Just Numbers!

     When I stepped on the scale, it said that I now weigh 0.0 lbs. That can't be right, can it?? I'm thinking that the battery might be on the blink. It's maddening, not knowing exactly what I weigh on any given day. It's an obsession, and not necessarily a healthy one.
     I was reading a weight loss blog post this morning, and the writer was saying that she has always told others what she weights, because it is just a number. I thought, right on, and began mulling that over. She's right, it is just a number, and many of us have read that quote saying something about how the scale just tells us what we weigh, not what kind of person we are, and we all think, "Ya! That's right!", but how many of us really believe that for ourselves?
     I've often wondered why many women are so secretive about their age. That is one number that I, personally, am not hung up on. But, unless a person is in my weight loss group, I don't really want to say what the scale says out loud. Or what size my clothing is. I'm suddenly feeling very silly about that. I mean, WHO CARES?? If another person is going to think badly of me, criticize or make fun of me for what I weigh or what size I wear, that says much more about them than it does about me. Life is far too short to give so much power to what other people might think of us! At least, for shallow ridiculous reasons.  I have a great husby that likes me, my children think I rock, I have a lot of friends who love me, no matter how old I am, how much I weigh, or what my bank balance is! Who else matters, as far as secular matters go? Oh, right? Nobody!
     So this morning, I am here to hurtle over that hang up right now!

My numbers are:
Age: 48  I want credit for living every one of those years, and I don't get why many women are so hung up on that! Isn't aging a natural progression of life? Why is there this idea that aging is somehow bad or shameful? The higher the number, the more we have survived!

Height: 5' 2" Hobbit stature

Weight: 175  I don't really care for that number, but that's the truth of it! Why don't we want to say what we weigh? It's not like others can't look at us and make a good guess! What do we think we are keeping so secret, and why does it matter so much?? You may have heard, obesity is epidemic and magazine models are airbrushed and whatnot. My highest weight was 230. The people who loved me for me still loved me. Many are glad that I've made the effort to reduce that number. but for health reasons.

Pounds lost: 55, and it's taken about 2.5 years, which is a long time, but who cares, it's still happened.
Size: 14 
Healthy weight: 130-140

Shoe size: 7.5 wide

I have 1300 in savings, I've had 3 husbands, (which i'm not so proud of, but is the truth), and I drink about 5 cups of coffee in the morning, AND I have a 94 average in Algebra.

I'm sure there are more, but I have to take Savanna to work. Does any
one like me less now?

Quack!