Comments on: Don’t Weigh Your Self-Esteem

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:44:04 +0000

Haha, I will have to start referring to the company as “they” then ;) That’s neat you went to school with one of them! We can only buy the muesli and granola here and I lovelovelove it :)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:54:38 +0000

Hi – been reading your blog for a while and your references to Jordans cereals as a person make me giggle. I’m from the Uk, from Bedfordshire in fact where the company is based, Jordan is the surname of the 2 brothers who set up/run the company. I went to school with one of their sons in fact – there you go random factoid. They are really popular cereals/mueslis/bars over here.

Happy new year!

By: janetha

janetha — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:10:05 +0000

i read this from my phone yesterday while i was waiting for hours at the doc so i didnt comment. ANYWAY i think that scale thing is WHACK. you should definitely post up a op beautiful sign over it. how ridiculous~and it a women’s gym no less. i agree with your rant 100%

oh, and at the doc yesterday.. i told them that i don’t weigh myself. and so they didn’t weigh me :)

By: Seth @ Boy Meets Food

Seth @ Boy Meets Food — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:55:45 +0000

@Leah,
That is the way I interpreted it also. I think they were maybe intending to say that you are successful when you feel happy with your body instead of a particular number on the scale. But, showing the “Happy” on a scale is important to remind us that hitting the gym can help us feel that happiness. I say that not because happiness can only be found by working out until you have a rock hard body, but because exercise does usually make most people feel better. I know that personally, I feel both more fit, and also more alive, after I have exercised. And, THAT makes me happy.

Anyway, that’s just me playing “Devil’s Advocate”, and encouraging everyone to think about it from a different perspective. If they did mean it in the way that Susan interpreted it, then I agree, that is a bunch of crap, but it is very likely that it was meant as an innocent “Operation Beautiful” type of motivator (just poorly worded).

By: Bekah

Bekah — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:48:00 +0000

I REFUSE to weigh myself ahymore. I can tell where i’m at by how I feel, how my face looks (you can always tell in the face!) and how my clothes feel. Right now I feel relatively good. And I’m not gonna weigh myself, because I don’t want to ruin right now by the number I see.

Soo lame. But great post and rant! Well said. And I am so excited to hear about your new job!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:24:09 +0000

Ohno!! Did you hurt yourself? I actually expect it to happen to me someday, I’m just asking for it I think :P My mom fell of the treadmill once and said everyone at the gym just stood around in shock…

By: Goals for the New Year « The Great Balancing Act

Goals for the New Year « The Great Balancing Act — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:13:08 +0000

[...] Posted on December 31, 2009 by Susan Hello blog friends!! Wow, wonderful feedback on my last post about a poster at the gym that rubbed me the wrong way. It showed a woman standing on a scale, with [...]

By: pen (pen at peace)

pen (pen at peace) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:55:44 +0000

so as to your workout…i actually have fallen off the treadmill doing sprints. i’m a huge klutz. it was horrifically embarrassing as I took the spill in the middle of my university gym during grad school…

By: burpexcuzme

burpexcuzme — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:10:43 +0000

Ads are offensive. They need to play on a person’s insecurities to break them down enough to play into their ploys. Man. Jerks.

Oh, and CONGRATS on the job offer!! WOO HOO!!

By: Hallie

Hallie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:32:39 +0000

Yeah, I don’t know what the poster meant but I TOTALLY know what you mean about problems not going away with weight loss. I thought everything would be better if I lost weight and then I lost weight and you know what? Things weren’t better, I just fit into smaller clothing. I read some quote in Glamor magazine that said something like “having the perfect job, the perfect boyfriend, or the perfect weight won’t make you happy. All it will do is give you some money, someone to watch Lost with, and a new jeans size. And you’ll be complaining about something new.” I don’t remember the exact quote but I LOVED it.

By: Elina

Elina — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:09:30 +0000

I saw your goals and they sound great – challenging but achievable! :D
And yes, I do agree that being thin does not guarantee happiness, but being overweight or uncomfortable in your own skin because of your weight can definitely do the opposite. I disagree with the poster, but unfortunately there is some correlation between the 2 (at least for me).
Happy New Year!! :)

By: julie

julie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:57:43 +0000

I work in a women’s only gym and I see women’ obsess over the scale EVERY day. it’s so sad to me that so many of them come in and weigh themselves day in and day out. I just want to be like relax and enjoy the endorphins girl! Isn’t that what its about :)

glad you’re enjoying your time at home girl! i have those same plates too at my summer cottage!

By: erintakescontrol

erintakescontrol — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:12:39 +0000

Where do people draw the line? How is a number indicative of my happiness??? Stupid poster, for sure!

By: Paige (RAN)

Paige (RAN) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:28:54 +0000

First off, wonderful workout1 And congrats again on the job.

Secondly, oh my gawd. Seriously?! That is the worst poster I’ve ever seen! Horrible, horrible, horrible message. I mean, I can see why a gym would promote weightloss as succeeding – it might be a goal. But to directly and bluntly equate a number on the scale with being happy?! Oh, hell nah. Totally wrong message. Man..that really makes me sad/mad :-/

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:33:12 +0000

AMEN SISTER! i don’t know if the poster makes me super upset – there is such thing as a happy weight – but i COMPLETELY agree that your weight should NOT determine your happiness by any means. i have been skinnier than i am now, but was no way any happier in life. its so much more than that!

love you!