When you made the decision to stop focus in lbs and moved to losing fat

MyEvolvingJourney · June 2018

sardelsa wrote: »

Do you mean work on body composition? I think if you start to get close to your goal weight and aren't seeing the progress you hoped for, it might be time to think about focusing more on lifting and muscle retention for those last 10lbs or recomposition depending your situation.

I would say as soon as I started lifting my focus shifted away from the scale to focusing on muscle retention and building. Since I am closer to my aesthetic goal, I focus on other measures of progress. I use the scale to tell me if I am losing, maintaining or gaining. The number itself really doesn't mean much to me anymore.

I love that! I'm trying to shift my focus away from the scale. It's hard though. I still have a lot of weight I want to lose. But the scale is so frustrating! I recently got custom macros from IIFYM.com and they also recommend not focusing too much on the scale. Especially if you're working on maintaining or gaining muscle. I'll get there.

rainbow198 · June 2018

At one point after I started lifting heavier weights I was making great progress. I was losing fat and inches, I was getting leaner and tighter and other people were noticing the changes in my body. It felt great that I could see my hard work was paying off.

I was thrilled that I lost 2 dress sizes, but at the same time I only about 4 pounds on the scale during that time.

So frustrating, but it was then when I decided to not give the scale so much power.

I changed my focus to more on how I looked, how my clothes fit, my measurements and continuing to improve my fitness. This worked great for me.

When you made the decision to stop focus in lbs and moved to losing fat

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