There are a few ways to track your health and fitness progress, but there’s one you should avoid fixating on.
Your scale.
It’s a liar.
The number on the scale is simply telling you how resistant you are to gravity … in other words, how much mass your body has.
It tells you nothing about the health of your bones or connective tissue, much less how much lean mass you have vs. how much fat mass.
And if your scale is anything like mine, it’s like a roller coaster. Up, down, up, back down and back up again. Day-to-day fluctuations are perfectly normal, but it can be very easy to obsess over them and even have them ruin your day.
Don’t fall for this trap.
The scale is of the least informative measures of your overall health and fitness status – yet it tends to be the one people focus on the most.
In fact, the people I’ve worked with who’ve had the most success with weight loss share a common trait: they rarely step on the scale!
I recommend weighing yourself once a month, under consistent conditions, and enhancing your progress assessment by tracking waist and hip measurements, and/or taking progress photos.
Don’t allow one metric – especially a limited one – to dictate your health decisions or impact your mood and motivation. Focus more on how your clothes fit, your energy levels, sleep duration, hydration and your exercise motivation level.
Don’t be a victim of the scale and its half-truths. Embrace choices and actions that make you happy and bring you closer to your goals, and seek out additional ways to measure your progress.
Your Friend and Coach,
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Train Smart. Train Hard. Train Safe. Train to Sweatt
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