It's Time to Cut Ties with the Scale
It's time to purge that elephant in
the room: THE SCALE!
Whether it's in the bathroom, the
basement or in the bedroom, it's taunting you.
Every day it beckons for you to step
onto it. It's the first thing you think of when you wake up and we always want
to hop on the scale before bed.
This obsession is one of the reasons
you should cut ties with the scale; set it free so you can set yourself free of
its chokehold.
Daily weigh-ins are meaningless.
Most people trying to lose weight really want to see a chance in their body composition: FAT LOSS.
Most people trying to lose weight really want to see a chance in their body composition: FAT LOSS.
Body composition changes cannot be
detected by a scale on a day-to-day basis. Fat loss can be detected on a weekly
basis, however, so if you can have enough discipline to only hope on once a
week, then you have my permission to keep your scale ☺
This is very tough however- so if
you start to notice yourself weighing yourself more often, then hide it.
Did You Know that Your scale weight
can fluctuate up to 5 pounds in one day!
This is due to:
Weight of food & beverages
Water loss from exercise
Water gain from menstrual cycles
Water retention from high sodium intake
Weight of non-voided bowel contents
Water loss from exercise
Water gain from menstrual cycles
Water retention from high sodium intake
Weight of non-voided bowel contents
The scale is NOT the real barometer
of progress.
You may believe that "the scale
does not lie," and that the number is objective. However, you can get more
objective, more in-depth feedback from other measuring tools.
Here's an easy way to do it at home:
Be mindful of how your clothes are fitting. After all, it is pretty common for
the scale "not to budge" for a person who finds she can suddenly fit
with ease into a pair of formerly tight jeans.
Other effective measuring tools can
be:
How you feel after rushing up a
flight of stairs
Not tiring out as quickly when you play with your children
Your new found ability to change the water cooler bottle at work without any effort!
Diminished cravings for sugar
Not tiring out as quickly when you play with your children
Your new found ability to change the water cooler bottle at work without any effort!
Diminished cravings for sugar
The scale can't record these
milestones. When you read the number on the scale, you will automatically
associate that number with food. Yes, that's right. If you don't like the
number, what thought pops into your mind? It almost always relates to food.
The scale is a harbinger of food
obsession, which includes counting every calorie, and carb and fat gram. Before
you know it, you'll be carrying a calorie counter with you everywhere you go.
Focus on how you feel, milestones in
your daily activities, improved muscle tone, better eating habits, and how your
clothes fit, rather than an ambiguous number on a gadget.
For help in escaping the scale's
stranglehold and learning how to make REALLY changes in your body, give us a
call today so we can help you with one of our customized programs!
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Thank you and have a great weekend.
Committed to YOUR Success,
Dave Knapp NCSF-CPT-CNS
888-402-(CAMP) 2267
