Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Crazy Sexy Diet & Weighing (Or Not)

Today I want to address weighing while doing the Crazy Sexy Diet Adventure Cleanse Tuneup. This is the 21 day cleanse that helps kick off new healthy habits! The cleanse is tough. I will say that on day 12, today, I am trying to shake off a cranky mood that my mind is telling me would be all better with a giant gallon of pumpkin spice latte. I've stuck to the plan 100% minus a glass and a half of wine on vacay. Pretty good for such an intense experience!


As far as weighing goes, I am a number-oriented person. I am pretty sure this is why health plans are a challenge for me. My mood and motivation fluctuate massively depending on what that scale is showing. The CSD is most certainly doing what it promises: my weight is slowly but noticeably going down as I put healthier and healthier things into my body. Score, right?! Sorta. I see the lower numbers on the scale, then my focus shifts to size rather than the real goal of this cleanse: mental and physical transformation; creating a sense of pleasure and awesome vibrance in every moment of my day; coping with struggles and taking care of myself like the #1 task it should be!

Therefore, my scale has been quarantined. I covered it with a He-Man pillow case and my rubber duckie with a message written on a coaster: "No Ma'am!"

;p I'll see it again at the end of the cleanse maybe, but I intend to make it a very sporadic occasion and focus on how I feel, not how much physical space my bits and pieces take up!

Any similar experiences?

1 comment:

Nikki said...

A similar thing has happened to me on my cleanse. I was weighing every day and even though I was feeling a lot better my weight was staying the same, and even went up at one point. I started to feel discouraged, but when I thought about the big picture I knew I was doing the right thing for my body, regardless of what the scale said. And my pants are a little less tight around the middle, regardless of the number :). Good for you for putting away the scale. I haven't been on mine for a few days either.