Has anyone ever put off going to an annual check up w/ their doctor because they didn’t feel like being weighed? {raises hand}

I’ve been avoiding the thyroid doctor for 5 months because of the dreaded scale. But, I went last Friday. I had boots on (knock off Ugg’s).

So here’s the age-old dillema…do I remove my shoes before getting on the scale?

At first blush, there seems like a simple answer. Take my shoes off. I weigh less without my shoes. But, on further analysis, I think the decision is more complex. If I leave my shoes on yes, I”ll weigh more. But, I don’t really know how much my shoes weigh. Therefore, I can keep my “real weight” delusion going. If the scale says one hundred blabety blah, I can tell myself, “Yes, but these boots weight at least twenty pounds. Or…for sure ten.”

Makes sense. Right?

I left my boots on. I was 12 pounds heavier than my last visit 17 months ago. When the doctor reviewed my chart, she raised a brow and said, “Hmm. Looks like you’ve put on a little weight.”

{alarm bells} {panic} {impulse for defensive sarcasm}

The only thing I could muster to say was, “Flip flops!!”

Next time, I’m walking in there naked.