The good old scale, whether it is kept in the bathroom or the bedroom, it is always there. It has become of a beacon to many women on their quest to lose weight. Every morning they walk to the scale dreading the moment that they must step upon the evil machine. What will the scale tell them today, they fear. In their battle to lose weight many women are addicted to using their scale. It is a number that both comforts and kills the motivation to lose weight. Scales were meant as a tool to help people maintain their weight. However if you want to lose weight the first thing you must do is throw out your scale. Yes, go out the backdoor right now and throw that scale in the garbage can. Ok, as the shock wears off and the withdrawal symptoms from the lack of your trusty scale to track when you lose weight kick in, let me tell you why you needed to do this to lose weight.
A scale will knock down any motivation you have to lose weight. When you are trying to lose weight you change many things in your lifestyle. You give up foods that you love to lose weight. Hopefully you have added a new fitness plan to lose weight. When you look at the numbers on a scale everyday and they don’t move the way you think they should you start to think that all of the changes that you made to lose weight were fruitless. You start to think that you are stopping yourself from enjoying all these things you gave up and the scale tells you it did not work to help you lose weight. This is not true. The scale may go a long time before the numbers show that you have lost weight. A better indicator of whether you are losing weight is the weigh your clothes fit. If you lose weight your clothes will become baggy.
Another reason a scale is not good when you want to lose weight is that muscle mass weighs more then fat. If you have added strength training to help you lose weight then you will gain muscle mass. If you are a slave to the scale you will see the numbers on the scale go up and freak out and put a halt to everything you are doing. You will not lose weight this way. Muscle mass burns more calories, and this will help you to lose weight. The best way to stay happy and motivated will you gain the muscle mass you will need to lose weight is to look in the mirror. Take note of the muscle definition on your legs and arms. Be proud of the beginning of muscle definition on your stomach that will help you to lose weight. Do not step on a scale!
Ok since you didn’t do it the first time I told you, let’s try again. Grab your scale and walk to the trash can. Lift the lid and throw it in. Close the lid. Congratulations you have taken the most important step to lose weight.
