The scale ruined my mood
Perhaps the number was higher than you expected, unchanged after a week of effort or simply not low enough to feel rewarding. It can take only a few seconds for the scale to change the mood of the entire day.
These articles are here for the disappointment, the panic and the temptation to treat one number as proof that nothing is working.
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The scale went up. My mood went down
Start here if one weigh-in has changed how you feel about the entire day.
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