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A lesson from the cheap seats (A non-scale victory)

9/25/2016

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I used to base my decision on whether I attended an event or not on what kind of chairs they had. I knew which venues splurged on "heavy duty" chairs and which ones spent a few dollars as possible.

I was overweight (I still am, just not AS overweight as I was before), so my weight put more stress on chairs than other people would.
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The dreaded chair.


​This chair is one I used to cringe at when I had to sit in it. I would attempt to "sit light", thinking that would magically make the chair more sturdy, or make my body lighter. But it never failed: the chair would pop and creak, and cause me to have anxiety about whether or not I may end up on the floor at the end of the night.

But not anymore.

I spent the weekend volunteering at an event and they had the chairs I used to hate. When I first sat down, I did my usual "bird on a wire" routine, balancing myself on the edge of the chair. But then, I realized the chair was not popping. It was not creaking. It was holding my weight just fine. So I dropped my bird routine,
​relaxed and sat regularly.

I have released quite a bit of weight since March, and this is the first true Non Scale Victory to report!

​Do you have a victory to repoet? Share!
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