Ill be the first to admit, embarrassingly so, that I am a scale addict. I have a created a really bad habit of needing to weigh myself daily. I have tried to break up with it many a time and failed. But this year WILL be different. I am breaking up with the scale for good, because Ive let it control me for too long. I really liked this blog post by Jen Cormas Keck, identified with her story and thought it was worth sharing. Some points I found worth highlighting: - Scale weight is merely ONE number. And that number is what you WEIGH in relation to gravity at that given point in time. It tells you nothing in regards to body composition, body fat, muscle mass, or water balance. - Maintaining scale weight, or even gaining a little scale weight, does NOT mean that youve regressed or are not progressing. On the contrary, if you are consistently training and eating properly to support your goals, your body composition can actually be changing/ improving. The scale doesnt tell you that kind of information. If you loose 5 lb of body fat, but have gained 5 lb of muscle mass your weight would be the same. {Additionally, Ill add that an increase in scale weight (to include increase in body fat) can be completely healthy and not an indication that you have failed, fell off the wagon, become totally unconditioned, etc. Especially after getting competition/stage lean. My body weight/body fat has increased a good 10-15 pounds since my last competition in August. It took me 4 years to build 15 pounds of quality muscle so I am well aware that a good amount of that weight is body fat and water and not lean muscle gains. But now, for the first time in over a year, have a regular monthly cycle, my performance/strength has increased tremendously and I am focused on increasing/bettering my metabolism by increasing food/macro consumption.} -We believe that once we weight X, it will bring us abundant joy and happiness. Plain and simple, this is a loosing battle, and you are setting yourself up for failure and disappointment. ...Your self-love won’t be flipped on like a light switch just because you hit a certain number on the scale. Now, I am not saying that the scale is completely useless. Its a tool that can and should be utilized. But it is just that, a tool, 1 tool at that. That tells you very little in the grand scheme of things. If youre finding that youre letting the scale determine how your day unravels - or worse, your self-worth - then its time to take a step back and re-evaluate your relationship with it. And perhaps, like myself, time for a break up. Whos with me?! jencomaskeck/2014/04/the-scale-not-worth-its-weight.html
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:29:31 +0000
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