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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-scale-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">“The Scale” from Leslie Goldman’s “The Weighting Game”</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 2, 2008 at 05:00 PM by Martha Jones</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Look at how big this scale is. Seriously, look at it. It’s massive. Taller than the bank of double-decker lockers, it dwarfs an industrial vacuum cleaner and makes a 5’11” me seem like a shorty next to it. It is a hellacious metal beast of thoughtless ridicule and unwavering hatred. It’s name is Evil. Evil Moe the Scale. I’m not sure how many of you knew this, but for the past 5+ months, I have not stepped foot on a scale. The last time I weighed myself was Dec. 21 of last year, before embarking on a chip-filled Nueva Vallarta vacation with Dan’s family. I then decided to conduct a little experiment and see what would happen (most importantly to my mind, but also my body) if I kicked the scale to the curb like Denise Richards and her sanity when…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-scale-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-scale-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-scale-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-scale-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/body-image/">body-image</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-story/">her-story</a><br /><br /> </P>