rose in bloom - what did I do first?

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What did I do first? 




I threw out the bathroom scales. 

 Honestly, I did. 

 I'm not joking.

 I've come to the conclusion that a weighing machine can do more harm than good; it’s not in your own attitude towards yourself, it’s in the attitude of those darn scales.   If you need to be weighed, then do it at your doctor’s or pharmacist’s rooms. The bathroom scales in my bathroom always gave me an inaccurate reading anyway, and no matter how “positive” I was before stepping on them, I invariably felt miserable immediately I stepped off them.

What really do they achieve? They merely tell you that you are a certain weight - which means what? If you're not healthy at the weight you presently are, then that's another matter between you and your doctor. Never subject yourself to self recriminations or accept the constant harassment from a very unfriendly appliance such as bathroom scales - they'll never encourage you or inspire you in any way. They're not made to. They're made to make you feel inadequate, and out of control, and they certainly succeed in that. They're not friendly to you, they don't like you or your body, so why should you bother letting them live in your house? They'll only erode your confidence. 

 So out they went! 

In recent years however I’ve managed to discard the notion that bathroom scales are useless and do more harm than good.  The reason for this is I have discovered that much of the “baggage” I personally had been carrying over decades, had a negative impact upon my feelings of self-worth.  I have since become more confident in seeing the scales as a help rather than a hindrance based on MY feelings of self-worth.  It no longer worries me that the scales may fluctuate - I know I have the power and the strength to allow the scales to show me in what direction my weight is flowing.  

 With that knowledge I am better able to manage my own standards of healthy eating and life-style.  That power has enabled me to have the control I had wished for over the decades of self-doubt.   

That does not deter me from suggesting however that the bathroom scales be either thrown out or hidden somewhere until such time as you feel confident in your own body and its shape and size, to consider the scales as a convenient appliance, rather than one that “yells” at you for doing the wrong thing, if you happen to do so of course.




My objective? 

 Taking hold of what “is” and turning it into “what can be” 



What I gained! 

 A growing sense of power (self-power) 

"Rose In Bloom" - © Copyright 2002-2020, Rosemary Parry-Brock, Australia


(Please bear in mind this booklet was first printed in the 1990s.  Compare that with today's attitudes.)





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