All is forgiven
September 16th, 2006 at 4:54 pm (Physical)
Starting weight: 326.8
Last week: 326.8
This week: 321.8
Change this week: -5.0
Overall change: -5.0
Well, this is how it works in the first few weeks of a weight-loss program. Your weight drops, in spite of everything. Your momentary indiscretions, your midnight binges, your celebratory dinners at amazing, upscale restaurants are all forgiven and, in even the most piteous of cases, forgotten.
It’s as though the universe wants to reward you for putting all of that aside and facing the weigh-in music. “Okay, so you weren’t perfect this week,” it coos. “But, you’re on the right track. Here’s a pat on the back. Keep at it.” It’s as though your body is so relieved to be treated well that the flub-ups don’t matter. You walk into the meeting, sighing, because what’s the point? Why are you even pretending to follow a weight-loss program when you can’t even stick with it? And then, like a miracle, you have posted a loss. The weight melted off of you, when you weren’t even looking, and there, as you stand on the scale, is flushed quietly away. That’s it. All gone. The end…
…of the beginning.
