bizarre fixation...

While waiting for the phone call from the Anaethetist and the Dietitian i went on the hunt for some real scales so i could keep a record at home doing a weekly weigh in. i wanted ones that wouldn't count back on its self, ones that went up to my weight and beyond... The looks on the shop staff were looks i never want to cause again when i tell them i need scales that cater for my weight. I did come across a lovely girl at a chemist who suggested i try where she found some good ones that she was sure would go the distance at BigW or Kmart as i had already ruled out Target and Myers. For some reason i had ruled them out to stock the heavy duty ones thinking i needed a specialty shop, but then again the few specialty shops had already proved disappointing. Off to BigW i went... Wow i couldn't believe it they had a few to choose from (thankyou chemist girl...) it might sound odd but i was lost as i assumed when i did come across the scales i needed i didn't expect to get a choice as that is the life of a larger person, just take what you can get... I read the back of all the boxes, trying them out and reading again, i was at it for half an hr or more, i mean come on they are only scales for crying out loud. Finally i choose the Lifestyle Professional Bathroom Scales that went up to 200kg, the tipe that i had a fear of using because of the glass top. Holly cow i was crapping my pants thinking i was going to break them and cut the hell out of my feet at the same time but i stepped on them with caution in the shop and Ta-Da it was all good (apart from them telling me i was 172kg which was heavier that the Dr's scales by nilly 4kg... i had put weight on... ahhhh). What sold those particular ones to me was the wide part, these scales had the extra feature the other ones didn't, i could stand on them normal rather than stand with my feet together and off balance... Friends and family thought i was quite strange being over excited i got scales...