To 'Err..' is human...

Ed called me in the car to let me know that the scale I ordered had arrived. I was on my way home from a meeting with my accountant. I was so excited.

When I got home, I unpacked the scale and put in the batteries. I ran into the bedroom and striped naked.. and got on the scale...

OMG...IT HAD THE NERVE to indicate in the display, not a weight, but : Err... Err.. Err.

I looked in the book that came with the scale and found that 'Err...' meant the weight applied was above the maximum weight capacity of the scale.

WELL HELL... I had another scale that went to 450, but neither of us could find that one. This one has a max load of 440. I thought sure by now I'd be below that.

Has anyone seen the Stephen King movie 'IT'.. (see clown picture to the right of Pennywise the Clown from the movie)? For just a moment, ... well actually, about an hour.. I felt Pennywise inhabit my body.. all I wanted to do was be angry.

I told Ed... 'I don't even care', it's not about the number on the scale, anyway. That was a good thought, but not really what I was feeling at the time. After cooling down, I realized that I had no idea of what my starting weight was 4 weeks ago when we began. I assumed it was around 450 because I'd never been higher than that in my life, but apparently I was wrong.

My next thought, was, well.. damn.. I know that I've lost at least 10 or 15 pounds in the last 4 weeks, a lot of that water, but at least..... so.... Being as I can't weigh for now, I had to come up with a new plan...

My plan is to weight on the 1st and 15th of every month, just like my pal Sunny Girl.. and at some point that scale will stop 'Err... ing' at me and tell me what I weigh... and until then, and after then, the number is still only a number.

In the end.. being the 'divine' person I am, I forgave the scale and released Pennywise into the night. I know I'm doing the right things and making all the right choices, so, eventually I WILL GET THERE.

Love to all..