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Broken Scale

  “That number can’t be right.   It isn’t right.   I’m sure.”   “Something is wrong with the scale.”   These are thoughts that came to my mind each time the scale reported a number to me that sounded astronomically high.   I remember once anticipating a doctor’s appointment.   I was thinking about how I knew the scale at home was wrong and I was looking forward to getting an ACCURATE weight.   I went to the doctor’s appointment and weighed even more.   I justified it by pointing to my breakfast, clothes, shoes, etc.   AND… I used the variation in the two different numbers to ascribe them both as unreliable . I was in such complete denial about my health I was willing to dismiss data, numbers, and hard facts.   Maybe that’s where you are today.   If you find yourself arguing with scale, weighing multiple times because you’re sure the first number was wrong, or throwing out the number altogether, please know, I’ve been the...