Lauren

Like getting my A1C lower or getting like, I want to be able to do, I've been working out consistently.

My body feels good.

I want to be able to do a pushup again.

Yes.

You know, like there's certain things like that, that I'm like, these are markers of success that have nothing to do with the scale.

Yes.

But I also, but I also want to celebrate like the scale number.

So I appreciate the advice to not talk to them about the number and that, that that's nothing that needs to be their concern.

Cause when I was little, a lot of that was stuff that I internalized my, somebody would say, Oh, you know, if I could just lose the last 10 pounds and then I'd see that,

I was 30 pounds more than them.

So I said, Oh, I probably should lose 40 pounds.

Right.

It was a lot of those shoulds.

So I've been trying really hard to use markers like that.

It's like my goal for the year is to be able to do full pushups again or sit ups or stuff like that.

Of course.

And there's a piece of it that it is a marker, right?

It's just like BMI.

But it's not nearly as important.

I know.