We have a bad situation here. (Very)
One needs to take personal accountability. Yet, if I could, I would, find anyone, anything, to blame.
The digital Nokia scale (Nokia Body Cardio WiFi Smart Scale in Black) was a Christmas gift from the kids last year. The gift wasn’t a subliminal message, but a blow with a blunt instrument. They see it, I can’t hide it. Man boobs. Pooch maturing to hang belly. And everything else, sliding, down, down, down.
So, for the next ~320 days, the morning ritual is the same. Step on the scale. Step off the scale. The Scale wirelessly sends the data to the iPhone app. The app fires off a notification:
“New weight measurement available. Stepping on the scale every morning and opening Health Mate regularly will help you stay on track.”
Right. Right.
Tuesday:
Nokia alert: “Good job. Your weight is up only 0.3 lbs from the day before.” Monday. Box of chocolates from colleague as a holiday gift along with a thank you note. A constant beckoning presence on my desk, a siren call. I put the conference call on mute. Pop a chocolate covered caramel in my mouth. Close my eyes. Let that blessing melt down my throat.
Wednesday:
Nokia Alert: “Good job. Your weight is stable. Only up 0.5 lbs from the day before.” Tuesday. Holiday Party. Red Wine. Hors d’oeuvres. Mini crab cakes. Pancetta-stuffed mushrooms. Mini burgers. (Many)
Thursday:
Nokia Alert: “Good job. Your weight is stable. Only up 0.2 lbs from the day before.” Wednesday night. Post dinner munchies. Frito Lay Potato Chips. Handful (or two) of shelled pistachios. And my Chaser, Mint Chocolate chip Gelato.
Friday:
Nokia Alert: “Good job. Your weight is stable. You are up only 0.4 lbs from the day before.” Thursday. Skipped breakfast and lunch. Holiday Party at work. Pigs in a blanket wrapped in buttery crusts. Mini cheese pizzas. Chicken fingers. Rib eye steak, baked potato and molten chocolate cake for sweet.
Saturday:
And here we are. Saturday morning. Same ritual. I pause in front of the scale. A long pause, a deep breath. Friday. Oatmeal for breakfast. Lasagna for lunch. Finished the last of the gift chocolates (the entire box) between conference calls at work. Spaghetti for dinner. Salt shaker firing from both hands. Dessert included shortbreads, more chocolates and Gelato.
I take all clothing off. I remove Smartwatch and place it on the counter. And take another long breath.
And then I place my left foot on the scale, always start with the left. It’s good luck.
And then the right.
Flashing.
Flashing.
Flashing.
+ 2.3 lbs! Holy Sh*t.
Nokia Alert: “You have gained 2.3 lbs from the day before. Stepping on the scale every morning and opening Health Mate regularly will help you stay on track.”
Right.
Inspired by Stan Sanvel Rubin, from “Salt Benediction,” Gravel (December 2018): “It’s hard to understand / how water lives in us / and washes nothing clean / that is not salt.”
‘Tis the season, DK…give yourself a break…
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Mimi, self flagellation needs to continue or this will explode! ‘Tis the Season. ‘Tis the Problem!
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…or self-flagellation becomes the problem – and that’s a year-round problem…😉
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Laughing. That is True.
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I laughed and laughed some more. Only because so many of us (yours truly included) are suffering from the same affliction. Just enjoy the good side of it (chocolate, etc.) and walk a bit more in January.
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Do you know how far I would have to walk to walk this off? I’m sure from here to somewhere in Panama.
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I’ll watch for you if you decide to head west.
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Funny. OK!
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Should you happen to walk in the direction of Paris or Versailles consider a stop-over chez moi…. I would make sure you don’t eat too much, just a healthy but great breakfast and a late afternoon main meal – and a bottle of really lovely French Red! 🙂 It’s an offer you can’t refuse…..
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I have the same app. I love it and hate it at the same time, going through the same emotions as you every day. I like how you take off your watch, anything to get the lowest weight measurement possible – I do the same thing…
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I FEEL exactly the same way, EXACTLY. Simpatico Jim.
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Hahaha….that’s my world~ Just eat a banana and an apple and you’re forgiven for the week…Hahaha again…
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If I could do that, I would be in business!
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Heh…me too!
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All I can say is that you are not alone and in good company. 🥯🥐🥓🍔🍟🍕🌮🥨🍦🧁🍺🍷🧂
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Reading your comment, I did feel my spirits lift. We are a Community!
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That technology would drive me bonkers.
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It is! But it’s irresistible!
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Irresistible for using a sledge hammer.
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It all went downhill since Thanksgiving. Some of my customers are getting thicker this time of the year I noticed!
I have gained some but not sharing details. Will leave it at that!!!
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Laughing. I’m in that Club!
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Im NOT in that club. Im not!
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I didn’t say you were. Of course YOU are not. Of course.
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😊
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I’m humming, wait, I hear the strains of the melody….
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The Go Go’s. Hmmmm….
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Hahahahahahah!
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Guessing that now would also not be a good time to tell you I’m whipping up a batch of dark chocolate and pistachio sea salt cookies?…. 😳
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Wow. Have you no mercy?
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Lori, that’s just plain CRUEL…. 😉 😉 😉
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I know, it was wrong of me, wasn’t it?….
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I just made my fruitcake (for all the fruitcake haters out there, this is the one for you) and Christmas biscotti…
Making more this week.
Figured I’d add my two cents’ worth to this foodie train…
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Laughing (then this one IS for ME). Biscotti, I will take! 🙂
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😀 Both, you would love. Just sayin’. Brought some to work last night. Came home with an empty tin…
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Ha ha ! Ignore the scale and instead measure – neck, chest, biceps, waist, hips and each thigh. Store the # in a super secret spreadsheet that no one knows about ~ Check it in a month … I’ve been moving more but eating the same. no lbs lost lately BUT -6″ total in a month. I’m just saying. And I’d probably kick a scale that talked … blah!
