What works for me may not work for you!

So it seems that my post yesterday created a bit of turmoil, so I want to make a statement about this blog in general. 

I decided to do this blog for me, to chronicle my success (and failures) as I work toward my goals with weight loss.  I am not a professional, a weight loss expert, or a nutritionist.  I am posting about what I'm doing and what is and is not working for me.  I am not trying to tell anyone that this is what they need to do to have success. 

Yesterday I mentioned that I weigh myself on my Wii Fit every day.  I have been doing this for years now.  I do not obsess about my weight.  I do not freak out when I step on the Wii balance board and it tells me I gained 0.2 or 0.4.  In fact, most of the time, within 5 minutes of when I step of the board, I forget what it said anyway.  I use it as an informational tool but it does not rule my life.  When it told me on Monday that I was up 2.5lbs, I thought about how that could be and I realized, I had consumed more sodium on Sunday than I normally do.  It gave me the chance to evaluate what I had eaten and then I was able to make adjustments to the rest of the week to swing that pendulum back in the right direction.  I have never and will never starve myself. 

I can tell you that had I not seen that 2.5lb gain on Monday, I would have eaten some things during the next couple of days that would have simply compounded the problem.  Instead, I was able to fix it.  Again, I didn't starve myself.  I still ate every meal plus some snacks.  I even had ice cream!  Yes, I did.  (I love ice cream and you can never make me give it up!!)

All of the "experts" say that you shouldn't weigh yourself every day.  And yesterday, I had several people telling me that I should follow what the experts say.  If you knew me, you'd know, I'm a rebel.  You can keep telling me "don't do it!", but I'm still going to do it.  Because this is about me and I know what works for me.

It may not be the right thing for you.  It may not be the right thing for 90-99% of the world.  But it is right for me.  I am not blogging to tell anyone what they should or should not do.  I am blogging about what I am doing.  If some of what I do works for you, that is great.  But if it doesn't, I am not offended by that and I'm not asking you to mirror my actions.  Find what works for you and do that.

I sincerely appreciate everyone who takes the time to read my blog, to send me comments, etc.  But please, do not take my words for gospel.  This is about me, my thoughts, my feelings, my progress.  It's about what I'm doing.  There are a million other ways I could go about losing weight and getting fit, but I know ME.  I know that there are some things that just won't work for me.  There are some things that only work for me.  And there are so many things that I have not tried yet that might work.  I just don't know. 

Again, thank you so much for reading!