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 Numbers UP on the scale?
This used to grip my heart with fear and send my stomach sinking.
But that was BEFORE I transformed my relationship with food, eating, and my body.
What Is Your Relationship With The Scale?
Between you and me, I used to have a love/hate relationship with the scale. I was either:
1. Compelled to weigh several times a day (big mistake), or
2. Avoiding its reality like the plague (problematic red flag)
When I finally committed to making a good relationship between me, weight, and food a priority, I made a choice to be true to my "all the cards on the table" nature.
That meant instead of having a pathology about the numbers on the scale, to instead change my relationship to that, too. The goal of freedom I kept before me like a shining star. And that mean abandoning avoidance and embracing a new attitude.
Man, am I glad I did.
I did this for 2 reasons:
1. To take back my power (scale fear puts the scale in power)
2. To be able to share the reality of these numbers with women I knew I would be coaching through this same process down the road
In a very short period of time, by cultivating a new relationship with the scale instead of being commandeered by an old one, it became a useful tool for me.
Nothing more, nothing less.
It's called freedom through embracing the reality check.The truth shall set you free 8-) .
And since then, I've discovered that research shows those who monitor their weight enjoy more success with weight management. (See Does Checking The Scale Help With Weight Management?)
So for those who insist the scale doesn't tell you what you are measuring, and can report wild fluctuations in weight day-to-day depending on food intake and activity levels, it is an indicator of trends and can be a darn good additional tool of measure, along with how your clothes fit and how you feel.
Scale Reality Check Still Works Today
The work I did with cleaning up my combat with the scale continues to pay off, more than a dozen years later. And it can do the same for you.
When I see my weight pop up, it's usually due to a salty meal or post-exercise hydration, where the challenged muscle packs on some extra water weight in the process of recovery.
Yet if I see the upward trend persist, I know it's time to take a look at the eats.
This past couple of weeks, I noted an upward trend on the scale that persisted. Just a couple of pounds, but that is precisely the wisdom of checking in regularly. It gives me a chance to reality check my food choices, and redirect them to be in alignment with my body composition goals. Fancy way of staying trim WHILE being well fed at the same time.
Well fed is critical in my book. Hunger and weight management are NOT a good match.
© Lani Muelrath All Rights Reserved
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August 19, 2010
Vol. 3, Issue 24
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Award winning fitness expert Lani Muelrath, M.A., "The Fitness DreamMaker" is dynamic coach and vivacious speaker with some impressive credentials in the realm of exercise, health, and weight loss.
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With over 30 years of experience as a teacher, coach, and trainer, Lani is a Guest Lecturer in Kinesiology at San Francisco State University, and is recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Instruction. She created and starred in her own CBS TV show, and is the Healthy Living Examiner at examiner. com. Lani is also the Fitness Expert for Dr. John McDougall's Health and Medical Center.
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Lani overcame her own lifetime struggle with weight over 12 years ago when she lost 50 lbs, which she has maintained easily with the tools that she now coaches other women to be successful with weight loss, body shaping, and health.
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