{{{eats a handful of cashews}}}
MJ
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oops = and add a formula at the bottom of the columns that totals inches lost. Even 1/4 inch adds up!! 😀
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True! It does!
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This just amuses me to no end – I can’t even stop laughing….. Throw your scales and devices and electronics and God knows whats out of the bathroom window – just be happy! You’re alive, you’ve got family and friends, you obviously have a job and enough time to blog…. (and thanks goodness for that!), you will have a dog in the next few weeks or months….. stop complaining! It’s deeply unhealthy 🙂
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Very effective post David, as in cause and effect, lol.
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Thanks Ilona.
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No one chastises Santa about his weight. They just accept him as he is. Okay ..so your not Santa yet ha! But we love you just the way you are Mr K 😊
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Now that’s FUNNY! DK and Santa. WONDERFUL Karen!
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Tis the season to be jolly! love it all 😜
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Ho Ho Ho!
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That’s the spirit! See! 🤓 you even feel lighter to me ✨
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To you. Oh, I’m sure to you. (and he unbuttons his pants after dinner)
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Ha!
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Well, I will be encouraging…you should make sure your colon is empty before you weigh yourself./// We went to Costco yesterday, we purchased 3 or 4 items and lunch in the food court…they finally had the Cesar salad back they did not offer that during the Romaine lettuce Ban, I ate part of it and past the rest over to the hubby who also ate pizza…he also enjoyed the Lindt choc. samples (not gluten free), the sea salt chocolate covered caramels ( not Gluten Free) and all the other samples that were not Gluten Free…he has no shame eating all the yummies sample and treats at home in front of me! The frozen rolls baking in the oven the past two weeks are pure torture, as their fragrance is heavenly. In his defense he made me gluten free cookies the other day & we bought acceptable chocolate at the store yesterday, I ate the dark choc. caramel bar today. He also has baked a pumpkin pie ( he cut the pie pumpkin baked that etc. is whipping the cream now) No lunch today…we are starving…Diabetic are not suppose to miss a meal…The meatloaf is in the oven, accompanied by broccoli…did not walk today just did my PT kinda like yoga, though.Will probably do some mat steeping for seven minutes, this evening.
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Swept away in this passage. Thank you.
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I have two scales: one old fashion arrow pointing to number(s) scale, and a weight watchers brand digital. The Old fashion one, I’m sure, weighs heavy so I automatically subtract 2-3 lbs. regardless of the daily weather. Then I move over to digital scale…and…while holding on to the closet door frame, close my eyes, and prepare myself for the digital read out by exhaling all air from mylungs. Usually, with door frame assistance, weight digital readout matches the subtracted “fake” heavy pounds from the old fashion arrow pointing scale. Success is also assured if you: never drink water but do empty bladder prior to weigh-in, and, finally, remove plastic hair combs. I promise. This works.
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I am laughing so loud right now, Raye… Zeke is looking at me like I’ve lost my marbles!
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You absolutely made my day! I also have a foolproof method: After my digi-balance vexed me with unrealistically high numbers, I simply didn’t replace the batteries after their demise…. worked a treat! And it’s Christmas time; let our bodies have Christmas too 🙂 🙂 🙂
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reply to; jotsfromasmallapt
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funny!
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Brilliant! In the future, I shall try your battery-bit when my door frame theatrics proves to be useless.
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Still laughing!
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well, for one thing it’s far easier than your arobatic/acrobatic approach 😉
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Laughing. So good…
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Ok.. Now that I’ve commented on other’s comments, here’s my own:
Always weigh in after the morning pipi and before the shower. Nude.
And, honestly, the measurement way is the way to go. Scales just tell a bunch of lies. Why mine said one weight, got to my doctor’s and it added 2-3 lbs! WTF? He was kind enough to say, that, of course, the clothes, the trip over from my home to his office was sure to be the cause…
On a bright note, working at the golf club (shit, last shift tomorrow…) is great for working my butt off. Literally.
It is Christmas in 10 days. No bueno. January we start being careful, right?
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Which, I forgot to say, is really important… coz I don’t be needing those leftovers within my reach!! Just one. Just one. Just one. Where the heck did they all go?
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Laughing. Pipi and All. Yes, January we crank it up!
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Most important 😉
Yep… K. We’ll start an encouragement club! Not a point the fingers… but a hey, you’re doing great thing!
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slow and painful torture.ouch.
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Laughing. Yes. And torture applied to oneself, consciously.
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Tis a cruel season to weigh oneself. Personally, I step in with my right foot, holding on to the sink with my left hand, and very very slowly releasing my weight until it hits just where I want it to be. Then I let go and get on with my day. 😇
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That’s funny! Love it!
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De Nile is a river in Egypt.
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Ha!
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Oh man, this could be a really great story if the message said ‘good job, you’ve lost .2 pounds since the day before’…loved it anyway! I used to think that a downward curve was not possible for me, but lost 39 pounds this year and feel like 39 [ha!] so I proved myself wrong. Btw, does this smart scale know addition? Like looking back a week, a month, 6 months and be able to tell the story in flashy info graphics?
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Wow. 39 lbs. That’s amazing Helen. Now that’s a story that I would read. (btw, the smart scale knows change day over day and the app can chart progress (or not) in flashy graphics – sad, really. :))
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Hahahaha…and thanks for choosing AT&T.
https://srevestories.blogspot.com/search?q=pork+chops
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Off to check out Pork Chops!
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“Good Job” must mean screwing up the nerve to get ON the scale, not what the results are. So, Yaay! Good Job, buddy!
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Laughing. Ain’t that the truth!
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