The Scales Of Injustice

I hate bathroom scales. Not because they tell the truth, but because they give misleading information. For example, two different men weighing 200 pounds can look very different. One may be overweight (chunky) while the other can be slim and muscular (hunky). Scales are evil tools and I really don’t like using them for daily or weekly records. I probably step on a scale once a month and I can proudly say I have had the exact same weight for easily the past two years. While I have no real problem with the actual numbers, I do wish they were in a slightly different order, but I’m getting used to it. I started to step away from stepping on a scale when I was cross training. A few years ago, back when I was feeding my engine the wrong kind of fuel, I logged a lot of miles on pavement jogging and on alternating days I weight trained. Not insanely heavy grunt and groan weight training, but a routine I had devised making use of the equipment I owned. I still have the weight bench and various free weights. Why am I chunkier than hunkier? I became a slug. It happens to some of us. Our lives change, for whatever the reason, and the weights somehow magically end up in closets or become doorstops. Now, back to the problem with scales. Your weight can actually increase as you develop your muscularity. I’m not talking huge numbers, but don’t be surprised if the weight goes up slightly rather than down. And don’t blame it on the scale. Another thing I hate about bathroom scales is one can say one weight and another can say anywhere from two to five pounds different from that, so they really aren’t reliable. Now, if you are just using a bathroom scale as a rough guide, fine but here’s the quickest way to lose your first five pounds: throw away the scale!