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Get Off The Scale!

You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable.

Day after day, countless people across the globe get on a scale in search of validation of beauty and social acceptance.

Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can tell you how enchanting your eyes are. I have yet to see a scale that can show you how wonderful your hair looks when the sun shines its glorious rays on it. I have yet to see a scale that can thank you for your compassion, sense of humor, and contagious smile. Get off the scale because I have yet to see one that can admire you for your perseverance when challenged in life.

It’s true, the scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. That’s it. It cannot measure beauty, talent, purpose, life force, possibility, strength, or love. Don’t give the scale more power than it has earned.

Take note of the number, then get off the scale and live your life. You are beautiful!”

Steve Maraboli

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I have a scale that talks to me it is called Wii and my husband says it is damn rude to him and he will not stand on it again. lol

Great post!

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Iget the message in the post.....but I am a lot more beautiful since I got to know my scale..... Just saying. ;)

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I have a scale that talks to me it is called Wii and my husband says it is damn rude to him and he will not stand on it again. lol

Great post!

I have that same rude b@%$#& on my wii.

Maybe now I'm banded, he won't be so rude.

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Anybody in here use Dr Hollis in Houston? Looking for some info.

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Tip Of The Day

Support your weight loss buddies.

We all need plenty of support so make sure you do what you can to help other people on the same little adventure.

I try to visit several current friends and their blogs each day along with making some new friends. I do get a bit lazy from time to time but I know how important every little comment can be.

One comment can be the difference between someone tossing in the towel or keeping up the fight, so make sure you keep supporting your buddies in the blog world, the forum world and the real world.

Helping others is a great way to actually help yourself too. icon_biggrin.gif?m=1129645325g

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