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How to Buy a Bathroom Scale

Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight? Do you have a good scale that will help you with your goal? Today’s scales have so many different features, including calculators for body fat percentages. Do you know which features are most important to you? Read on to get the skinny on how to buy a bathroom scale. Analog or Digital? An analog scale is the traditional scale that we all grew up with. You step on it and the dial responds to the pressure of your weight until the pointer reachers the right number. Analog scales do not … Continue reading →

The Scale Keeps Me Honest

The scale keeps me honest. I’ll admit that I’m intimidated by it. It’s not so bad catching a glimpse of my reflection in a mirror or window. I can handle that because that woman isn’t really me, or so I’ve managed to convince myself. Yet, when I force myself to stand on a scale, I can’t explain away the numbers. Believe me, I’ve tried. Keeping track of my weight helps me to have fewer indulgent moments. Those times when I’ve done more munching than I should have, I work that much harder to resist future urges. I guess that’s why … Continue reading →

How often should you weigh yourself?

What kind of a “scale” person would you say you are? Do you weigh yourself every morning? Every evening? Both? Or do you weigh yourself weekly, monthly…or yearly? Or are you like a lot of folks who’d rather not know? I fall into the first category. I admit it—I weigh myself twice a day usually—once in the morning and once in the evening. I do this for a few reasons, namely so that I know where I’m at for the day. I don’t want to be a person who wakes up one day realizing I’ve gained numerous pounds. I’d rather … Continue reading →

Tuesday Talking Points

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I’ve always wanted to use the phrase ‘talking points’ here in my blogs. So like my Friday Fitness Funnies, I want to get into posting my Tuesday Talking Points. Here’s the idea – I bring up the points and we talk about them. I’d love to get your feedback, your experiences and your ideas as well. Today’s Talking Points Bear in mind, you don’t have to agree with the talking points – you just have to talk about them. I’ve discovered over the years that there is no one absolute diet or weight loss program that works for everyone the … Continue reading →