Avoid the Scale At All Costs!

I'm in my third day of totally raw and I am feeling great! So of course now is the perfect time to avoid the scale. I am really feeling good and you might think that it is too soon to have such a positive result, but that is exactly what it is like on raw food. Your energy levels soar and you start feeling 'lighter'. Not only physically lighter but more of a 'lightness of being'. That's not to say that you will totally avoid a detox reaction, but the severity will depend on the toxicity of your diet before going over to raw.  I'm hoping that because I did raw not so long ago, I'll manage to escape the detox.
I digress, let's go back to the scale. Or better yet, let's go right past the scale.
One of the most difficult things about a lifestyle change is that the results do not arrive instantly. Instant gratification issues make this difficult to deal with and I believe this is a very large part of why so many lifestyle changes are temporary.
Dieting is a classic example. The diet that you do today will only pay off next week. Perhaps only in two weeks time. And if you haven't been consistent in your efforts you could be looking at three or four weeks before you see a result.
So how do you tell somebody that they need to follow this regime and then in six months time they'll finally see what they have been working towards. "Stop smoking now. Every day you will crave that cigarette and you will feel miserable and bitter and twisted and deprived. But don't worry because in six months time you will feel great."
Oh really?
Don't look at the result you are wanting in six months time. Look at the result you are wanting today. It doesn't have to be a big result. If you normally sit behind a desk the entire day and today you took the stairs instead of the elevator, then you have done well.
So the thing to do is to avoid the scale at all costs. Ignore the measure of your success and work towards the feeling of your success!
I lie in bed in the morning, before I open my eyes, and I take inventory of how I am feeling. I count the number of aches and pains, I test the flexibility of each joint and then I check to see if I still remember who and where I am. An ache or two less and yes I know who I am and I'm feeling great! Let tomorrow worry about itself and I'll take care of today.
And if that scale's not careful, I'll stand on it!