On a Diet? Forget the Bathroom Scale

Hi! Kelly here again to talk about your diet and the bathroom scale.

When dieting, many regard the bathroom scale as something of an enemy, yet they can’t seem to stay away from it. They want to know how well they are doing, but they don’t want to see how slowly the scales can really move.

Some get on it every single day, which might be part of the reason so many fall off of a diet so quickly. They see too many commercials promising fast weight loss, and when they don’t see that for themselves, they just give up.

When dieting, the bathroom scale is not the only measure of success, nor should it be.

Most have been measuring themselves each week. If they are exercising as they should be, they will be getting fat to come off and they will be forming new muscle. That means that even though the bathroom scale might not be moving, they are actually making progress. Sometimes, they are doing better than they could imagine, but they have no idea what is going on.

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Getting on the bathroom scale once a week is better, or even once a month. It can be hard to resist, but it is the way to go. If the diet is going well, the scales will reflect that in a month’s time.

If you combine that with measuring important areas, the results of hard work will be more visible, without the stress of wondering why the scales are simply not moving from day to day. It takes a while to get used to the fact that you should just wait, but once someone can get a handle on that, they are going to hang on to a diet much longer, and they are going to see more results.

When it comes to buying a bathroom scale, spending a little more means more accuracy. The cheaper ones work, but they do wear out rather quickly and they may not be as accurate after just a few months. That can mess with any dieters head as well.

Sometimes, a bathroom scale can also calculate body fat and other things, but those should be taken with a grain of salt. Everyone has a different build and frame, and though fat percentage is important, it might be more accurate when assessed by a doctor.

Keep the scales for reference, but don’t use it very often, and don’t live and die by what it says each time you use it.

Here's to your ongoing weight loss success!

The Weight Loss Guy