The Scale

Scale: an instrument for weighing.

The dreaded scale.

We are all familiar with the scale. That devise in the bathroom or bedroom or at the gym that tells us how much our body weighs.

As a Registered Dietitian, I see clients for weight loss, improved health, sports nutrition, diabetes, and heart health to name a few.

Clients are surprised when I don’t weigh them. Before they leave the office, they ask “aren’t you going to weigh me?” My reply is “No”!

They have a stunned look on their face.

I used to weigh clients every visit! The most important thing I have learned from weighing my clients is ALL of us put our self worth into a number.

This number has a bearing on our overall mood for the day, week, month, year and years!

This number can cause us to stress eat or starve our bodies of important nutrients.

This is what would happen when I weighed clients:

They show up for their follow up appointment and are in a very good mood saying things like: I feel so good, my clothes fit better, I am reaching for water instead of my soft drink or sweet tea. They are smiling and excited about the changes they have made.

They step on the scale and either didn’t lose any weight or lost very little weight and all of a sudden they are upset, angry, saying things like: this isn’t working, I need a new way of eating, etc. Their mood goes from cheerful and happy to mad and discouraged.

ALL BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER ON THE SCALE.

WHY? WHY are we putting our self-worth into a number?

We are MORE than a number!