Some of my clients have an unhealthy relationship with their scales. They weigh themselves each day, and their mood, self esteem, and confidence are dependent on a single number. This takes away the whole point of my program, as my goal is to help people improve their relationship with food, become mindful about their food and physical activity decisions, and empowered to navigate their lives in a healthy way.
I have become my own worst client. I have struggled the past couple of weeks with the scale, frustrated that it hasn't budged, and totally lost perspective of WHY I made a weight loss goal in the first place: to improve running performance! My performance in workouts and my energy on long runs has improved immensely, so why am I so caught up with the fact that the number on the scale is still a few pounds higher than the magic number I chose for myself?
Times like these call for the ultimate intervention: the scale diet. The scale diet entails the following:
1. Avoid the scale for 1 month straight.
2. Focus on nourishment, not restriction
3. If measures need to be taken for progress, a tape measure on the waist, hip, and thigh may be used.
I will go on the scale diet for the remainder of my training cycle (April 14th is the end, so that is a 2 month scale diet). Numbers I will focus on are improvements in times, ability to function at my job and at home with my increased training volume, and hip/waist/thigh measures if necessary.
No one should be a slave to the scale. If you recognize that this nice little progress tool is taking over your life, try putting yourself on the scale diet to free yourself!
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