At first, when the weight seems to slide off like fat off a hot griddle, we are pleased as punch.  Then closer we get to goal, we start obsessing about the number on the scale or what size clothes we’re wearing.  Why is she weighing this much and wearing that size and I weigh ten pounds less and two sizes bigger.  Those types of things.  We’re still stuck in society’s mind-trap of body image and what it all means.

Here’s a link to an article I wrote to try and help put it all into perspective:  The Scale vs. Society.