Weight Loss

Weight Loss

by Gina

by Gina Livy Health & Welllness

Coach www.ginalivy.com

If you have been trying to lose weight then you know stepping on the scale everyday can be downright frustrating. But before you toss it out the window and let it side track you, here are some Tips how to use it to your advantage.

As frustrating as it is, the scale can be a very useful tool based on how it is responding in conjunction with the foods you are eating, the water you are drinking and any supplements you are taking, along with how you are feeling from day to day.

It is key to understand that weight loss doesn’t happen over night, it is based on momentum and the days leading up to your weight dropping, NOT on how you ate the day before. It’s more complicated than that. The same with weight gain, any Increasing on the scale while you are trying to lose weight is usually what I call superficial weight gain. So you when you say “I gained weight last night or why is my weight up even tho I’m doing everything right?!”

This helps to explain why: When you drop fat what fills the fat cells comes out but those fat cells will fill up with water before they have time to shrink. This can have you feeling like you have lost weight but the scale is showing the same or even up Or it can have you feeling bloated and gross and have your weight up the day before it shows a drop on scale. This is also why the scale goes up after you have lost and then goes back down again.

Most people think that the scale should look like a consistent downward slope when In fact it is more up and down than that. Which is why the scale is not the be all end all measurement of success or indication things are working or not working.

If you are going to weigh yourself, make sure it is in the morning after you go to the bathroom.

Also try to understand that the body doesn’t care about how much you wish and want the scale to move, it has not concept of time or your desire to lose weight as fast as possible, so try to be patient with it.

TO RECAP

As frustrating as it is, the scale Is just a tool and not something that needs to be feared. So have faith that scale is going to move and do everything you can to keep

it moving!