“Help!
For whatever reason, I can’t stop weighing myself every day. And the scale does not move – at all.
Even though I am losing inches in my waist and my hips and I feel amazing, seeing that the number doesn’t budge makes me feel as though the success that I am having isn’t enough.
I want to weigh what I weighed before I was pregnant AND measure the same. And while the measurements are getting there and I’m feeling so much better, I don’t mentally understand why the number isn’t moving. I need help to stop myself from weighing myself every day because I know it’s not doing me any favors. Do you ladies have any tips that will help me in that process?”
Susan, ClubFYM Member
~~~~~~~~~~~
I have 2 “How To Stay Off The Scale” Tips for you Susan!
1. Get rid of the scale
You can’t keep weighing yourself if it is not around.
2. Skinny Jeans
If that is not possible – lay your skinny jeans on the scale. And every time you are tempted to step on…try your jeans on instead…for the true measure of fat loss and a change in your body composition is the inches lost – and we all know Jeans Never Lie!
You can also ask yourself; what is more important?
To Weigh Less?
or
To Feel Better and Take Up Less Space?
Getting started on a fat loss, body shaping journey requires a complete change in mindset. Yes, doing so does take time AND also a concerted effort to remind yourself as often as it takes that this is a process of taking care of you – so you are Healthy – so you Feel Better – so when you look in the mirror you LOOK Better and have more Confidence in YOU!!!!
This is SIMPLY NOT anything a scale can measure.
You are more than a silly number on a scale!
Bonus Tip:
If you just cannot help yourself – try keeping a log and track How many times you step on the scale, the time it takes you to do this each time, add that time up then reflect on how spending SO much time on the scale has affected your mood and your motivation to keep moving forward.
This should be an eye opening experience as you see the truth about how much time and energy is wasted on a scale.
A scale CANNOT show you the change in your body composition – the loss of fat and the increase in lean muscle. As you gain some muscle and lose some fat, the numbers on the scale do not initially change….but magically, your clothes are no longer snug!
Cearing up the Muscle vs. Fat Controversy
Pure fat is around 0.9g per cubic centimeter, while muscle is around 1.1g per cubic centimeter.
In other words….muscle is leaner and tighter than fat.
Increasing your lean muscle:
1. Helps to Burn Fat
2. Stokes your metabolism
3. Allows you to fit comfortably into your skinny jeans
4. Increases your Strength
5. Increases bone density
6. Makes you look lean, toned and defined…..pleasing to the eye or looking Yummy!
When fat is decreased on the body and slight muscle gains take place, it creates a more fit, lean, symmetrical and attractive look. While the scale cannot always measure these initial drops in fat, you have the evidence that you are Losing Inches and Taking on a New Lean Shape by the way you Look and Feel. Scale weight loss comes with time and the consistent application of the fat loss strategies you are applying.
Stay focused on what you CAN measure that has MORE to do with your Long Term Happiness, Health and Success.
It is WELL past the time to Get Rid of the Scale as you begin your Fat Loss Journey! These two tips will help you to stay off the scale.
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
so if i see i am losing weight on the scale but my skinny jeans are still tight, does that mean I am losing muscle vs fat or I need a new scale?
Sounds like you need to take a second look at what you are doing to try to lose weight.
If it does not include eating supportive foods, resistance training AND intervals- may want to try a different approach.
It is SUPER easy to Lose weight- But to change the shape of your body, to lose inches and LOOK good – takes a combination of what I just listed and have been teaching all along.
Thanks Holly! I needed this!!!
Thanks!!! I’m putting my “skinny jeans” on the scale, great idea!
Ok that explains a lot… I had lost 8 pounds on a protein-sparing fast, during which time I had no energy to work out. When I started to eat normally again and resumed my regular intense weight training workouts, I gained back 4 pounds— but I had to buy smaller pants the next week. So I will no longer be loving the scale as I was.
you rock…:)
Hi Holly,
This is too funny my hubby and I were just talking about htis the other night and how I can resist weighing myself and then I get SO frustrated and so when he left to go out of town yesterday he hid the scale!!!
I have to admit I did try to find it! Sad but true but I will weigh myself at the end of the Holiday challenge.
Thanks for your great timely blog posts they always seem to be just what I need.
so funny how we label ourselves with numbers, our age, our weight, our height our size. One of the most empowering thing I have learned as a fit yummy mummy is to see how I feel and how things feel in me and on me to rate my success. Do i feel stronger? Can I increase my weights? Can I intensify my intervals? Can i eat cleaner?
