Accountability tools

 

Every year I go the local discount store and get the cheapest calendar that I can find. I bring it home and put it right by my scale. You know the scale that is screaming at me for eating all those holiday cookies. I even put a pen on top of it so that I don’t have an excuse to write down what my morning number is.

Many days it is the same as the day before but at least I am holding myself accountable for my actions. Since I started my weight loss mission five years ago I have gone through two scales. I now have a digital one that is a few pounds off from the one at my doctor’s office, which is the one that I use as my base camp since I started at 340 pounds. It is hard to fool the doctor’s scale especially when the nurse is standing there writing down the numbers in you chart.

My scale at home is three pounds off but I take that into account on my calendar.

Once a month I take a handful of measurements with a tape measure that I keep close at hand. Some months I have only lost a few pounds but I have lost several inches. In the end it has kept me on track with all the documentation. I strongly recommend that if you don’t do this now that documenting our actions be part of your New Year’s resolution agenda. It worked for me.