It will only take a moment, just walk over to it, step up, and read the numbers. No harm done. And maybe the peek will serve as a useful reminder to take better care of yourself. So finally you give in to the nagging curiosity, cross the room, and prepare to receive the numerical value of your appearance in pounds. Most of us have played through this mental dance with a scale more than once in our lives.
Excessive weight is bad for our health anyway.
And we could all use a nudge to remind us to stay away from all that pre-packaged junk which passes as food in this country and which tastes so good. We have been told that eating healthy is imperative, low fat diets are the way to go, and none of this is worth anything if we don't add regular exercise to the mix. And she is complimented because she is practicing the determination and self-control which many of her friends wish they had. She does not merely regulate her diet. She is truly healthy.