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The Scale and Weight Loss

Oh, the scale! That dreaded device that sits in our bathroom and haunts us!   Is this familiar to you? You get up in the morning, stumble into the bathroom, and start your daily routine; just before you hop in the shower, you strip down to your skivvies, cross your fingers, close your eyes and hop on that plastic device that blinks 2-4 times then comes up with a number.   You sigh, maybe even feel sad and frustrated. The number is SUPPOSED to go down, why isn't it changing? Maybe it was that piece of pizza on the weekend, maybe it was the glass or two (or bottle!) of Pino on Friday after work. You’ve been working out and trying to watch what you eat, feeling energetic, sleeping better but still, no budging on the scale!  You swear to yourself you’ll do better today, maybe go for an extra-long workout or only have salads and celery, but in the back of your mind, your frustration is playing tricks on you. Who here has experienced what I just described above?  I know