Weighing yourself to track progress when dieting. Ok, obviously as you lose body fat, your weight on the scale is going to drop over time. If you have been in a caloric deficit for say 10 weeks, you could expect to see a decrease in weight from when you started. This is fairly obvious as your overall body fat mass has been reduced. Now, thats not to say its as entirely simple as that. There are lots of variables to be considered when you weigh in at the start of the week or whenever you do so. As Ive spoke about in the past, scale weight can not give you any real indication as to whats going on. The scales dont know if you are losing fat, water, fully clothed, naked or have just had a shave and hair cut! The scales provide you with your total body weight at the time you stand on them, thats it. Things like the sodium or carbohydrate levels of your last meal, total energy of your last meal, how long after your last meal, how hydrated you are, time of the month (woman) all have an impact on what the scales will tell you. Although we can never really know accurately, how much fat we are losing per week/month etc, we can get a pretty good idea if we remove or at least keep the variables as consistent as possible. So, the next time you weigh yourself and in the future, try and do so under the same conditions every time. If youre weighing in once a week, do it first thing in the morning on a day you get up at the same time, (Monday morning at 6am for work every week for example) after you have been to the toilet, naked and before you consume any food or liquid. If you really wanted to go a bit further you could try and make your meal from the night before similar in composition. By doing this and keeping a record, you will have a much more accurate account of your progress. Remember, dont worry if you are going along fine, losing weight and then have a spike on the scales. It could be down to one of those aforementioned variables. I wouldnt panic and instead look at what you record over time rather than a few weeks. If you liked this post and thought it was helpful, let me know and give it a like . Its greatly appreciated :)
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:46:16 +0000
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