Anyone who has ever been on a fitness journey will probably agree the scale is not always your friend. In my case, a lot of times, it is not my friend at all. I will work so hard and at the end of the week, barely any movement. It definitely can be discouraging.
Only in the past year or so I have begun to only use the scale as a reference point and not something to base my motivation on. I try to base my success on how my clothes feel and comments from other people. In the past week alone, I have had several people comment on me losing weight. However, I step on the scale and it has barely moved.
I know there is the age old statement of “muscle weighs more than fat”. By no means am I any sort of fitness expert, but a 1lb of fat weighs the same as a 1lb of muscle. They both weigh 1lb. From what I understand is that muscle is leaner than fat, so a 1lb of muscle takes up less space than a 1lb of fat. Therefore, if you lose 1lb of fat but gain 1lb of muscle, the scale will not show a loss of any sort but your body will have changed.
It’s all just a numbers game. Not one I am happy to play.
Nothing feels better than putting on something that use to be tight fitting only to find it lose on you. To me, that is more motivating and rewarding than anything else. Being able to wear a size smaller feels so much better than saying you lost 5lbs. It is something real, something tangible.
I have been faithfully tracking my food and exercise but now I think I really should be tracking my measurements. Maybe I am totally missing it, but I can’t seem to find somewhere to track it on the Fitbit or MyFitnessPal apps. However, I have just found I can track it on my PC via the MyFitnessPal website. (If anyone knows how to on either app, please let me know.) I look forward to seeing these results.
This next week I am taking a much needed vacation from work. Pretty much a stay-cation but being out of my normal 9-5 routine, I am sure staying on track will have it’s challenges. I am pledging to try and make good choices with my food. As for exercise, we downloaded PokemonGO when it finally became available in Canada, so I am sure we will be taking a lot of long walks to catch some Pokemon.
Weekly Accountability
Exercise: 4x gym visits, 2 x 20 minute walk
Food Management: Stayed on track 5 of the 7 days (Sunday was definitely a cheat day and the calories in 3 slices of pizza sure add up)
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