The Scale

Back in fourth grade, Jenni was weighed by the school nurse along with all her friends. Her one friend went up first and weighed 76 lbs. Jenni was then called, and she too weighed 76 lbs. She was very confused because between her and her friend, she always though she was the bigger one. Once the scale showed her that she wasn't bigger, the scale and her became best friends. Now, with Ed in her life, everytime she would step on the scale, Ed would throw in his thoughts. If he liked the number on the scale he congratulated Jenni, but if the number was too large for his expectations, he would put her down and that's when behaviors would arise. Eventually, on the road to recovery, Jenni stopped using the scale. Weighing out the pros and cons of doing so, the pros weighed much more. I can relate to this because while in rehab, my parents hi the scales in our house so i would never know my weight. Everyday we were weighed at Alexian, but we were never allowed to see what the number was.