under the dictatorship of a simple household appliance. It’s time for us to leave measuring to famers and doctors and get rid of this daily form of terror brought upon us by ourselves.
Weighing yourself daily is a form of creating emotional and physical pressure that is completely unnecessary and does nothing but harm you and your soul. Even if you are resistant, deep down you absolutely know and agree that I’m right, right?
So, after hearing and now reading me rant about scales and numbers, you should have come to the conclusion that you absolutely do not need a scale.
SMASH IT. THROW IT AWAY.
Now, you might wonder: But how will I control myself if I don’t have a scale?
Good question and it is a valid fear, but here’s the thing: when you weigh yourself, you give away your control to an external force instead of relying on your body’s natural wisdom.
When you smash your scale however and you begin to listen to your body again, feeling when you’re hungry and noticing when you’ve had enough, you won’t lose control and instead reconnect with the most natural way of living: listening to your body’s hunger and satiation signals and living in tune with it. In a way, you’ll gain back all the control that you’ve lost for so many years.
And this, my love, brings us to today’s challenge: Get rid of your scale!
Step #1:
Take out a hammer, go to a place where you have a lot of space and let out all your aggressions while smashing your scale into as many pieces as possible.
If you need some inspiration, watch this video:
Step #2:
SHARE YOUR MAKEOVER SUCCESS!
I want you to take a picture of your smashed scale and share it in the comments or on social media…tag it on facebook, twitter and instagram (use the #10BCM).
How did it feel to smash your scale? How do you feel now that you’ve let go of this form of terror?
Have fun today and stay tuned for tomorrow’s 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover challenge!
Big hugs and love,
Anne-Sophie
