oh that this too too solid flesh should melt..

In my mid sixties now, I know a thing or two about weight loss. Over the years I've lost several bodies worth of fat, only to put it on again. And more. So it was with trepidation I started the Fast 800 diet in June. Oh my, I lost a large chunk of weight very quickly and noticed improvement in all manner of bodily things. So far, so good.

And like all the literature says, the weight loss slowed down. Now, being an expert in such things, I had a sharp word with myself. I said that it wasn't good to go on loosing so much weight so quickly and that inevitably it would slow down. Not only that, I may gain a pound or tow now and again. I felt somewhat reassured with my wise words.

Then I hit a big problem.

I decided to buy some state of the art scales. They measure your weight, visceral fat, skeletal muscle (who knew?), BMI, body fat percentage. Then the scales sent this information to my phone and put it on a chart. Wow. I then started to worry about stuff I had never worried about before.

But here's the thing. These new scales weigh heavier than my old scales-by 3 lbs. So I'm now faced with what can only be described as a first world problem. Do I use the state of the art but cruel scales and just bite that bullet. Or do I carry on as I have all week. Stepping cautiously on the new scales, sighing with disappointment then moving swiftly onto my trusty old ones for the reassurance of the lower weight.

Sigh, when will I be old enough not to bother with such tiresome nonsense