Lose Weight Now

While trying to lose weight, your scale can easily become your worst enemy. But, it’s important that you make the scale your friend and not something that you hate. I know that when I was trying to lose weight, I had my times were I would get on the scale 3-4 times a day and get so disappointed when the scale didn’t budge or when I was 1 pound heavier. I was literally driving myself crazy weight myself all the time. It wasn’t until I realized that I controlled my destiny and not my scale that I was able to make the scale my friend.

When trying to lose weight, the most you need to weight yourself is 1-2 times a week. Yes, a week, not 1-2 times a day. It’s good to stay on top of your weight but over obsessing over it can cause damage in your weight loss plan. Your weight fluctuates throughout the day, depending on what you eat, when you eat, what you do physically and just normal fluctuations in your water retention. Weighing yourself several times a day or even everyday will drive you crazy like it did me. Yes, you may weigh 1-2 pounds more after you eat, or if you just drank a glass of water. This is normal, you are not gaining weight.

To make the scale your friend, set up a set schedule of the times that you will weigh in. Make it every Friday and Tuesday or something that is spaced a couple of days apart. Weigh in the same time everyday, preferably before you eat breakfast. Wear the thing every time you weigh in. A good idea is to only wear you undergarments or be completely naked when weighing in. Having consistency will help you to judge the real weight on the scale. Lastly, don’t take the scale so seriously. If your clothes are fitting looser but the scale hasn’t budged in two weeks, it may be because you are gaining muscle which weighs more than fat or your are loosing inches and it just hasn’t showed on the scale yet.

Don’t let the scale determine if you are having a bad day or a good day!

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