Me vs. The Scale | Clare Henney

I can pretty much sing the line from The Blower’s Daughter to my doctor right now:

And so it is, just like you said it would be…

With much hesitation on my part, I finally stepped on a scale again after three months of medication for my thyroid condition and discovered that I was back to 172 lbs, a weight I last had five years ago. I felt so defeated when I thought of how long and hard it was for me to go down to 148 lbs. and I am now back to where I started.

My doctor told me to expect the weight gain, I just didn’t think it would be this bad. I have to work harder than ever to go back to my ideal weight and with my thyroid problem that won’t be easy. I hope that I get well soon so that I can work on my weight issues.

I don’t know how many times I’ve put my life on hold for when I finally get back to my target weight.  I don’t think I can afford to put it on hold any longer given the situation my metabolism is in right now.  I have to just accept it and do what I can from here.  I need to work out more, maybe even do a cleanse but definitely I need to eat better and eat right.  I need to do what I can to help speed things along. Times like this I wish I had a personal trainer…or at least a workout buddy. I really need the motivation right about now. Maybe I should start slow with yoga and work my way into more intense workouts from there (I can see the return of Jillian Michaels in my life in the very near future). If my body cooperates, maybe I can go down a bit before the weight-gaining season (otherwise known as Christmas holidays).  Hope I can start the new year right with a better number on the scale.  Maybe if I can get a sponsor like the Belo Medical Group or Marie France it can be a really good number (I wish!).

Watch out scale, I’ll surprise you soon enough.