Trying to be sensible

I've decided to stop weighing myself, and have removed my weight loss 'Ticker' from this page... I'm getting a little obsessive about it, as my weight is going up back to where I started, and then down, and then up again, and the numbers are making me depressed. They're only numbers after all!

I know that tracking kilos doesn't provide positive feedback (despite my also strong despire to see the kilos drop ever downwards)... muscle weighs more than fat for a start, so if I'm getting fitter (and I think I am, I've cut 10 seconds off my lap time), I could still weigh the same or even more. As Dr Rick says

"Don't get weighed down by the scales
If we are above our most comfortable weight and we want to change this situation, it is vital to focus on our thinking, our eating and/or our physical activity, rather than concentrating on what is happening with changes to our weight. By looking after ourselves and our bodies in the best way we can, our weight/size will be the healthiest level that is possible for our own body type."

and

"Health and vitality come in all shapes and sizes, and it is important to be the healthiest weight we can achieve and maintain, rather than focus on being thin at any cost. By looking after ourselves and our bodies in the best way we can, our weight/size will evolve to the healthiest level that is possible."

So yeah. I'll do that.

And bugger it, I'm coming down with some virus thing; the whole family is feeling vile - sore throats, aches and pains, desperately sleepy... so that's not helping much either. Bleah.