On the other hand, it’s useful when trying to inspire others- To date i have lost nearly 65lbs and over a foot off my belly! Now doesn’t that sound a little cooler then- I feel awesome and I have so much energy and I am a new woman! We can relate to numbers and be wow-ed with them, but the more important part for you is learning about YOU, how to make YOU feel better, and how to be the best YOU you can be! Good luck fellow FYM-ers! We can do it!
ps- my scale lives no where near where I sleep or dress, out of sight out of mind
Ah, I haven’t weighed myself since I did my starting stats for the challenge, staying off them is a challenge in itself but I am determined not to get back on them until the end of the challenge!!! Hubby likes to use them so no hiding them in this house!
This is SO true. I’m more lean than I’ve been in years, yet the scale hasn’t moved much at all. But that’s okay because I’ve dropped sizes!
After two weeks of doing FYM my clothes feel more comfy and even my husband had commented that I looked slimmer (and thats a miracle for him to notice) but how funny it was that when I got up this morning that I weighed myself only to find still weighed the same as when I started. Feeling rather disillusioned I went into the kitchen and asked my hubby “do I really look slimmer or are you making it up?”, he replied that I did and on the cusp of going on a food bender for breakfast I got this post – thank you Holly, I will now NOT stuff my face with unsupportive foods in a bid to make me feel better (I have an emotional eating problem)after my scale disappointment! Why can I not bring myself to put them in the bin???
It is so true that using the scales can become a miserable obsession! It can seriously effect your mood negatively. I won’t let my son know how much he weighs, as I don’t want him to get obsessed, and as soon as I start FYM properly I will either throw mine out or lock it away in a cupboard for some months! I find medical staff and other fitness/diet professionals just seem oblivious to the fact that muscle weighs more than fat. I don’t care to even know what my weight is, if I am happy in how I feel and look.
You are so right. I needed this. Thank you.
Yes, you are right. Thanks a lot. I really need this.
Thanks, I really need this. Jeammy
Thank you so much Holly for this, I get so depressed when I look at the scale and the numbers don’t budge, it becomes an obsession. I will remember the “fit/feel” concept and not the “weight” concept.
I am a scale maniac! I had bought these tanita scales which give me my fat composotion, water composition, body mass, fitness level and metabolism age. I go on the scales every morning and I measure myself as well. A couple of years ago I used to go on the scale 3 times a day, today I go just once. I write my stats everytime I do it and I have lots of notebooks in the bathroom top drawer. When the scale won’t budge i sometimes consult my notebooks and see how much my stats were a year ago on the day. I feel that if I don’t write this down I will lose control of my weight. Yesterday my husband commented on how long I take in the bathroom in the morning.I will try and ditch this habit as from today and will weigh myself after I complete the 4 week dvd which I started last week. Thanks for this post Holly!
This is so true ! I look lean and clothes is fitting better but I tend to jump on the scale and then feel sad that the scale is not moving
I will hid my scale!!!
Holly,
thank you for another tidbit of great ideas. I have tended to jump on the scale a few times a week and getting disappointed that it hasn’t moved.
What I do know is that since I started your program I have moved from size 10-12 clothes down to size 2-3 and that means a lot. I feel way more confident now and I maybe check the scale a few times a month instead.
have a great day,
Isabella
Holly,
I know that the number on the scale is just that, but something about watching the number drop gives me motivation. I have been struggling to lose 10 -15 lbs now for the last 3 years. I have been exercising and watching what I eat for the last 2 years and my clothes fit better on me, but my wieght does not change. I just hate it. I have stayed the same size eventhough I have gained 10 lbs. for my 5ft frame. I want to slim down and tone up, what do I need to do?
Hi Liz,
I know you just invested in Fit Yummy Mummy the 1st week of November. Please understand it takes time to get into a new routine and to allow your body to adjust to the new fitness plan you are now following. If you would please allow a good 4 to 6 weeks of consistently applying what I am teaching you.
If you would like my help and support during this time, I am at ClubFYM – you have a trial membership that comes with your purchase. Hope to see you there.
Dear Holly,
I just want to thank you for this support, regarding the obssesive compulsion we get to weigh ourselves.
I am def one of these, and I have been doing your workouts for the past 03 weeks without weighing myself. Well today I could not resist much longer and I did weigh myself and I had infact dropped weight, and my clothes are fitting better. But most of all I feel healthier, more energetic and best of all happier. I have achieved with your workouts in 03 weeks what I couldnt achieve in 03 months at the gym!
You are a Goddess
I am not a clubFYM member but I will def become one soon.
Claudia.