Let Nothing Disturb Thee

I didn't post my weight last week because I hadn't lost anything. No gain, just no loss. So yesterday morning I woke up feeling, well, thinner, and decided to weigh myself. I stepped on the scale and "Yikes" I'd gained 5 pounds. It couldn't be. I was meeting my calorie goals. I was minimizing the off track eating. I was sticking to my exercise routine. I went to the bathroom, took a shower, and went back to the scale wearing nothing at all. The scale now said I'd gained 6 pounds! Have you ever seen a stark naked fat woman hyper-ventilating? Well that was me.

"Ok," I said to my self, "Slow down. What would your Spark friends say?"

Maybe I lost inches and not pounds. I grabbed the tape measure and found my waist was an inch smaller. That's progress. My clothes felt fine. My wedding ring was still lose. I decided to focus on that and not the scale.

As soon as I got home from work yesterday evening I asked my husband, "Do you think the scale weighed heavy this morning?" (He weighs every day.) "Not really," he answers, but he goes to check. "Oh yeah, the battery is low," he says, "I'll change it."

I was afraid to get on the scale again last night, but this morning I weighed a pound and a half less than last week. Whew!

So next time you can't believe your digital scale, check the battery before you panic.

Here's a little poem that seems to fit. It was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Let nothing disturb thee,
Nothing affright thee;
All things are passing;
God never changeth;
Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God sufficeth.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow