How to make the number on the scales not matter can be a real problem.
Using The Scales To Measure Progress
This article was inspired by conversations I have had with several clients. On why I recommend using scale weight as an indicator of progress.
This idea of encouraging weigh-ins while also promoting that the number on the scales does not matter. Seems to be two polar ideas yet there is a middle ground where they do meet.
Your progress is more than a number.Like all issues the background behind this one is not black and white and there are definitely grey areas which deserve to be fleshed out.
How to make the number on the scales not matter
The best way how to make the number on the scales not matter is to use your average scale weight.
What is the average weekly weight?
Firstly the average weekly weight is the number you get when you add up weigh-ins from the week and find the average. These weigh-ins occur in the morning after you have gone to the bathroom on the same scales in the same position in the bathroom each time. Recording this number can be completed by simply inputing it into any number of apps, your phones notepad or written down as long as it is recorded each time. Some tips about this number you are recording
- it should not dictate how you feel about your day or yourself
- the amount of emotion going into recording this number should be the same as if I asked you to write down the colour of a car on the street
- this number can fluctuate between 1-2% depending on the person and the time of the month e.g 70kg women can be 69kg-70kg-71kg on a given day and that is normal
What can we do with your weekly average weight?
One of the most important things we can do with your weekly average weight. Is plot a course direction on the choices we make with your diet, activity and lifestyle. Depending on whether your goals is to lose/maintain/gain weight. This number will tell us if we are moving closer or further away from our goal. Being honest and having something to be accountable. Will actually empower the choices that you are able to make to reach your goals sooner rather than later.
A good example is the person looking to lose weight. Who is not really sure where to start the actual journey itself.
If you have a bigger goal of losing up to 10kg this can be a very long process. It must be done in a way that minimises the chance of the weight regain effect and will require alot of our big rocks to be sorted from the beginning.
In Closing
Consequently starting to be accountable to taking your weight throughout the week and looking at the average is being honest with yourself.
Knowing that the process you are going through will take a long time and there are small steps along the way with many small victories and some small setbacks.
Furthermore the feedback and knowledge they gain from seeing how much their weight can fluctuate is the most important part of this.
As a result you will learn to have less emotion to the number and use it as a tool to be accountable over a longer period as we discussed above.
One of our clients Hayley had fantastic success with using her weekly average weight as her indicator of success
Do you look at Hayley’s result and think “I want to change my life and body like that”? –
If you answered YES then check out our 28 Day Fat Loss & Body Composition Changes Program.
Are You
- Lacking Motivation?
- Have No Direction With Your Training?
- Goals Slipping Away?
- Unhappy With Your Body Composition?
- Wanting To Be Fit & Healthy?
If you answered YES then this program is for you! –
$69 per week and lasts for 28 days.
CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW FOR MORE INFO.