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#SOL21 Day 4 of 31: Wins and Losses

3/4/2021

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Each morning, I step on the scale, hoping for a loss. Or at least not a gain. In a conversation with a friend, I spoke about how the scale makes me feel like a failure at times. As I said those words, I realized how foolish they were. A scale is just a scale. It cannot make judgments about who you are as a person- that is the story I tell myself.

I started thinking about my wins for the day, scale aside. What did I do well as a teacher, as a mom, as a wife, a daughter, a friend? What did I accomplish that day- completely aside from what I ate or what I weigh. 

It's a small shift in thinking but it's helped me change how I feel about the wins of the day. I work really hard and sometimes the wins aren't obvious or big or splashy, but they are still worth noting.  No matter what I weigh on a given day, I'm a person working hard to do right in the world and I will celebrate every win (and loss) I can. 

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JenniferM link
3/4/2021 01:48:38 pm

I love the idea of thinking of "wins" in the day! And I loved when you said that the scale can't make judgments about who you are as a person.

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Heidi Atlas link
3/4/2021 01:50:26 pm

Celebrate those wins, Kathy. Well said.

I so relate to this because I, too, daily weigh myself. During this pandemic I have been fighting with 3-4 pounds over my usual weight, and it translates into wearing leggings instead of my old jeans. Finally, I won the recent battle and I really am happier at this lower weight, but it means starving and watching everything I eat. Maybe that's my next post.

But you are a person who so does "right in the world" and I love you for that.

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CHRISTIE WYMAN link
3/4/2021 02:26:45 pm

All the feels for all the wins, Kathleen. This crazy year has forced me to shift my thinking about lots of things -- for the better, I believe. Let's hope some of these shifts stick around. Be good to yourself. Peace.

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Clare Landrigan link
3/4/2021 03:20:51 pm

This is so powerful -- using the scale to compare other aspects of you. It is so easy to over value or attend to the quantitative -in everything. You know as an educator how important the qualitative is as well. Be kind to yourself -this has been quite a year and you have given so much to so many people. Thank you for sharing your story - we all have our own personal scales ...

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Peg Bruno link
3/4/2021 04:15:13 pm

The scale is so powerful over our thoughts and those gains can truly have an impact. I love your change in your thinking. We need to all put the scales aside (literal and figurative!)

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Julieanne
3/4/2021 08:52:31 pm

You are wise to look at and revise your narrative. It is just a scale. We can be imprisoned by or set free. Maybe it could be your mantra... it's just a scale. It isn't me!

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