I recently read an article where the writer went into a local Weight Watchers meeting to speak about an upcoming charity walk/bike ride. Much to her surprise, when she walked in, the receptionist at the front table asked her if she needed to be weighed. The writer told her that she didn’t and that no one “needs” to be weighed….weighing people in public is just offensive and humiliating. And it goes against everything she believed in about how to get people healthy.
Recalling my weight loss attempts over the last few decades, I remember the ominous “weigh in” at a clinic of another well known weight-loss center. The fact of the matter was I was not severely overweight, I was just trying to lose a couple of “vanity” pounds before my wedding. I have always been a hard-core “gym rat” so although I’m not thin, I’ve definetely got a muscular build and am no “skinny-mini” by any stretch of the imagination. The thing I hated about the weigh-in was how discouraged I felt afterward when the number on the scale was either the same or, on some days, increased because of water retention or the extra cookie I couldn’t resist the night before. Like so many other women, however, I was allowing my self-worth to be tied to a number. The truth is, our bodies are meant for so much more than that and I, like the writer in the article, believe that we should stop weigh-ins!
Being fitness minded, I think it becomes important to focus on what our bodies can do–not how much they weigh. When we do that we make better life-style choices, eat healthier, exercise more, etc. And in most cases, the weight takes care of itself. Also, we’ve all heard that muscle weighs more than fat so just because that number on the scale is increasing, it doesn’t mean your gaining fat, you could be gaining muscle! Measurements might be a more effective means to guage success but again, everyone is different.
Some people swear that the weigh-ins keep them motivate and holds them accountable for their behavior and progress.
So what do you think? Are weigh-ins the appropriate tool to get people to be their personal best? Is it really all in the numbers?
According to a recent article on Yahoo! “12 Surprising Causes of Depression,” a number of studies are suggesting that spending too much time on social media sites and chat rooms can be associated with depression. Internet addicts may struggle with real-life human interaction and a lack of companionship, and they may have an unrealistic view of the world. Some experts even call it “Facebook depression.” 
A recently released issue of Time Magazine has raised a lot of controversy, which is probably exactly what they were shooting for!;) The title reads “Are you Mom Enough?” but the title itsn’t what’s shocking, it’s the picture shown with it on the cover of the magazine of a pretty young woman wearing skinny jeans and a tank top, nursing her nearly 4-year-old son! Yes…you read it right!;)
You are what you eat, right? Well what if I told you, you tan the way you eat? Huh, right! No need to fake and bake (who would want to look like this!).
Okay, so is there anything we won’t augment? Watch out twins, boob jobs are out, chin jobs are in!
In a world where we are constantly scrutinizing too thin celebrities, too fat celebrities and everything in between, when I read 
