What is your relationship like with your scale? How often do you find yourself crawling on top of that platform of misery, only to be disappointed by the number staring back at you? Twice per week? Once per day? I'm telling you right now, JUST STOP IT! This kind of obsessive behavior is not only depressing when you don't see the number you want... it's also completely counter productive to achieving your goals. You see, that measuring device that so coldly deals out its judgments to every soul who dares heft themselves upon its cold, sleek exterior, paints a very bleary and deceptive picture of what is actually going on. Let me illustrate... Meet Steve, my imaginary volunteer for this topic. Steve gets on the scale to decide his fitness level, health, and generally how good he looks. The scale reads 225 lbs. with no other information, is Steve overweight, just right, or a muscle bound bodybuilder? After all, 225lbs at 7% body fat is a hell of a lot different than 225lbs at 25% body fat". "but that's easy" you say... "I could tell by looking at him which one he is." Awe but you see most people are determining their health, self image, social ranking, and fitness level completely on this one device...their body image is skewed when they look in the mirror because all they can think about are the numbers, and most people will never take the time to have a proper body fat analysis done or do circumference measurements. The scale is a tool that is meant to be used in conjunction with other forms of measurement, it's a very small piece of the puzzle when it comes to knowing where you are at, and deciding where you want to go. The other major flaw in weighing one's self too often is that body weight can fluctuate several pounds in a 24 hour period, causing people to take drastic measures when they see an extra pound or two...they start exercising like mad or cutting calories to such levels that it slows their metabolism to a crawl. If that weren't enough, the mental stress of all of this wreaks havoc throughout the body leading to more fat gain. So what can you do?
1. Weigh yourself to get a baseline of where you are at. After that, weigh in a maximum of ONCE
per week.
2. Have your body fat measured. The water displacement test is the most accurate, however a
qualified professional will get you pretty close with skin fold calipers.
Most of scales that say they can measure body fat% aren't reliable, so don't waste your time
with them.
3. Take some good pictures of yourself that you can compare at a later date.
4. Pay attention to how your clothes fit. This is often one of the first things you'll notice.
5. If you are in need of some diet help, here is the meal plan I follow.
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So after you have read this, if you think you may be a scale abuser and you don't think you can control your dysfunctional scale relationship...SMASH THAT SCALE WITH A HAMMER!
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