For successful long term weight loss, you might need to throw them away, or maybe limit how often you get on them.

One of my clients kept a detailed journal, every single day (which I thoroughly recommend as it is very therapeutic) of her weight loss journey.  The following was a part of one of her entries…

Stupid scales I need to throw them off a cliff. I had finally managed to get half a kilo under my barrier weight, which I had not broken for a long time and I get up this morning jump on the scales and the ½ kilo is back on. That is despite the fact I did the lookout run yesterday, drank 4 litres of water and ate nothing wrong. Seriously no wonder people get disheartened.

Rebel has told me about 1 billion times to throw out my scales, but I guess like a lot of other people I will always be a slave to them. It is amazing that what those scales tell me on any given day, can then go on to affect my mood for the rest of the entire day. I know it is pathetic to let numbers ruin your life like that, for me though it is just the way it has always been”.

This is such a typical comment from people I work with.  Seriously, scales can be the most sabotaging piece of equipment you will go near.  The reason being, as this client said, she had done the lookout run, drank 4 litres of water and eaten great healthy food the day before and had put on half a kilo.  Now, half a kilo, could be a drink of water.

You can see how silly it is.

What then frequently happens is, your mood for the rest of the day, changes.  It is crazy to let a number on a scale, determine whether you have a good day or a bad day.

I have to say, for years, this is what I did.  Every single day, I got on the scales,  If I got on the scales in the morning and lost weight, I had a great day but if I got on and had put on weight, I had a terrible day.  I would be in such a bad mood.

I would often quit trying because I thought, “well I am doing everything I can and it is not working so I am not doing this anymore”.  I would eat junk all day because I felt so bad and often the next day when I got on the scales, I had lost weight, and was then angry at myself for getting so off track the day before.

It is such a roller coaster.  If you want to get your head right for weight loss, get off the scales.

Take your measurements every month, this will not fluctate like the scales will.

When you get your head right for weight loss and get off the scales, eat well, drink at least 2 litres of water every day and exercise, you will lose weight and you won’t need to get on the scales every day to prove that, your clothes will tell you.

Successful, long term weight loss is more about getting your head right and the rest will follow.

Yours in Health,

Rebel