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[fox]

so at the gym, every so often -- i don't know how often -- they want to weigh you and take your measurements. and they should have done it at the first visit, but they didn't, so for me they did it today.

yeah, i hop on the scale ("zero" actually being equivalent to "three pounds" -- good to know), and the perky middle-aged woman slides the 50-lb weight thingy over to where she thinks it ought to be, and i laugh, and she slides the 1-lb weight thingy all the way over to 50, and nothing happens, and she goes to move the 50-lb weight thingy, and i laugh, and she asks me if i have an idea where she should begin, and i tell her, and she doesn't believe me. but she puts it there anyway, and moves the 1-lb weight thingy, and damn if i wasn't right to within four pounds (one, if you subtract those three for the zero issue).

difference between what she would have guessed and the right answer: 64 (or 61) lbs. (which is 4st 8 (or 5), for those of you who count that way.) in other words, i look how i look, and people who do this for a living don't argue with me when i say i'd like to lose weight and get smaller -- and i actually weigh 64 pounds more than that.

she still had trouble believing me and the scale, though. i guess that's something. :-]

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I thought, at first, you meant you weighed 4 st 8 in total!

[wholenother.livejournal.com]

Y'know, fox, it's not necessarily bad to look like you weigh less than you do. And she was one person. Aw...

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[darthfox.livejournal.com]

no, you're right, looking like you weigh less than you do = good. but, looking like you've got, oh, 30 pounds to lose = not so good, and knowing you actually weigh 65 pounds more than you look = worse.

i'm about health, remember, as much as appearance. my heart! my knees! my back! anh.

[thalia]

I really think you should spring for the hydro-whatchamacallit body fat testing, if it's available. That way you'd at least be able to set goals. Maybe your bones are just extra-dense, which would be really good for osteoporis avoidance.

[thalia]

hydrostatic weighing. I couldn't remember.

[sowilo.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. people are always shocked when I tell them how much I weigh. I get a sick kick out of it, actually.