Scales don't lie, they just don't tell the whole story

Dauntlessness
Dauntlessness Posts: 1,476 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
I follow a blogger and he wrote something interesting today. "Scales don't lie, they just don't tell the whole story". I think this is very true. Not as a way to be less accountable for your actions, but a way to see the whole picture. The scale doesn't show when you worked out 5 days a week and haven't lost a pound or when you are tempted by a sugary snack but choose fruit instead. Yes, its a record of your progress but it sometimes it does not defy how hard you have worked. Keep celebrating all your small successes and the weight loss will eventually follow.

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  • haldeman5
    haldeman5 Posts: 121 Member
    AMEN SISTER!!!!!!
  • Black_Swan
    Black_Swan Posts: 770 Member
    I totally agree. After 1.5 months of being stuck on a same number, I have noticed that my body is at least firmer from all the exercise. So I think measuring tape is kind of more reliable!
  • naijabella_edu
    naijabella_edu Posts: 8 Member
    Awesome truth!!!:wink:
  • hmiller2011
    hmiller2011 Posts: 28 Member
    This is so true! Thank you for posting this :smile: Was a bit discouraged this morning after I stepped on the scale this morning & saw it hasn't moved in my favor:grumble: I won't give up though!
  • rundgrenfan
    rundgrenfan Posts: 211 Member
    That's a great way to think about it!
  • gemwho2
    gemwho2 Posts: 82 Member
    Yep, NSVs are very very important to me and they come from many different sources!
  • FaithandFitness
    FaithandFitness Posts: 653 Member
    SO TRUE! Celebrate all the small healthy decisions you make along the way, Celebrate the lost inches, the loose waistbands, the missing double chin. Those things are indisputable . . . the scale is fun, but don't sock all of your healthy journey joy into what it tells you.
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    How true. I have stayed on course yet have now gained 2 pounds!
    It is all the walking,
    I now have muscles when I just had fat before, so I am ok with the muscle weight gain.
    My arms and legs have never been firmer!
    I set a high goal for myself losing 100lbs in 7 months, it has been almost 4 and I have lost 44.
    Just stay your course!
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    Well put! Who is the blogger? I love reading blogs, and he sounds like he knows what he is talking about!
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,476 Member
    http://theantijared.com/

    Great guy
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    It's been 7 months and I've lost 92 pounds!
    Did not make my goal of 100 but I am sticking to my program
    the last 20 have been the hardest to loose!
    Now I only need to lose 8 more and it is fighting me.
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