“I just want the scale to go down!”
“I just want the scale to go down!”
“Absolutely, but look, you lost a total of 12 inches, you can tie your shoes now without having to sit down, your blood pressure has gone down and you told me that all your friends are noticing that you lost weight!”
“Yeah, I know! But I just want the scale to go down!”
I hate having this conversation with people. Hate it. Hatehatehatehate it. The first time I have to have this conversation with someone it is ok because I try and explain to them that out of all the variables I look at (clothing size, tape measurements, skin fold, before and after pics, functional movement screen, scale weight, internal feelings/external attention, etc.) the scale by far for most people is the most important.
To me it doesn’t make any sense! Everything goes in a positive direction…except the scale weight and people concentrate on only the negative aspect of the scale.
“I lost 4 inches on my belly but the scale only went down 2 lbs in the past 2 weeks!”
That was a conversation that I had yesterday with a client.
Very few people will lose 4 lbs a week every time they weigh in. That would be 96 lbs in a year! Sorry folks, not gonna happen.
So look at it from a different perspective, a positive perspective, a point of view that will lend itself to making healthy decisions and focusing on the positives and not the negatives. As long as something positive is happening, enjoy the changes and enjoy the journey!
A negative attitude will drag you down the ladder of weight loss success faster than binging on a bag full of corn nuts and snickers.
So instead of “watching your weight” ask yourself these questions the next time you weigh in:
Do I feel better than I did two weeks ago?
Am I stronger than I was two weeks ago?
Am I more flexible than I was two weeks ago?
Are my clothes fitting differently than two weeks ago?
Are people noticing changes?
Am I notices changes?
Has my internal health changed? (i.e. blood preassure, resting heart rate, etc.)
If you answered YES to any of those questions then you have been successful in your body transformation endeavers.
