The Naked Truth

Well, I looked the naked truth right in the eye this morning.  And you have heard the saying that the truth hurts.  Well, let me tell you, that is the truth!  I knew my bathroom scales weighed less than the ones at my doctor's office, but I always made excuses for my old bathroom scales .  I said, "Doctors scales always weigh more anyway."  Since I have started watching my diet and losing weight, I always had that nagging thought in the back of my head.  Besides, when I had days that it seemed the scale didn't move, I thought that if I got those new accurate digital scales that show weight in increments of .2 pounds, I could see if I lost even part of a pound.  I figured that would be encouraging if I had only lost a fraction of a pound on some days.  So today was the big switch over.  First, I weighed one last time on my old scales to make sure of my final weight loss on those scales.  Then I climbed onto my new fancy digital scales.  Well, I almost fainted!  They weighed me 13 pounds heavier than my old ones.  Oh no, that means I weighed 13 pounds more when I started than I thought I did.  I was the heaviest I had ever been in my entire life!  And I still weigh 13 pounds more than I thought I did!  That means I have 13 pounds more to lose before I reach my goal!  I had to really talk to myself, "Ok, so you weigh 13 pounds more than you thought.  It's better to know the truth.  You have already lost 22 pounds.  You can do this!  Keep up the momentum. "  After the heart palpitations stopped and the light headedness went away, I could think more clearly.  So what if I have 13 more pounds to lose, I will get it done!  I know what I have to do.  I will become friends with these new scales.  They are just telling my the truth.  And I can see when I have even lost a few ounces on these scales.  Yes, the naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie!