Hide the Scale

Who has ever tried to lose weight?

Isn't that the phrase we always use?

We rarely, if ever, state our goal of getting healthier or becoming stronger or finding a better way of living.

We say "I'm trying to lose weight."

Why do we have such a fixation with the scale? Why is our weight the one thing we squirm most at the thought of divulging? When did how many pounds we weigh become equivalent to how much we're worth?

One theory is that we as a culture have developed a very severe and irrational fear of fat.

"Fat" has become the second f-word.

Our culture has become so backwards that people would rather be unhealthy than fat.

Part of this awful relationship most of us have to our weight is that we fail to grasp that

there is no ideal weight.

Look at these women. They are all beautiful, and they display a wide variety of body types.

Every single one of these women weighs 154 pounds.

What does this tell us?

Weight is not the end-all measure.

One of the most beautiful things about the human race is how each of us is completely unique. No one body is the exact same as anyone else's, nor one spirit. Your body is something completely its own.

So why waste time comparing your unique body to any other equally unique body?

What is a healthy weight for your body is completely different from the healthy weight for someone else's body. Each skeleton, muscular structure, and body composition is unique, with its own features and its own ideal state of being.

Celebrate the uniqueness of your body.

Rock those long legs. Love the strength in your athletic build. Appreciate your delicate, dainty form. Cherish your curves. See the beauty in your thin frame.

No scale can show you the beauty that exists in your one-of-a-kind body. No number is anything more than that: a number. It is not your identity. It does not determine your destiny.

I have a challenge for you. For a while, I want you to hide the scale. Push it under your bed. Stick it in a closet. Step away from the scale and look up to see the amazing woman looking back at you in the mirror. Remind yourself that your beauty is not determined by a number.

Choose to see yourself, instead of your weight.

Choose to be healthier instead of lighter.

Choose to love who you are.

And remember that unless your scale looks like this:

It can't tell you anything except your relationship with gravity.

And I think your relationship with yourself 

matters a whole lot more.