I recently read an article in Prevention which suggested that folks who track their weight on a daily basis tend to have better success than people who weigh themselves just once a week. This surprised me because with weight fluctuating so much from hour to hour, day to day, the traditional way of thinking is to NOT focus on these numbers this often. I have to say though that today, this worked for me.
I had several things I needed to do at home and wasn't planning on going to the gym. About an hour before I left for the day I weighed myself. It showed 220. In the past this would've really bummed me out, especially in light of the work I've done. I've learned enough to know that muscle can also be part of weight gain but seeing the gain was enough to get me in the gym!
I think you have to be careful when you weigh yourself everyday because it can be easy for your self esteem to be defined by this 3 digit number, for better or worse. I work on this myself. It's why I track other signals of progress on my "official" weigh in day. I want to know that if one tracking method makes me feel like poo that I don't forget what IS getting accomplished along the way.
I don't know that I'll take up the habit of weighing myself everyday but I'll use it as an incentive if I do, not as a way to punish myself if the number is higher or as an excuse not to go to the gym when it's lower.
Meaningful Movement: 15 minutes Abs, 1 hour of cardio and strength and 1 hour of beginning toning.
Foods that fit in a baby bowl, day 45:
-4 mini banana nut muffins with ICBINB
-banana and Nutella smoothie
-tilapia fillet and couscous
-4 mini banana nut muffins with ICBINB
-whole wheat crackers, cheddar cheese and pepperoni
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