Wow, another fitness vs diet revelation....Throw Out The Scale...seriously. I am obsessed with weighing myself everyday, I mean in the diet world that was my measure of success. However I am in the fitness world now and success, I have found, is measured very differently. Did you know that a pound of muscle is 5 times smaller that a pound of fat....5 times!! So over these next 8 weeks, if my scale only shows a 10 lb loss, I could still be a lot smaller. See the measures in the fitness world are about % of body fat. So technically if I replaced a lot of my fat with muscle then I will be smaller, clothes sizes will go down and I will look like I lost. 40 lbs. This is so hard to wrap my head around. In the fitness world, I am looking at inches too, especially around the core. Fitness with good nutrition is the slow but steady wins the race approach. The more muscle you have, the more fat your body burns, the faster your metabolism etc.... I know I am not completely scientific with my explanation but basically the longer I am in this game the easier it will get and so I have to be patient and throw out the damn scale!!
What do you think?
People often ask me when I'm on some diet or exercise regimen, "how much do I weigh?" My answer is usually, "I don't really know." I never weigh myself; my doctor does of course. I know when it's time to get dieting, or get that bike out, by the fit of my clothes. When I have to breathe in to button those pants I know what that means. I always tell people, "I'm not about to go and buy new clothes because of my weight!" So for most of my adult life I have pretty much worn the same size clothes, so yes, "toss the scale!"
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to toss the scale, just hide it and bring it out every so often. I used to be the same way. I would weigh every week! I would be so down when the scale didn't move. Since I hired a nutrition coach I take progress pictures and only weigh in every 4 weeks. This helps me and can help you because I would stress over the darn number on the scale..and that's all it is - a number. I'm so much less stressed when I don't weigh myself constantly which helps me to focus more on my running, and strength training!
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